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Hey, Good Lookin'
Hey, Good Lookin'
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Red II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Sigma 50mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Mar 5, 2007
Aperture: f/ 11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/30 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Mar 6, 2007

 What cha cookin'? How about cookin' something up for me!
LOL. OK....I never said I was not titularly challenged.

I bought 6 red gerbera on Saturday. By Saturday night, because it was so HOT in my un-climate controlled apartment, one had drooped out. By Sunday another. By Monday, 3 more but not as bad as the first two. So I shot the three drooping ones with the one decent one remaining. Used a piece of red textured paper as a background. Shot in portrait I rotated 90° right for the presentation. Sometimes you just got shot what you got and I like how this turned out. Hope you do as well.

Post: Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. Crop twice. Layer of curves adjustment. Rotate, rotate, rotate....finally rotated as noted. Sharpen. Resize. Sharpen.

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 434
Avg (all users): 6.6132
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 6.4190
Avg (non-participants): 6.8037
Views since voting: 1831
Views during voting: 320
Votes: 212
Comments: 25
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 03/14/2007 07:42:02 AM
How PRETTY! Red on Red! This is amazing! I love that title too.

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 03/13/2007 11:25:30 PM
Wow, amazing work turning drooping flowers into art.
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 03/13/2007 08:48:23 PM
Congratulations on your Top 20 placement! Outstanding!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/13/2007 03:50:01 PM
...what you got cookin ;)
Very nice lighting, choice of background and clever composition. Only nitpick are the translucent straws being visible. Perhaps something that couldn't be avoided but the one visible near the edge looks odd.
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 03/13/2007 06:37:34 AM
creative take on flowers - color tones are a standout - one of my ribbon picks
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 03/12/2007 05:51:49 AM
Really nice photograph! Love the color!
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 03/11/2007 09:15:09 AM
excellent composition, I assume those are nice and classy glas vases and not ugly plastic tubes that hold the flowers in place... like that I can give you that 10
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 03/10/2007 09:03:38 AM
magnifique...
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 03/10/2007 12:20:01 AM
The composition is great.I love the background pattern (perfectly chosen) and the subtle differences in shadows of red in this pictures. The green is very unusual yet natural - I'm glad you didin't shift the hues (at least it looks like that). Perfect title. 10.
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 03/09/2007 01:08:49 AM
All round good quality shot and I like it = 8
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 03/08/2007 05:02:18 PM
cute. I wonder what it would have looked like on a different background.
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 03/08/2007 01:51:34 PM
Nice arrangement, and I like the red on red aspect. Only suggestion would be to remove the clear plastic stem support before shooting.
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 03/08/2007 12:44:49 PM
Very good shot! This would look great in a frame!
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 03/08/2007 08:42:25 AM
Good composition and color, but I think I would have liked it better if I couldn't see the tube the flower stems are in. Hard, though I know, with basic editing. Still a nice job.
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 03/07/2007 05:05:20 PM
I see this one coming in at a very good place :) Really really really unique idea and perfect execution. Reds are bright and crispy, photograph is noise free, and the expressions given to the inanimate objects are perfect :) All I have to say is GOOD LUCK AND GREAT JOB!! NVJC.
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 03/07/2007 01:58:56 PM
that background is superb
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 03/07/2007 12:48:21 PM
very good composition, background and lighting!
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 03/07/2007 11:15:41 AM
I like the way that they look like they are talking to each other
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 03/07/2007 07:38:36 AM
very nice 8
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 03/07/2007 06:32:19 AM
NIce composition and idea. Very creative shot.Good colors.
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 03/07/2007 06:20:40 AM
if only the plastic sheath wasn't there!
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 03/07/2007 05:16:45 AM
10
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 03/07/2007 04:08:41 AM
Very nice!
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 03/06/2007 09:04:22 PM
Excellent! lovely red, good light. Nice title too!
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 03/06/2007 08:19:57 PM
good composition and color but the plastic tubes are a distraction....no biggie
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