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"Soft" Flowers


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Copyright: Thong Wing Hoong (Ah_Thong) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 364 W: 74 N: 385] (2485)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-11-27
Categories: Nature
Camera: Olympus C730 UZ
Exposure: f/8, 1/100 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2004-12-12 2:04
Viewed: 616
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Recently I am learning and trying to take more nature photos, like plants and flowers. I found it is really hard to take, to get a good photo or nice composition. Anyway, just try lor...

I took this photo few weeks ago at Penang Botanical Garden, and i think its a purple orchid.

I know this is very common flowers and not really interesting, but this time i try to play around with Photoshop and with a new technique that i learned from a colleague of mine... i try to make the flowers and the leaves looks more 'soft'. The original photo is much more sharper.

These are the things that i did, using Photoshop :

1. Crop the image
2. Duplicate layer
3. Gaussian Blur [+5.0] on Layer A
4. Set Layer B Opacity to 50%
5. Merge All Visible Layers
6. Resized the image
7. Added canvas and texts

I am still learning how to use these softwares to enhance the photo i took, and hope to learn more from u guys here.

Comments, Critiques and workshops are welcomed.
-thong-
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Very nice, I think you did very well with the softening - the flowers look pretty. I'm glad you didn't try it on the leaves - they are very nice with the water-drops on them. Good sunny picture with beautiful colours. Thanks for posting.

Good job Thong, very nice vivid and yet soft colours in you shot here. well done

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 592 W: 0 N: 957] (4596)
  • [2008-12-06 22:37]

Hi Hoong,
a very nice capture of the periwinkle. Nice colour with good green leaves as background.
The water droplets make it morea ttractive.
Well composed shot.

Regards,
Foozi

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