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Awakening
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Awakening

by Craig Strand

Gallery: FloraPosted April 24, 201238 views9 comments
This is a fairly heavy crop, it is about 20% of the original image. I wanted to emphasize the blooms opening dew covered petals. NIK's suite of filters helped with the final image.

Larger version available, Thanks for stopping!

canon 7D
canon 100mm f2.8L IS USM
F/4.0 -0.5 1/4000 ISO 100
tripod, cable, CS5, LR3, NIKs suite

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 24, 2012 at 6:41 PM
Really like the overall impact and those tiny dew drops accent nicely Craig.
I especially like the soft light and colors, great title that fits very well too :toast:
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Comment posted by wade pettitt on April 24, 2012 at 7:55 PM
Really nice craig. I love the soft muted colors here, and the water drops just add icing to the cake.
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on April 24, 2012 at 9:26 PM
Lovely colors and enough in focus for identity! Good one!
Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments
Comment posted by Hali Sowle on April 24, 2012 at 9:43 PM
Beautiful colors and very nice crop, I really like how you brought out those little dew drops and the light is just perfect.
Registered on January 9, 2008, 36 Posts, 582 Comments
Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on April 24, 2012 at 10:40 PM
Cannot make out that this is such a big crop, Craig :cool: - good close-up highlighting the dew drops.
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Comment posted by scott lanz on April 24, 2012 at 11:21 PM
Great job isolating this comp from the larger version. Very artistic.
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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on April 25, 2012 at 7:00 PM
great processing. Love those dew covered petal edges. :toast:
Registered on February 11, 2004, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments
Comment posted by Anil Rao on April 26, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Beautiful vision and craftsmanship.
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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on April 29, 2012 at 8:45 PM
:jump: :toast:

A beautifully crafted image, Craig.
Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments