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Zinnia Unfurling
Zinnia Unfurling
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Opening (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Sep 8, 2007
Aperture: f/ 11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Sep 11, 2007

 Shot at the Kater Street Garden. Go some nifty pics of a monarch butterfly with its wings open and closed and in between. Not sure which way it would have gone as the wings were either opened or closed. This flower is in the state of opening. A few petals have started to unfurl while other have not. I thought the good strong orange of the petasl were complemented well by the creamy green background so I went with it. Yes it is a flower. Flowers do open...and they close. I'm sure someone with a lot of creativity will have some strobes put to good use to win this chanllenge hands down. Artificial lighting escapes me at this point so a flower is what you get.LOL! Enjoy.

Post: Convert from raw in PSElements 3.0. Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. NeatImage. Sharpen. Spot edit a couple or three dust spots in the background. Crop twice. Resize. Sharpen.

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 143
Avg (all users): 5.9119
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 5.4167
Avg (non-participants): 6.0759
Views since voting: 870
Views during voting: 283
Votes: 193
Comments: 7
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/18/2007 01:49:29 PM
Nicely detailed and very satisfying texture, colour and form.
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 09/16/2007 02:35:11 AM
Great macro!
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 09/14/2007 09:01:34 PM
Stunning! Perfect technicals. U get my 2nd 10!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/14/2007 07:13:00 AM
gorgeous shot!|
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 09/12/2007 05:13:58 PM
Nicely caught in the act!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/12/2007 12:09:36 PM
Good colors
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/12/2007 03:43:12 AM
Excellent DOF looks like its floating. Very nice Gratz!
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