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    Ed Vatza
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    Another of the Autumn Asters. This image was made shortly before sundown along a local creek. The creek is behind the flowers providing a dark green/brown background. I processed the image with the natural background and then also darkened it to make it black. I prefer the black background on this one. But then I guess I would! :D

    Canon Rebel XT; Sigma 150mm Macro lens; Canon 430 EX Flash with LumiQuest Softbox; Tripod-mounted with Novoflex focusing rail.

    1/6 sec @ f/22; ISO 800; -1/3 EV; Shade WB; -1 FEC

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    Julie Kenward
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    I think you chose correctly! That white flower pops on that black BG. Incredible DOF here...I'm really having trouble finding a spot where it's OOF. I like this as a horizontal (I'm assuming that's how the plant was in the field) but I bet you could get away with this as a vertical as well. Very nice, Ed!

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    Wow Ed, this is great! What beautiful flowers - I really like it! I like the background too.

    Amy D.

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    Robert O'Toole
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    Great job Ed I think one is a big success. From the nice light, the interesting shapes and colors to the black BG.

    Congrats!!

    If you had an extra 5 minutes you could run a -1 file and blend it over this one to recover some of the whites at the top and to the right, but it looks good to me as is.

    Robert

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    Anita Rakestraw
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    I find this one much more pleasing (if more traditional) to look at than your more recent post, Ed; it is so much cleaner and doesn't cause my eyes to jump all over looking for something to settle on. Very nice comp and I like the dark bg.

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    Ed Vatza
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    Julie, Amy, Robert, Anita,

    Glad you all like this image as much as I do. I really think the "spray" type of presentation looks... well - neat! :) And the background really sets it off.

    Again thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated!

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