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Challenge: Transitions II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: My foyer
Date: Jun 6, 2007
Aperture: f/9.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1sec
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 6, 2007
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Had a bouquet of these which were in various states of bloom. When the 'Transitions II' challenge came up I immediately thought of trying something that showed bud-to-bloom. I originally envisioned three flowers lined up left-to-right progressing from bud to slightly open bloom to bloomed ... kind of a floral "home erectus".
Unfortunately, many of the blooms are bound to a single stem ... which is great for visually tying them together as part of the challenge theme, but none had all three stages. Luckily, this one had a full bloom and new bud, so damning the "compose using odd numbers" rule, I went with what I had. Note the nearly square composition to make up for the use of an even number. ;-)
Set up on a construction table with full northern light to the right, then used bounce flash (-1 1/3 FEC, 12' ceiling). That's it.
Post processing was equally straight forward: RAW conversion using ACR (minor tweaks) then in PS CS3 I flipped horizontally so the bud would be on the left (couldn't get it to stay in that position when shooting, so shot with the flower on the left knowing I could just flip it), boosted blacks using Selective Color adjustment layer, to fully blacken the background, slight boost to saturation (+10, Master) then very mild Smart Sharpen (200% @ 0.3 radius). Resized per challenge requirements, added very subtle frame, convert to 8-bit sRGB ... save as jpeg. |
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06/18/2007 01:48:08 PM |
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06/17/2007 07:33:30 PM |
| nice capture and great clarity |
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06/17/2007 05:54:56 PM |
| love this...great lighting |
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06/16/2007 04:35:44 AM |
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06/15/2007 05:45:33 AM |
| beautiful, one of my favourites |
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06/14/2007 04:21:37 PM |
| nicely lit shot, great clarity |
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06/14/2007 09:37:43 AM |
| Awesome shot. My favorite so far. |
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06/13/2007 10:18:16 PM |
| Beautiful exposure. psart |
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