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    Julie Kenward
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    I've been playing with this lily for a week trying to get the stamen to line up just how I wanted them while getting all the yellow through orange tones to shine through. Tonight, right before sunset, I finally got it!

    Canon 40D, EF 100mm macro plus extenders
    f5 @ 1/250th, ISO 400
    Manual mode, evaluative metering, natural light
    Processed in ACR & CS5; crop off the top, curves, color balancing adjustments

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    This is a beautiful abstract Julie. The special aspect of this image which enhances its aesthetic value is its almost monochrome nature with stripes (stamen) of different shades of yellows.

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    Kaushik, that's exactly what I was trying to get. Thank you for your kind comment.

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    Hey Jules,
    Way to go!!! I like the subtle tones in this and you have excellent sepration in the stamen! Might just twek the lower area of the 2nd and 3rd stamen.....to get a hair more sepration at the base......but minor tweak to a very creative and very well done image!

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    I see what you mean, Roman...I'll take another look!

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    Excellent abstract, Julie! Lovely use of color and line. You nailed what you were after. The only thing I would change would be to move the left-most line out of the UL corner--either crop a bit from the left to move it down the side or add a little canvas and clone/quick mask in more BG. But I know some prefer lines going through the corner and work hard to accomplish exactly that. Very well done.

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    Hi Jules. A perfect title - I can almost taste the peach flavor! Lovely mix of pastels and it looks like you succeeded in lining up those stamens just right. Well done.

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    Very nice lines and beautiful colour tones. Well done!

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    Thank you, everyone...I so appreciate the feedback!

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    A super color , nicely done :)

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    Hi Jules, good to see you here again! And what an image! The results were worth your effort. The color shades are wonderful and the curving stamen make a really appealing composition, leading the eye trough the image. Very well done!

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    Your patience and persistence paid off. Beautiful image! Love the slightly curved lines and the tones of yellow and orange. Everything is positioned just right. Simple and gorgeous!

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    Ditto all the previous comments.......a beautiful abstract!

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