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Pianissimo in Pink and White
Pianissimo in Pink and White
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Soft Focus III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Sep 25, 2007
Aperture: f/ 11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60 sec.
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Sep 25, 2007

 Bought a selection of dahlias and other flowers at the Rittenhouse Square Farmers Market last Saturday. This is one of them. I changed the camera parameter on my Nikon from sharper to softer focus. In shooting, I focused bottom center with a medium aperture to soften the image more. Wanted to avoid using any blur, thought I did try it.
Shot in studio, hand held and lit with two clamp lamps each with a 100w halogen bulb above and to the left and right of the subject.

Post: Convert from raw in PSElements 3.0 with a +0.67 exposure compensation. Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. Spot edit for dust. NeatImage. Sharpen. Layer of curves adjustment. Resize. Sharpen.

Statistics
Place: 52 out of 191
Avg (all users): 5.7213
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.4928
Avg (non-participants): 5.8596
Views since voting: 906
Views during voting: 247
Votes: 183
Comments: 7
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/01/2007 08:23:24 PM
you nailed it.
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 10/01/2007 08:11:21 PM
Gorgeous color and light. Not so soft though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/30/2007 06:42:50 PM
nicely done -8
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 09/29/2007 07:32:02 PM
NIce great floral image. psart 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/26/2007 06:57:15 PM
so so pretty!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/26/2007 09:37:01 AM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background good,
Technical: Focus,not quite soft enough Exposure: good,
Appeal:good colour lovely flower

Total Averaged Rating 6.
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 09/25/2007 11:52:52 PM
good flower shot, but too crisp to meet this particular challenge (I hate to give a low score for that)
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