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Fading Away
Fading Away
Rob O


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Challenge: Selective Desaturation II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: My kitchen
Date: May 17, 2007
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: I00
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: May 18, 2007

 Not the most creative setup for a selective desat, perhaps, but this scene presented itself unsolicited and I took the shot thinking it might make for a nice entry nonetheless.

Fairly straight forward in terms of treatment/post production: RAW conversion then fine tuned image in PS CS3, used B&W Adjustment Layer for greyscale conversion then masking to reveal color.

Decided to bring back a hint of color from the bud vase, which is a vibrant blue in full color. This added more interest to the image overall than just having the flower pedals in color. I gradually faded the saturation (sat --> desat) from the flower, down the stem all the way to the reflection on the granite which ultimately is fully desaturated by the bottom of the image.

Statistics
Place: 123 out of 556
Avg (all users): 5.8210
Avg (commenters): 7.1667
Avg (participants): 5.7318
Avg (non-participants): 6.1400
Views since voting: 1103
Views during voting: 304
Votes: 229
Comments: 8
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/27/2007 07:45:23 PM
nicely composed and the desat works perfectly
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 05/27/2007 07:31:32 PM
Excellent composition - pretty much perfect!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/26/2007 11:03:21 AM
Fantastic composition - love that shade of blue, too!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/24/2007 12:37:47 PM
Very nicely composed. Very simple and elegant.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2007 12:17:57 PM
Love the vase...and really like the flower like that.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2007 05:11:21 AM
nice composition, light use
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/21/2007 07:07:37 PM
nice
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 05/20/2007 08:33:07 PM
bottle & bloom against soft light & reflective granite. Enjoyable.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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