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Challenge: Free Study 2008-04 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 50mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Apr 21, 2008
Aperture: f/ 20
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/13 sec.
Galleries: Black and White, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2008

 Two Icelandic poppies....I'm hoping the Iceland connection will get me a good score.....LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!

Had another BW of a hanging lamp in a shop window that I love but it is an abstract....flower....abstract....flower....abstract....hmmmmmm...well actually flowers usually do better than abstracts so....flowers it is. Besides, the lighting, textures and translucence of some the petals makes this a bit more interesting than the straight flower shot, I hope.

Shot in studio, black velvet background, camera on tripod, cable remote.

Post: Camera Raw adjustments in PSElements 6.0. Convert to jpeg. Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. Sharpen. New layer of hue/saturation converting to grayscale and another layer each of levels and brightness/contrast. There may have been a curves adjustment as well. Spot edit dust and imperfections on the petals. Crop. Resize. Sharpen.

I checked the background out on this to make sure there were no marks by inverting the image( ). DAMN! This would have made a great Negative Image entry....Hope I remember that if I need to....oh wait....it looks great in BW negative....not sure about color. Oh well!

Statistics
Place: 20 out of 468
Avg (all users): 6.6309
Avg (commenters): 8.2667
Avg (participants): 6.5472
Avg (non-participants): 6.8372
Views since voting: 2223
Views during voting: 289
Votes: 149
Comments: 29
Favorites: 7 (view)

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 09/10/2008 09:24:49 PM
This is still dynamite.
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 05/14/2008 03:14:40 PM
Nice job Robert! Their name is appropriate.
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 05/10/2008 05:05:10 PM
Lovely composition and capture of all that crinkly petal detail. That oddly bent stem adds visual interest. Congrats on your top 20!
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 05/08/2008 11:24:57 PM
Elegant and rich at the same time. The emphasis on the ribby crinkly character of the petals is stunning, but combining it with the 3D effect (a result of focus/light/careful postprocessing?), not to mention the cunning positioning of the poppies pretty much blows away the poppy and other flower competition.
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 05/08/2008 09:21:02 AM
Congratulions m8. This was also one of my favorites from the challenge and glad you placed so well in this FS. Excellent shot. Flowers in b/w is one genre I admire, and this is very well done.
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 05/08/2008 08:52:41 AM
Love this image :-)
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 05/08/2008 08:28:29 AM
PostLuminous Award WINNER!
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 05/08/2008 05:38:53 AM
Faultless composition, superb light and subtil texture makes this image the best flower shot I saw in a long time around here. Congrats!
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 05/08/2008 02:41:11 AM
This is a beauty, Robert. Really my favourite of this challenge.
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 05/08/2008 01:42:14 AM
Fantastic image, the detail is awesome
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 05/07/2008 08:22:04 PM
congrats on the top 20, I love how deliberate the composition and framing is here, nice attention to detail
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/07/2008 07:17:11 PM
Beautiful textures; these look like they are made of paper. 9
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 05/07/2008 05:53:59 PM
Love this strong black and white very much.......
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 05/07/2008 11:36:00 AM
Very nice white texture
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 05/07/2008 10:35:25 AM
Beautiful!
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 05/07/2008 09:22:55 AM
Good lighting, even at the shadow area still got details. Well done...
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 05/05/2008 08:56:41 PM
Georgia O'Keefe-like. They look otherworldly!
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 05/05/2008 08:43:48 PM
Very nicely done.
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 05/05/2008 10:33:25 AM
I really like the contrast and sharpness
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 05/04/2008 09:52:07 PM
My winner 10
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 05/04/2008 07:19:23 PM
beautiful, like silk blowing in the wind. Can't help but wonder what white background would look like.
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 05/03/2008 01:49:57 PM
Beautiful lighting setup!
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 05/02/2008 07:15:07 PM
A lot of delicate detail showing here. The lighting really brings it out. Well done.
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 05/02/2008 07:14:40 PM
Awesome lighting.
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 05/02/2008 03:58:31 PM
Excellent. Sure do do very well!
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 05/01/2008 10:04:14 AM
nice details
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 05/01/2008 06:24:31 AM
amazing clarity and lighting throughout 9
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 05/01/2008 04:06:04 AM
clean, sharp and timeless elegance, well done
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 04/30/2008 09:03:02 PM
gorgeous texture, this is just beautiful in black and white. very nice-9
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