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    Julie Kenward
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    For those of you who have been around an entire year, this is the same pink gerbera plant I bought (and photographed) last spring. I managed to keep it going an entire year and tonight I photographed it's new flower for the first time this spring season.

    Canon 40D, 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
    f2.8 @ 1/50th, ISO 400
    Flash fired, pattern metering, AWB
    Processed in ACR where I really pushed the exposure up quite a bit. Finished it in CS4 where I did a slight crop, noise reduction, and a screen mode layer to lighten it even further.

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    massimomossi
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    This is very lovely. The little petal edges and OOF petal sticking up just behind them really create a nice rhythm. The overall color is almost intoxicating.

    My only suggestion would be to crop a good bit of the white--maybe as much as a half-inch--to the base of the flower's cup (the darker shadow below the petals?). I think that would tighten things up.

    Congrats on a gorgeous picture!

    Massimo

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    Jules, The colors are fantastic and the soft focus works for me. I agree w/ small crop on bottom.

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    Mike Moats
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    Hey Jules, great color, DOF, and softness. Well done.

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    Julie Kenward
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    massimo, I left the bottom in because the base of the flower is there...see the light green beneath the pink? It would make for a nice pano crop as well, though!

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    Gus Cobos
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    Hi Julie,
    I like this as is. It's well composed and I like the soft pale transition from the whites to the pinks...good show...:cool:

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    Aristotle Georgiou
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    This is looking beautiful Julie.

    Great composition, nice lighting and wonderful DOF.

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