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Uploaded: 07/11/10 4:00 PM GMT
flower 6
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.Moongirl7691
07/14/10 12:32 AM GMT
beautiful flower, the green leaves make a nice backdrop and contrast, I like how you captured the flower in full blossom, thanks for sharing
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.dskreations
07/14/10 2:19 PM GMT
Really nice I like the colors.
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.Salvadore
07/15/10 4:37 PM GMT
I love the way the flower sits on top of the leaves. I also really like the lighting in this shot. However, I also have a few criticisms.

This picture seems overexposed, but I think it is a result of the lighting. The light coming from the top right is great for giving depth to the flower, but this light is particularly too strong. It is washing out the colors and saturation from both the leaves and the flower. It turns the deep green and light pink/purple into a lackluster, grey tone. Some of this can be fixed by increasing the amount of black in the picture in post processing.

The overexposed look may also come from harsh lighting which gives bland shadows from the flower petals that clash with the parts of the petals that are in the light. The lighting also overexposes the leaves all around the flower. Because of the waxiness of the leaves, harsh lights wash out the color and turn them into little mirrors, which is unaesthetic and also attracts the eye away from the flower itself.

Also possibly as result of the specific lighting in this picture, the white balance is off. The leaves look relatively fine, but the flower is more blue tinted than it should be. I like the idea of the composition in this, assuming the flower was meant to be centered in the frame. However, it is a little too far to the top and left of center. The picture is also not sharp.
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