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    © reserved 2009, Richard Lovison

    Olympus E-3
    ZD 14-54mm @ 54mm
    manual exposure - 1/4 sec f16
    ISO 100
    combination natural light and flash (fill at 1/4 power)

    hand held using in-camera IS

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    Ákos Lumnitzer
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    Hi Richard
    I like it. Simple, contrasting with the BG and very elegant. Congrats! :)

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    Richard, Nicely composed and the Lily contrast nicely with the black BG, overall the image seems a little dark on my monitor but my iMac is starting to show its age so it could just be me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Don Lacy View Post
    Richard, Nicely composed and the Lily contrast nicely with the black BG, overall the image seems a little dark on my monitor but my iMac is starting to show its age so it could just be me.
    Don,

    I purposely made it dark so your monitor is probably just fine. :)

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    Nice comp. Richard,

    lighting comming from the front puts the emphasis on the front petal and the underside of the right one. A reflector on top of the flower could have helped to fill the center a little more. Overall it is a very nice image.

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    Very nice composition on this one, Richard. You filled the space nicely and balanced out the frame really well. I also think it feels a little tiny bit dark in the center/top and center/bottom area. I understand you were going for the "appearing out of the dark" idea and I like it - just think it could use a touch more illumination in the center area.

    Overall, it's a lovely image.

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    Thanks Don, Rene and Jules for your suggestions. In the repost I brought up the middle and also brought up the mid-tones using the curves tool. The corrections make a better print as the original was too subdued.


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    Beautiful,
    You have made this flower stand-out very nicely.

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    I was going to basically ditto what the others had said then I got to your repost. the repost looks much better to my eye. The flower pops a lot more against that black background. Nicely done.

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