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Parrot Tulips
Parrot Tulips
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Challenge: Natural Light Indoors (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Apr 12, 2010
Aperture: f/ 8
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/20 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 13, 2010

Not completely happy with this but the flower pickins' were pretty lame this week. Oh Well.
Shot but one of my two windows. Camera on tripod used the cable remote release. Borrowed a table cloth from work. Prolly hear about the background being distracting but I like the light in this. A bit moody light wise, not sure the subject shares the same mood.
Post:
Camera raw adjustments in PSElements 6.0.
Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation.
Adjust Sharpness.
New layer, color curves adjustment increase contrast default merged down normal blend mode 61% opacity.
No spot editing and no crop.
Resize.
USM.

Statistics
Place: 112 out of 158
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Views since voting: 810
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Votes: 204
Comments: 6
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/20/2010 07:37:39 PM
The light from the left looks good. A small reflector on the right would removed the gloom from the right side.
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04/14/2010 05:08:18 PM
back drop needs some work the colors dont work together
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04/14/2010 07:45:26 AM
I always thought these flowers were such show offs :-) Nice set-up, but I'm guessing you'll get comments on the wrinkled backdrop...
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04/14/2010 07:16:59 AM
Beautiful subject, nice lighting. Wrinkles in the background cloth were distracting
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04/14/2010 05:30:58 AM
IMO, nothing spoils a photo quicker than a wrinkled back drop or a backdrop with a color that does not compliment the subject, unfortunately this one has both. I am OK with the back drop color against the flowers but feel it really conflicts with the color of the vase. Hope the information helps, good luck in the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/13/2010 09:15:07 PM
A low f-ratio would've helped blur out the background, making the subject 'pop'
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