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    Canon PowerShot S90, hand held
    ISO 400; f/7.1, 1/200 sec
    Standard CS6 adjustments with slight crop

    A Longwood Gardens pitcher plant (Sarracenia sp.) captured by the little Canon camera. Linda made this possible by holding a black panel behind the plant, to block an otherwise distracting background.

    Your comments and suggestions are most welcome.

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    Hi Norm
    Nice one. Difficult to
    grow over here. Good photo subjects though. I might have removed the second leaf and gone in a bit closer on the main one.
    Cheers
    John

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    Interesting plant with character, nice diagonal composition, the black background highlights the plant nicely. I think John has good suggestions that might make it even stronger.

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    Hi Norm,
    Very nice image. I like how the light strikes the plant and really makes it stand out against the black background. The comp works for me as is with the diagonals. Well done.

    Allen

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    Interesting plant. I like the composition but I'm distracted by the highlights. Are you shooting raw? Any way to reduce them a little?

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    Interesting comment, Diane. I could easily reduce the brighter areas, but I really prefer the image as presented. And I always do shoot RAW.
    Last edited by Norm Dulak; 08-20-2014 at 06:36 PM.

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    For Diane.

    I used Viveza 2 to tone down the highlights per your suggestion. And I think you were right. This may be better. Thanks for the suggestion.

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    It brings out more of the delicate detail in the backlit areas, without losing the drama. It's a delicate balancing act, for sure.

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    Hi Norm. I like the back and rim lighting that works well against the black background and I prefer the repost with its slightly toned down highlights. Comp is subjective, but this works for me, as presented. Very nicely done!

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    Yes the repost looks very good indeed, I do struggle a bit though with the black background, (to me it looks as though it may have been taken at midnight but as I mentioned in a previous post that's just my opinion and most other people seem to like the black).

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    Thanks everyone for your comments!

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