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Sony Forums Challenges | all galleries >> Challenge 135: Shadows and Reflections (hosted by MFC & Fremiet) >> Challenge 135: Exhibition > edit image
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26-AUG-2005 Denise

HM
Water Lily Reflections*
by Denise

Conservatory of Flowers, SF

One of the very first photos taken with my H1. The date on the EXIF is wrong ;-))
I had it set incorrectly for the first month I had the camera!!

Sony DSC-H1
1/200s f/4.0 at 60.8mm iso64 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Katherine Stanback's Photos20-Jan-2007 23:29
Beautiful image - I love the lighting, colors, and the clarity of the reflection!
Denise15-Jan-2007 17:17
Thanks for all the suggestions and comments. Carmen and bottles, thank you for helping me to learn more about Post Processing. I was able to paint out the petals!!! Finally figured out how to do it. But, after I was done, I decided I liked the image better with the petals ;-))) bottles, thanks also for the info on the ICC profile!!!
Guest 13-Jan-2007 07:58
Wow, I think Carmen did an excellent job of removing the petals on the right. I could not do any better than that! Nice work Carmen! As for any color difference you're seeing I would guess it's probably an ICC profile problem. Your image (Denise's) is tagged "sRGB" and Carmen's image is "Untagged" (probably stripped by the older version of PS). A web browser that is color-managed (such as Safari) won't help in cases like that. I'll email you and explain all that better. Very nice image by the way. Beautiful colors and reflection, I love it!
Carmen13-Jan-2007 05:30
Hmm. This may be a little more vibrant and subtly pink than the copy...it's hard to tell. It probably does lose something in translation, though I have an archaic version of PS that might have something to do with it. I actually ended up using the airbrush tool set on diffuse spray and something like 11% pressure as it creates less of a flat look and I find it blends the edges away nicely.
Ann Chaikin13-Jan-2007 05:03
Beautiful floer. Love the gradations of purple. Ann
Denise13-Jan-2007 04:44
Thanks Carmen. I will work on the image Sunday or Monday. I like how it looks without the petals on the right. I understand how to use the rubber stamp tool but not sure how to paint ;-)) bottles????? Interesting that the color looks different in the demo version. Is that because you were just using a copy?? This is such a great learning experience. Thanks!!!!!!!!
Carmen13-Jan-2007 04:34
First time for everything :-) Here's the link: http://www.pbase.com/stfchallenge/image/72981663
Sony Forums Challenges13-Jan-2007 04:21
Yes, Carmen, please feel free use the demo folder. MFC
Carmen13-Jan-2007 04:18
The petals in this case aren't too intrusive and the primary color behind them is fairly uniform, so it should be pretty straightforward to paint them over. I picked up the image just to try it; there is a little bit of pattern in the water down below so I used the rubber stamp tool to clone in a patch of blank water of the same shade. (I could load it to show you, but I'm not sure where...is that what the demo folder is for?)
Sony Forums Challenges13-Jan-2007 03:55
Beautiful subject here, Denise...and you captured it well. Lovely color contrast and lighting. I agree, removing those few petal pieces on the right would make it even better. I'll have to give it a try at some point...hey, bottles, are you up to the challenge? :) Nice shot, Denise... wonderful reflection. MFC
Denise12-Jan-2007 23:26
Thanks Carmen!! Since you noticed the petals on the right and I have already noticed the petals on the right. I should try to remove them. Here is the problem, HOW?? I am not a whiz with Photoshop Elements, so any help anyone wants to give me, go for it!! I tried to get rid of them myself and succeeded in making a mess of the image! LOL
Carmen12-Jan-2007 22:24
Lovely shot. The petals sticking into the frame on the right from the other lily don't bother me a whole lot, but I suppose you could consider erasing them; I'm not sure what's best - it's just focused so nicely on the single flower that it might be cleaner. Also, nice color - this is a shade that I think makes my 717 a little "uncertain" at times - I think it tries shifting to flourescent white balance. ;^)