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    Stuart Dahne
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    Default The Lotus Position

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    Camera Canon EOS-1D Mark III
    Exposure Time 0.0012s (1/800)
    Aperture f/5.6
    ISO 100
    Focal Length 400mm (520mm in 35mm)
    Flash flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
    Exposure Program aperture priority
    Exposure Bias 0 EV
    Exposure Mode auto
    White Balance auto
    Color Space sRGB

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    Fabs Forns
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    I think you managed the harsh ight pretty good, shame on the deep shadows on the lower petals. Some flash my have helped tame them. Beautiful flower!

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    Robert O'Toole
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    Agree with fabs, what a great looking flower too bad about the harsh light. A diffuser would have been a great help in this situation.

    Robert

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    Bill McCrystyn
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    OK, I'm gonna stick my neck way out on a limb and go against my two favorite pros here. Stuart - repeat after me, Shadows are my friend. Artisic expression in nature, you know, out of doors, like good moody studio portrait lighting can be a good thing you guys. Sometimes shadows add character and interest to the image. I think without the shadows this image would lack dynamic range and punch. I would turn down the overall levels (brightness) a touch, reverse the upper and lower margins (you want it low - not high) and frame it!

    Shooting this in Adobe RGB may have toned it down a little.
    Last edited by Bill McCrystyn; 07-25-2008 at 06:55 PM.

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    Julie Kenward
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    I'm with you, Bill. I think if a flower is outdoors it should (sometimes) look like it is outdoors! I don't mind the play of light and shadow on a plant but...I would like to see you tone the highlights down just a bit. If you work in CS3, try the shadow/highlight adjustment sliders and see if you can't get them to calm down just a bit. Next time, try the fill flash on and off and see which you like best.

    Lovely lotus! I'd frame it, too.

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