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Paul


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Collection: Flora
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Sigma 180mm f/3.5 EX APO Macro IF HSM for Canon
Location: Birmingham, England
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/180
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: May 11, 2009

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Comments: 7
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 I found this growing under a large bush in our garden - it must like the shade!

Although it looks like one of my Lensbaby images it isn't, the blur is caused by a narrow depth of field and me not shooting along the flower's Z axis.

I shot it at -1ev with a macro ring flash, played with the curve a little and then put in a neutral density gradient with the dark point bottom left - I then cloned in a little black top right and ran a sharpen brush over the tip of the flower.

It doesn't look over-sharp to me but as we know, I just don't know when to stop! So do let me know if it looks over-sharp to you.

Also, I have two monitors, supposedly identical with matched profiles but this image looks darker on the one I didn't use for editing (probably dynamic contrast at play); can you see the green stem quite easily? I hope so.

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 05/12/2009 04:54:31 AM
Like the shallow DOF and the vibrant blue. I can see the stem; it's not bright, but it's there enough to add to the composition.
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 05/11/2009 01:24:17 PM
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, this is stunning!!! Amazing DOF and the black BG sets it off so nicely.
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 05/11/2009 11:01:11 AM
That is lovely. Love your use of negative space.
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 05/11/2009 08:53:19 AM
Exquisite , Paul - i can just make out the stem ....
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 05/11/2009 08:28:57 AM
Nice composition! I like the blues on the black background. Green stem visible for me, but vaguely. The blues seems to be a little over saturated, perhaps it's the flash.
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 05/11/2009 08:17:17 AM
I agree with jomari's comment. Also, great idea to use the macro ring flash.
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 05/11/2009 02:11:33 AM
Love that blue on black and the striking composition.
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