I had a handful of daffodils and a very overcast sky so I decided to go the "diffused" route. I overexposed by 1 stop and used a shallow aperture to get the soft look in camera. Then I brought it up further in pp using a lighten layer & some added gaussian blur. I masked off the daffodil and desaturated the flower in a separate step, adding back the color in the orange cup and leaving the yellow petals at half their original color.
Sweet !!! I particularly like the natural look after the enhancements, lots of time it just overpowers the image. Might only want to move the flower left !!!
Beautiful Jules, agree with Alfred-might just add a sliver of canvas to the right.The translucent look of the vase together with the BG color is just great! There are slight halos around the flower.
Last edited by denise ippolito; 03-19-2009 at 09:49 AM.
Flower In A Vase
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