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11-JUN-2006 dds

6/13/06 - Lilies
ds20060611_0005a1w Lilies.jpg

Silver Spring, MD

I keep saying that I'm not going to take any more flower pictures; everyone takes flower pictures. Still, whenever I see a bright, beautiful, or otherwise interesting fleur, I can't help myself. These are just some new lilies I saw and couldn't resist. I did, however, fiddle with the image to focus on the blossoms while not completely losing the background.

PS: Crop; Adjust levels and contrast, then minor USM; Select blossoms (using Select Color and extensive mask painting in Quick Mask mode), feather the selection; Create new layer with copy of the selected blossoms; Insert underlying (between new layer and the original image. fill with black. Reduce opacity to permit some background to show through. A second version was created by filling the middle layer with a (yellow) color sampled from the blossom.



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Donna Lear22-Jun-2006 17:47
I love your flower shots and this one is really striking in its detail. And thank you, as always, for posting how you do things. I've used your techniques more than a few times.
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography16-Jun-2006 00:15
Very nice indeed.
Naomi 15-Jun-2006 13:02
Very nice shot, Dennis.
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