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A Gentle Caress
A Gentle Caress
Techo


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Challenge: Flora III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Date: Mar 31, 2009
Aperture: F18
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/5sec
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Mar 31, 2009

 So wish this was an Advanced Editing challenge, wish to clone out those little spots. I suppose many people will expect to vote higher on shots that appeared to be taken outside and don't want to see a challenge full of still life. For some it might've been easier to step outside. Sorry, it's been a long winter here. Technically this is part of plant life also.

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Thanks for your comments, folks. Appreciate it :)

I did shoot the flowers in whole before deciding to move in for more detail, I also wanted something for a portait orientation print.

Used one 100w light diffused with a white piece of paper , placed very close to the flower, just enough to be out of the frame. And a shiny white material as reflector below.

Here's a sqaure crop (Advanced Edit)


Statistics
Place: 9 out of 271
Avg (all users): 6.5471
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 6.5000
Avg (non-participants): 6.5800
Views since voting: 2262
Views during voting: 256
Votes: 170
Comments: 23
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 04/13/2009 05:26:34 AM
Simply gorgeous!! Congrats on a top ten and a beautiful image! Techo Perfection as always!
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 04/09/2009 09:19:11 PM
I love the composition on this shot. Lighting is very nice as well. I voted this as highest in my selection. Congratulations on the top 10.
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 04/08/2009 11:08:27 AM
So beautiful. May I ask how you lit this?
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 04/08/2009 05:18:04 AM
Terrific image, Techo. Congrats on top 10!
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 04/08/2009 12:13:55 AM
Beautiful! Love the lighting and the angle. The crop enhances the artistic flavour. Congrats on top 10, Techo.
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 04/07/2009 08:43:40 PM
Good lighting! Congrats on top 10!
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 04/07/2009 08:21:40 PM
Perfectly lit, perfectly composed, perfectly perfect, perfectly Techo.
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 04/07/2009 08:13:39 PM
Congrats on placing in the top 10 Techo! Your flower shots are really lovely!
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 04/07/2009 08:08:59 PM
Well all cropping comments aside, still a top ten, congrats.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/06/2009 06:17:09 PM
Sharp image.
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 04/06/2009 01:11:21 PM
great still life
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 04/05/2009 05:18:29 PM
Wow - this is absolutely perfect - well done!
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 04/05/2009 10:12:31 AM
Great composition and arrangement. Good details too.
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 04/05/2009 09:26:08 AM
Terrific image, well composed w/great detail.
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 04/04/2009 09:15:48 AM
Beautiful Calla
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 04/02/2009 05:41:28 PM
Rich detail and effective use of DOF, but it suffers from the top and side cut off. Might have done better to back off and work with the entire flower keeping the detail and DOF.
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 04/02/2009 08:16:16 AM
Nice. I'd have loved to see the whole flowers heads.
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 04/01/2009 04:28:25 PM
Elegant and beautiful!
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 04/01/2009 11:30:41 AM
Not so sure I like the tight crop......or maybe it's just too tight on the right side. Pretty flower and a good photo other than the crop.
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 04/01/2009 10:49:27 AM
The black side borders don't do anything for me. I wish I could see the whole flower.
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 04/01/2009 05:22:54 AM
Great depth of field.
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 04/01/2009 02:27:56 AM
Great choice of composition.
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 03/31/2009 08:34:39 PM
Expressive colors and texture. Like it very much.
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