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Birthday wishes for Wanda


Birthday wishes for Wanda
Photo Information
Copyright: David Gumprich (Refugee) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3543 W: 421 N: 7024] (25542)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-07-20
Categories: Nature, Event
Camera: Olympus C-760 UZ
Exposure: f/3.2, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Flowers and 3D Frames [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-07-20 13:04
Viewed: 536
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 56
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Wanda McKinnon (WMcK) celebrates a birthday on the 20th July, may your day and the year to come be filled with happiness Wanda.

The flower is from a camellia bush near our front door. All the flowers at camera height face in for some reason or other, this one was about a metre above my head.

PP Work - Paint Shop Pro
Adjust - Colour - Fade Correction - Amount of correction 2
Adjust - Hue and Saturation - Hue Map - Saturation shift 10, Lightness shift -5
Adjust - Brightness and Contrast - Clarify - Strength of effect 2
Adjust - Brightness and Contrast - Levels
Adjust Digital Camera Noise Removal - Noise Correction - 10, Blend correction 70
Cropped, resized and sharpened

Saved as PSPIMAGE
Created a raster layer
Using the background layer selected a rectangle and inverted the selection
Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - Radius 15
Effects - 3D Effects - Buttonize (outer border)
Selection Invert
Effects - 3D Effects - Buttonize (inner border)
Opened the raster layer and erased unwanted parts around the inner border
Saved as JPEG image
Re opened and added the text

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time ~ Jean Paul Richter

GreenBaron, Fortuna, jean11-3, datis, coquelicot79, mesquens1, c_rapp, cunejo200, WMcK, Silke, Teresat, shelbeesmom, kiwi_explorer, harpya, mvdisco, TheMystic, Royaldevon, tjutjut, Dingo, juyona, Emma, MLINES has marked this note useful
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Hi David,
The perfect birthday gift! Wanda will be delighted, I'm sure. What an excellent sharpness and colours David, supeb composition with the bud too. Great posting my friend.
Hans

Hello David, this is a beautifully presented birthday card.
The time spent in processing it was well worth it.
The image is so sharp and the colours are wonderful.
Tfs, regards Jean.

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  • datis Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 113 W: 4 N: 29] (640)
  • [2008-07-20 14:46]

Nice art work, Thanks for your note.

Daryoosh

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  • Mitra Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1254 W: 75 N: 902] (7908)
  • [2008-07-20 14:48]

Perfect Birthday gift. Beautiful macro shot, nice colors & framing. Well done.
Mitra

Bonsoir David,
a delicate attention to wanda, especially with a graceful flower camellia which fits his personality you who has known well. All my wishes for your birthday wanda and thank you David to give us the opportunity to do so through his message and his beautiful photography. I like your frame also.
Heartily, Corinne

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  • mbrito Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1638 W: 118 N: 2827] (11398)
  • [2008-07-20 15:53]

Hello David,
Wonderful Birthday card, with great colours and very well composed.
Congrats mb

Olá David,
A great shot, lucky comemoration. Tender post very well done.
Regards
Raimundo

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  • c_rapp Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 955 W: 20 N: 1282] (7282)
  • [2008-07-20 18:26]

A beautiful birthday wish! wonderful picture nice details and stunning color. TFS
Christan

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  • trekks Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2027 W: 147 N: 3408] (13641)
  • [2008-07-20 19:04]

hi David

Great macro and pp work with your thoughts for dedication. The pink color really stands out and looking very fresh.

tfs, bill

merhaba dear david
excellent pink rose.excellent lovely colours and macro.well done.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

David,
Wonderful sharpness and soothing colors on this rose-like camellia. Although you describe a rather detailed (and difficult for clueless like me) pp flow, the result looks very natural. I like it. Happy b-day Wanda. Danilo

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  • WMcK Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 663 W: 11 N: 1718] (6837)
  • [2008-07-21 6:06]

David I can’t express how beautiful and thoughtful this is. All the work you did to make it perfect and I am not sure how you knew my favorite colour. Stunning image and amazing PP work. I thank you so very much for this wonderful gift. Thank you!
Warmest Regards
Wanda

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2847 W: 263 N: 5948] (23590)
  • [2008-07-21 6:58]

Very fine composition with an expert frame.
A very fine wish for a very fine lady
TFs
silke

Boa tarde david

The perfection of your composition is amazing.
It´s late but happy birthday to Wanda .

My best regards

teresat

Hello David,

Excellent composition, perfect sharpness and wonderful colors!
It's a big gift to Wanda!
Congratulations and TFS,

Sergio
on monday

Hi David,
Lovely flower ... I got three trees in my garden and they are just a visual delight during spring. Well captured and presented ... nice border to compliment the image. Well done! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

Ahh how nice of you to do this for Miss Wanda! I'm sure she loves it! What colors! Excellent pp work on the framing here, I hear Wanda is barely 20...is that true?
B-) B-)
linda

Great idea. Beautifull flower. Fine tones and lights. Well done.
Best wishes,
Achim

Bonsoir David,
Nice presentation of a birthday card, beautiful colors and sharp picture, Excellent POV. and details,lovely framed and composed for Wanda,
Well done.
Michel

Very nice pp work, David, on a wonderful clear and sharp picture. Happy Birthday, Wanda!
I guess you are keeping track of all the trekkies - which is good, since I frequently seem to even forget my own (pobably on purpose, ever since I passed 39) .......
Cheers
Otto

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  • dbp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 680 W: 9 N: 97] (4079)
  • [2008-07-22 23:52]

great pic David
with great composition.
thanks for your nice comment on
"friends forever".
and what about the car flashlight?
maybe its better to clone the green out...
but its not so important.
best regards
David

Hello David,

What a beautiful flower, perfectly focussed and composed, with the dark green foliage creating a superb contrast to the pale, pink of the petals.
Excellent pp work to make this an outstanding gift for Wanda.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

Many thanks for your feedback on my previous postings.

Hi David,

Lovely flower . .
You captured with great details and very sharp . .
Nicely composed . .
Never seen this kind of flower in my country . .

Tfs,
Tjutjut

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  • harpya Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5754 W: 198 N: 2553] (10026)
  • [2008-07-23 5:14]

Hi David

Beautiful visual and composition
your flower to capture of not seeming a macro
his definition is wonderful and very clear
it is wonderful and this very well defined.
and you gave us a good class of how to do a good one
frame.
Beautiful visual and of very good taste!

I am safe that Wanda must have liked a lot.
Congratulations!

Sérgio
:)

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  • Dingo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2744 W: 370 N: 2624] (11948)
  • [2008-07-23 12:55]

Wanda: a happy birthday and a terrific year to you!
David: a beautiful, professional looking card. I especially like the way you framed it, and provided a nice backdrop for the text. Beautiful subject too. The exposure is really well handled.
TFS

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  • juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2646 W: 1 N: 1268] (15457)
  • [2008-07-28 8:09]

Hola David,
perfecta compo,
hermosos colores y exquisita presentación...
bella dedicatoria,
saludos amigo.
pt

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  • Emma Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1403 W: 6 N: 1920] (10153)
  • [2008-08-05 11:29]

Hello David,
Perfect macro with multicolor composition also the contrast the colors the Greens. Excellently.
Best regards.
Eva

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  • MLINES Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1313 W: 96 N: 1024] (8498)
  • [2008-08-06 17:51]

Hi David, You have developed wonderful variety into your portfolio. This is well presented with a creative frame and perfect colours. TFS. Murray.

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