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04-AUG-2005 Photocat

Pretty in Pink




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Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
1/30s f/18.0 at 68.0mm iso400 full exif

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ctfchallenge15-Aug-2005 08:33
Beautiful harmony of color tones. Now the petals really stand out in front of the smooth background. -Gerald
Canon DSLR Challenge11-Aug-2005 12:35
Thank you all for you comments. Rod, I did not do anything special. Used magic wand for background selection, tried various tolerances and then applied lens blur instead of gassuian blur. I had to try a few times to get the correct edges and effect I was looking for. If you are getting blurred edges, my guess is that you will have to reduce the feathering to a minimum. -- Cat
ctfchallenge10-Aug-2005 06:53
I love it! Yvonne
janewigginsphotography09-Aug-2005 02:50
Now, if I had a pink room to hang this in, I would definitely do so!!! jano
Rod 09-Aug-2005 02:37
How did you blur the background without affecting the flower? Whenever I've used the magic wand to do something like this it blurs a the edge of the flower. Looks very good now Cats.
ctfchallenge08-Aug-2005 04:24
Thanks etischer for your comments and suggestion.
I have blurred the background. -Cat
ctfchallenge08-Aug-2005 00:14
The color match is spot on, looks great! you might beable to use the magic wand tool and dial in the tolerance if you wanted to isolate the background. - etischer
Guest 07-Aug-2005 04:26
Thanks Rod, I wish I could keep the background further away ... not enough room to play with behind the flowers though. I'll try and see if I can rehoot this tomorrow. But given the hot weather here in Atlanta, the flowers wilt in a day or so and this was shot few days back. Alternately I might blur the background, only if I knew how to isolate the background.... -Cat
Rod 07-Aug-2005 02:11
Is there a way you could get this shot with the background further away? As I find the flowers being blending in the background. A lot more OOF background may help. I like the composition, it works really well.