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Schlumbergera bridgesii
Schlumbergera bridgesii
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Challenge: Free Study XVI (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: my basement
Date: Dec 19, 2006
Aperture: f16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 2.5 seconds
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Dec 23, 2006

 I know, a flower in a Free Study? Am I crazy? It's been a really busy, stressful month, so I didn't get out much to shoot. My mom gave us this nice Christmas Cactus and the flowers are really pretty, so I dragged it down to the basement.

I shot this with a black mat board background and a single small desk lamp lighting it from the left and behind. I used a 13mm extension tube with my 50mm 1.8 lens.

Post Process:
convert from RAW
crop
resize
levels to select background as black point
bumped the saturation ever so slightly
Noise Ninja
USM
cloned out a couple small spots on the flower
selected the stem and turned the brightness down
stroke

Statistics
Place: 27 out of 488
Avg (all users): 6.5424
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 6.5391
Avg (non-participants): 6.5510
Views since voting: 1383
Views during voting: 238
Votes: 177
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 02/12/2007 07:16:30 PM
I just opened your last free study and a flower appeared. The first impression was: o man, a flower on a free study. But then I saw the star at the water droplet and thought "that's a nice touch, adding to the cliché". You know that this is perfectly done in terms of the technique, lightning, composition (although, more negative space would be better, I guess...also, some arrangements of the petals, so that they don't cover each other).
But, it's a nice photo, a chance to relax... I can easily see this in any calendar or wall of a florist.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/06/2007 04:14:46 AM
Good work with this flower shot, and an unusual angle. 7
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 01/06/2007 03:46:15 AM
I love the lighting on this flower, well done.
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 01/04/2007 08:50:33 PM
You are the second macro that came up and since I do like macro photography, I am giving this an 8. Good luck. :)
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 01/04/2007 03:11:39 PM
Beautifully done. Vibrant color against the black and I love the crop. Back to bump you up to 8.
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 01/03/2007 01:17:19 AM
I think this shot is super sharp and I particulaly like the droplets of water
= 9
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 01/02/2007 06:14:25 AM
Beautiful...
Colours and composition are spot on - and the light reflection in the drop adds the finishing touch to a very nice picture.
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 01/02/2007 04:00:42 AM
Nice photo!
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 01/01/2007 09:48:34 PM
Nice. I would definitly hang it on the wall. Very dramatic and colorful.
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 01/01/2007 12:52:41 PM
Clean, simple and beautiful!
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 01/01/2007 06:19:33 AM
Pretty. Nice lighting and use of neg. space.
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 12/31/2006 11:54:18 PM
Very nice, Great details and nice lighting.
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