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    Julie Kenward
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    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.

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    Mike Moats
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    Hey Jules, great looking bud, love the nice soft pastely look in the BG, and good details and lighting on the Bud. Well done.

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    Julie, This is really nice. I like the soft colors and the linen look of the bud !

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    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).

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    Good eye, Kaushik! I'll go fix the original. Thanks!

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    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!

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