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Julie Kenward
11-25-2008, 08:31 PM
I was going back through some of my images I made this summer and found this lotus right before it bloomed. It was in a pond next to a wildflower garden at my favorite botanical garden, hence the pastel colors in the BG.

Canon 40D, 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
f2.8 @ 1/1600th, ISO 100
Manual mode, center-weighted metering
Handheld, bright noon sun
Processed in ACR & CS4. Small crop, curves adjustment. Lightened BG & did surface blur.

Mike Moats
11-25-2008, 09:54 PM
Hey Jules, great looking bud, love the nice soft pastely look in the BG, and good details and lighting on the Bud. Well done.

denise ippolito
11-25-2008, 10:27 PM
Julie, This is really nice. I like the soft colors and the linen look of the bud !

Kaushik Balakumar
11-26-2008, 05:38 AM
Lovely details on the bud. Liked those thin lines (texture) on the bud. Nice bokeh to go with.
However, I see some dark halos in small stretches around the edge of the bud (side effects of masking may be).

Julie Kenward
11-26-2008, 07:54 AM
Good eye, Kaushik! I'll go fix the original. Thanks!

Chris Starbuck
11-27-2008, 05:37 PM
Jules,
Really nice BG, and pristine bud (hard to find those!). Well composed as usual. And you found an angle that makes the noon light look like backlight; well done!