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Challenge: Backlighting III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Location: Dayton, OH
Date: Aug 19, 2007
Aperture: f22
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1 sec
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Aug 19, 2007

 This is my first experiment with backlighting a subject without producing a silhouette. After my first test shot, I saw the potential of the thistle stem looking like lightening. Most of my shots were from the side of the flower to allow the stem to bend from the lower left corner to the upper right corner. Didn't like any of them and almost gave up on the shoot. Once I rotated the thistle towards the front, it only took three shots to get the look I envisioned. I'm sure I'll get comments regarding the intentional blown highlights.

Camera settings determined by the ambient light in the room to give detail to the thistle. Manually discharged my flash from behind just as the 2 sec timer activated the shutter.

Convert from Raw then PP with PSP X
- Crop
- USM at Radius 2, Strength 210, Clipping 4 (Brings out definition - but can cause halos)
- Curve
- Resize
- USM Radius 1, Strength 50, Clipping 3
- Add Border

Statistics
Place: 54 out of 202
Avg (all users): 5.9663
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.5821
Avg (non-participants): 6.1489
Views since voting: 741
Views during voting: 283
Votes: 208
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/28/2007 07:54:44 PM
Very nice!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/28/2007 06:01:07 PM
Since all my photo equipment was stolen and I am camera-less, I will spend time now voting...
Interest - 2
Theme Interp - 3
Technical Merit - 3
Personal Bias - 2
TOTAL - 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/28/2007 09:24:07 AM
delicate and great color
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/27/2007 11:04:17 AM
A really lovely shot, but it looks more like side lighting than back. 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/26/2007 04:15:12 PM
Awesome backlighting, and sharp image. Love the dark background. Great shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/26/2007 10:00:42 AM
nice pic but it looks noisey and like it was oversharpened.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/25/2007 12:53:24 PM
nice lighting, color and comp, a tad oversharpened
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/24/2007 03:38:34 PM
Like it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/24/2007 03:53:38 AM
well lit...looks a bit oversharpened (no I don't mean the spikes ;-) )
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/24/2007 03:12:13 AM
Nicely lit but a flower with a black backround seems to be the theme of this challenge, needs something different.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/24/2007 01:52:26 AM
Gentle, soft, stark, good composition, beautiful lighting from top left of subject. Nice photo! I like it. Does it qualify as back lighting. I seek to be enlightened! Post virginal voter - Totally Qualified rank amatauer photographer!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/23/2007 08:23:24 AM
:)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/22/2007 09:12:25 PM
beautiful! the good lighting lights up every great detail of this flower! Frame and title also works very well!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/22/2007 08:39:45 PM
Beautiful. Just a bit noisier.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/22/2007 08:24:30 AM
Nice image - Nice and crisp - Doesn't scream backlighting to me but still a great image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/21/2007 10:19:19 PM
Breathtaking, and a beautiful backlight floral image with style.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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