As promised last week, here is another look at a different flower, a bud, from the same tree as last week’s tulip-magnolia mystery flower. I’ve chosen to show you this edited photo that I cropped substantially, and of course increased color a bit to brighten it up.
I started out with the photo below
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Wow spectacular Angeline!
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Thanks, Nicole. Macro just kind of puts things in your face.
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Absolutely stunning, Angeline! Beautiful detail, light and vibrant color!
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Thanks, Susan. It was really good to take time with this photo and figure out the best composition for it.
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Gorgeous!
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Thanks, Su. Hope you have a great weekend.
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Thanks Angeline; you too.
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lovely work, Angeline!
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Thanks so much, Mel.
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so colourful and beautiful 🙂
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Thanks, Joshi.
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Love this image, Angeline. 😃
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Thanks, Sylvia! I had fun processing this one.
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I like both photos, Angeline. Lovely!
janet
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Thanks, Janet. I had initially planned on showing only the uncropped photo, but wasn’t happy with it, so I kept working on it until I realized what cropping could do.
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Beautiful! I need camera lessons.
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Thanks, Susan. I’ve had a few years now just taking loads of photos with my phone, and I think lots of practice helps. I finally broke down, though and started an online course in iPhoneography.
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Love it! 😊
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Thanks, Julie. I’m glad you do 🙂
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Glorious, Angeline!
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Thanks, Sue.
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Beautiful color and bud!
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Thanks, badfish! Appreciate your stopping to comment.
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Love the flower, Angeline. Great edit that enhances the overall feel of the photo. Did you increase the saturation levels. I think a flower like this looks great with increased saturation. Love the clean bold colour.
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Thanks, Amanda. Yes, I increased saturation, contrast, shadow, and temperature to get this effect. The sky behind it was pretty darn blue already.
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Angeline, your close up demonstrates (as you and I know) that even the budding stage of flowers and trees are magical visions on the landscape. Spread across an entire tree, they are striking. As a singular bud they startle us, because we notice nuances of the unfurling and the forecast of what is to come. Happy Photo Challenge.
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Thank you, Sally. Picking out one flower from the whole tree was a wonderful study for me.
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Great photo. I don’t see much difference between the two versions, aside from the cropping.
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Thanks, Felipe. There is no difference at all except for seeing what cropping can do to bring the subject up for closer inspection, and remove all other distraction.
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