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Blue Flax
Blue Flax
chickadeezl


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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Tamron AF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD for Canon
Location: PA
Date: May 28, 2008
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1250 sec.
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Mar 9, 2009

I took this photo in my own flowerbeds, and it is one of my own favorites from my stock.I love the colors and depth of field. There is not much editing on this shot. I adjusted the levels ever so slightly, and sharpened a little, and resized for posting.



Thanks to everyone who commented! It was wonderful to get so many, and 3 favorites too!!! This has been a great challenge!

Statistics
Place: 442 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.7558
Avg (commenters): 6.9851
Avg (participants): 5.7574
Avg (non-participants): 5.7468
Views since voting: 745
Views during voting: 688
Votes: 516
Comments: 76
Favorites: 3 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 02:06:44 PM
great colors, and i love the blurred background, composition is pleasing
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03/17/2009 02:06:13 PM
Gorgeous flowers, so delicate looking, the colours are wonderful, not over saturated or too contrasty.

Bumping this up to an 8.
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03/17/2009 02:05:01 PM
Very nicely captured! 7
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03/17/2009 10:05:27 AM
this is such a soothing picture...the color combinations are just very pleasing...excellent composition and editing job...love the bokeh
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03/17/2009 07:58:37 AM
Lovely flowers. Good detail and color.
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03/17/2009 06:57:33 AM
WoW! Super beautiful!


I am curious to see which f stop did you use. Very appropriately focused and composed!
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03/16/2009 06:03:42 PM
the flowers contrast well with the background
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03/16/2009 05:00:17 PM
I love the sharpness contrasted with the softness in this, great colors too.
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03/16/2009 01:43:33 PM
Wonderful DOF. The petals look like silk.

Not voting yet.
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03/16/2009 01:15:59 AM
Delicate. Lovely bokeh.
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03/16/2009 12:19:16 AM
Well captured and presented.
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03/16/2009 12:08:25 AM
nice shot
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03/15/2009 09:09:55 PM
Beautiful flowers, and great choice of DOF.
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03/15/2009 06:54:41 PM
nice colors but as a subject not a lot of interest
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03/15/2009 06:33:03 PM
nice detail love the colours
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03/15/2009 05:57:02 PM
Very nice with the flowers repeated OOF in the background. Great lighting.
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03/15/2009 05:52:18 PM
beautiful color/tonality, and exceptional use of shallow dof 8
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03/15/2009 04:57:29 PM
Not an easy color to capture, but you did, so this is quite a gem of a photo.
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03/15/2009 04:51:04 PM
Pretty, nice bokeh
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03/15/2009 02:10:43 PM
So delicate, and the flowers stand out nicely from the green leaves. Beautiful!
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03/15/2009 12:56:32 PM
While flower images can sometimes be boring, this is beautifully done! The flowers balance perfectly between crisp clarity and creamy smoothness. Great colors and composition too, but you might have been able to take a little off the top to focus more on the flowers.
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03/15/2009 12:54:24 PM
This photo makes me yearn for springtime...beautiful photo, you used DoF so perfectly.
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03/15/2009 07:03:35 AM
very pretty, nice DOF, it adds interst to the image
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03/15/2009 06:40:19 AM
Voted earlier coming back to leave comments. Love the bokeh backdrop that allows the flax in the foreground to really shine and pop visually off of the page. Lighting is wonderful for I really like how it illuminates and adds a really nice sheen on the petals. The almost glow with the soft blue/violet hues. Now to my critique...ah crud! She has to spoil the commentary with a critique right;-) I think the composition would be much more stronger and appealing to the eye if you cropped out the top third of the photo such that it is close to the highest flower in the foreground. The blue flax that is blurred in the backdrop bokeh really does not offer much to the composition and sometimes distracts attention away from your main focus flowers in the foreground. That beautiful shade of springtime green bokeh backdrop would be far more complementary to your foreground flowers.
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03/15/2009 01:23:30 AM
very nice performed
great DOF


