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Delicately Pink
Delicately Pink
jenesis


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Challenge: Painting With Light II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Kitchen countertop
Date: Feb 24, 2006
Aperture: F/5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Feb 27, 2006

 I have dead pixels!!!! and I'm itching to fix 'em. :(

Set up in my kitchen. Placed orchids in front of a black poster board that I hung from the cabinets. Shot in complete darkness with a 30 second exposure. First I used a regular flashlight to light the flower from below, then above and on each side for just seconds at a time. Then I used a small key chain light with a blue cast to light the background. That's pretty much it. Not completely how I envisioned it and most of the other shots I came out with were overexposed on some spot of the flower or another or the white flashlight spilled onto the background. This was the best of the bunch.

Not much to post processing, pretty much out of the camera. Just rotated, cropped, resized, added a blur layer at a low opacity as well as a USM layer, and bordered.

I like it, but I'm not sure if I love it. A far cry from my entry in the first PWL challenge though. :-)

Statistics
Place: 48 out of 187
Avg (all users): 5.7373
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.3933
Avg (non-participants): 5.8722
Views since voting: 980
Views during voting: 427
Votes: 316
Comments: 10
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/07/2006 05:13:32 PM
Nicely done.
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 03/07/2006 10:39:35 AM
Quite a nice image. I think I'd like it even better with a bit of cropping off the top (or re-framing downward to show more stem instead).
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 03/04/2006 03:44:52 PM
"WOW".....I really love this, so magical, so very well done.....This really deserves a "10" from me,and also a "WOW" factor as well.....
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 03/04/2006 08:08:10 AM
Very pretty light and good composition, too.
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 03/03/2006 07:41:45 PM
I like the simplicity of this shot, and the curved line as it arcs to the right. Lighting on stem and flowers is lovely. 10
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 03/03/2006 07:51:08 AM
Nice clarity and lighting (8)
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 03/02/2006 01:48:19 PM
Great balance in the composition, I love the colors, congratulations.
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 03/02/2006 07:38:13 AM
Gorgeous colours, love the simple light & shade back drop.
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 03/01/2006 11:34:53 AM
This is just lovely!!! The lighting is wonderful on those beautiful colors.
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 03/01/2006 06:11:52 AM
Nice work. Copostion doesn't grab me much, but love the lighting and colours used.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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