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Don Kuykendall_RIP

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Slipperman said:
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Great shot. I especially like the shadow of the center part of the bloom on the lower petals.
 
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Slipperman

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Tracsoft - Don Kuykendall said:
You are supposed to say that you waited for an hour till it got just right. :eek:

And ViewNX2 is a great editing program for the people who take the time to learn it as you seem to have done.

Great job.
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just out of curiosity, what do you think of the fact that the background is not as blurred as most macros are which in effect keeps the 2nd flower in relative focus? certain someones on another site complained that because there wasn't a lot of blurring, they weren't sure what they were supposed to be looking at - the first flower only or the entire picture. i replied 'just what you see'. i liked the fact that the 2nd flower was in focus.
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
Slipperman said:
just out of curiosity, what do you think of the fact that the background is not as blurred as most macros are which in effect keeps the 2nd flower in relative focus? certain someones on another site complained that because there wasn't a lot of blurring, they weren't sure what they were supposed to be looking at - the first flower only or the entire picture. i replied 'just what you see'. i liked the fact that the 2nd flower was in focus.
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It is a fine line of in focus and out of focus. Personally I would have liked to see the second flower not in the shot and the leaves more out of focus. I think it would have enhanced the single bloom more. But the shot as it is works pretty good. Like I said before the shadow really makes the shot.

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Slipperman

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Tracsoft - Don Kuykendall said:
It is a fine line of in focus and out of focus. Personally I would have liked to see the second flower not in the shot and the leaves more out of focus. I think it would have enhanced the single bloom more. But the shot as it is works pretty good. Like I said before the shadow really makes the shot.

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just out of curiosity, how did you edit this. not only did you get rid of the second bloom but you faded out the background where it previously wasn't.
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

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Well, first off it is just a different option to show you the difference. Not that it is better or worse.

I used Photoshop and a combination of Content aware healing brush, Cloning tool, and burn in tool to darken. I then used the blur tool to soften the leaves some. It was about 5 minutes to do it. It I had the RAW file and took a little more time you could do more to it. Just a little cleaner.
 
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