;D brano
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03/14/2009 09:30:58 PM
this is one of those simple, soft, lovely photos.. i love the complimentary colors and the dof. beautiful image!
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03/14/2009 06:53:56 PM
Good choice for DOF here
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03/14/2009 06:29:21 PM
very pretty 8
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03/14/2009 05:28:27 PM
wonderful dof and rich colors
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03/14/2009 04:22:59 PM
Oh so sweet. Excellent shallow dof.
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03/14/2009 04:18:19 PM
how pretty ! 8
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03/14/2009 03:29:50 PM
Simple, elegant
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03/14/2009 03:24:42 PM
Good depth of field to draw the eye into the flowers.
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03/14/2009 02:15:05 PM
Very pastoral. Love the colors
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03/14/2009 01:21:25 PM
nice depth of field, composition and colors
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03/14/2009 11:23:52 AM
Lovely DOF.
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03/14/2009 11:01:52 AM
very nice dof and colour
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03/14/2009 09:12:41 AM
Love the shallow depth of field here and the sharpness of the flax. Very beautifully done.
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03/14/2009 04:39:48 AM
Beautiful shot you have here. Can see why it was entered into this challenge. I love the flax down on the bottom left. It looks so polished. Soft, round and with great color. Well done!
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03/13/2009 04:42:31 PM
nice use of bokeh, 6
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03/13/2009 03:47:50 PM
It shows off the delicate flowers very nicely.
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03/13/2009 03:36:55 PM
great colour flowers and nice dof
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03/13/2009 10:01:48 AM
This is very nice. I really like it. 8
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03/13/2009 09:53:08 AM
I sure get sick of sunsets and flowers but this is really wonderful 8
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03/13/2009 09:39:14 AM
Pretty colors with a good DOF
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03/13/2009 08:17:53 AM
9 from me..!
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03/13/2009 06:38:30 AM
Very good selective focus. I like how the rest of the photo is out of focus.
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03/13/2009 05:38:04 AM
Wonderful colors and DOF.
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03/12/2009 10:29:43 PM
Beautiful and simple. Very well lit too.
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03/12/2009 07:20:21 PM
Wonderful colors and great DoF. Almost looks like a painting.
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03/12/2009 05:28:10 PM
lovely, delicate image but would have cropped out flowers at very top
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03/12/2009 05:05:48 PM
Beautiful focus and colors. Nice lighting. 9
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03/12/2009 04:33:14 PM
Nice clarity, colors, and DOF.
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03/12/2009 04:10:48 PM
The color really comes across well against the green background, I love the depth of field.
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03/12/2009 08:56:43 AM
Beautiful flowers. 9
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03/12/2009 06:55:00 AM
My kind of subject :-)
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03/12/2009 05:54:30 AM
great DOF
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03/12/2009 04:33:39 AM
Congratulations on being part of this 1000th challenge on DPC. Keep up the good work!!
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03/12/2009 04:20:29 AM
Beautiful capture, so soft and not over saturated. Well done. Best of luck.
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03/11/2009 08:28:20 PM
great composition, nice shot
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03/11/2009 07:06:06 PM
Very pretty.
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03/11/2009 04:10:46 PM
Lovely arrangement and DOF.
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03/11/2009 03:25:10 PM
This processing is very nice, brings out the colors in the blossoms.
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03/11/2009 02:14:40 PM
Lovely picture, nice job with the DOF and the sharpness of the flowers in the foreground!
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03/11/2009 12:31:51 PM
Great bokeh to really bring the details out in the flowers.
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03/11/2009 12:31:10 PM
good dof
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03/11/2009 11:59:40 AM
I love this. I can almost smell it and feel the breeze from here. :~)
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03/11/2009 11:27:40 AM
Lovely light and colors.
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03/11/2009 09:57:38 AM
Pretty flower shot. The detail is great as are the colours. Possibly a smaller crop so it goes landscape rather than portait might add to its impact
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03/11/2009 09:27:30 AM
A lovely portrait of this delicate flower, I like it.
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03/11/2009 07:34:05 AM
Such a simple subject, but so beautifully done - definitely a hidden gem! I really love the depth here. Choosing that front cluster of blooms makes the whole thing pop. Great job.
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03/11/2009 07:22:38 AM
beautiful flowers. the colors are great, and the DOF is spot on.
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03/11/2009 07:21:21 AM
Flower shots aplenty, and yet this stands out a bit from the pack..
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03/11/2009 04:46:11 AM
Great DOF! Really makes the petals "pop" off the page, almost 3D!
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03/10/2009 11:28:09 PM
Great DOF and composition here
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03/10/2009 09:50:40 PM
Beautiful flowers and lovely dof.
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