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valeka vale
{K:306} 11/25/2006
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Beautiful photo and ssuch a great gallery!
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NN
{K:26787} 10/27/2006
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Utterly beautiful work, Monika ... so very delicate! Love the tones you´ve chosen, great compo & DOF!
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Jackie Curtis
{K:1864} 10/27/2006
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This is beautiful in every way. Thank you for sharing your notes on how you did this. Very creative.
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Pawel Kwasnicki
{K:9651} 10/17/2006
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świetne odcienie bieli i szarości, Monika, bardzo ładna kompozycja i DOF! pozdrawiam, Paweł PS dostałaś już może ten wydruk na płótnie z Vide? Jak wyszło?
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 10/16/2006
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amazing macro work!!
I love your consistant style, and amazing grace with flow and motion maintain in your images. your floral work is very much like your portrait work, the same controled style. very nice! perfect DOF, and wonderful tones here!
brilliant work, and wonderful portfolio!
cheers, -joel
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Robin W
{K:16308} 10/10/2006
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Has to be the most beautiful b&w floral I've seen...delicate, an unusual pof (which I adore)...excellent detail, light, and composition! Take care...Robin
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Francisco N-G
{K:28728} 10/10/2006
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Outstanding! Excellent view and crop. Your B&W production was the perfect approach. Love the sensibility and delicate display. Great detail and DOF.
Delightful!
Francisco
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narabia
{K:9563} 10/9/2006
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Michael,
thanks again for kind words about my floral photos. I've learnt for years so I know something about floral photos ;)
You can read more about it in my journal at DA: http://narabia.deviantart.com/journal/10216582/
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The Pilgrim
{K:65001} 10/9/2006
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Awwww yes Monika I got it....:) Pretty photographer too! (smile)
Paul
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Giuseppe Guadagno
{K:34002} 10/9/2006
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Thanks Monika, very interesting. I will experiment it.
Giuseppe
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Giuseppe Guadagno
{K:34002} 10/9/2006
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Thanks Monika, very interesting. I will experiment it.
Giuseppe
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Giuseppe Guadagno
{K:34002} 10/9/2006
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Thanks Monika, very interesting. I will experiment it.
Giuseppe
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narabia
{K:9563} 10/9/2006
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Thanks :hug:
I actually found it on a nearby meadow. Went for some wild flowers&weeds (of course for my photos) and found those under an old apple tree. So probably it was a garden there in the past. This is a new meadow for me. I moved from one side of my city to the oposite one . happily still have meadows so close :)
I took this photo at home with halogen light.
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Michael Kanemoto
{K:22115} 10/9/2006
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Yours is better. I have no idea how you shot this. I was out in the field - was yours indoors or maybe a purchased flower. I'm racking my brain to try to get floral shots as nice as yours.
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narabia
{K:9563} 10/9/2006
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Hi Michael,
You already answered to your question :)
I wanted it to be light, dreamy. The colour was too strong so decided to change it to B&W but simple desaturation wasn't good. Then thought about "lightness channel" in "Lab mode" (that is used for unsharp mask). I thought it would be great to leave only "lightness" so deleted the other channels :) See above the updated info and the original image.
BTW, it looks that this is the same flower as on your last photo :)
Yes, the light was the most important here :)
Smiles, nMK
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narabia
{K:9563} 10/9/2006
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thanks rebecca :) :)
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narabia
{K:9563} 10/9/2006
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Thank you Megan :)
I try my flowers not to look the same/typical as most of presented in the internet :)
Here is the oryginal photo, slightly brightened when converted from RAW to jpg. I updated also info how I changed it from color to B&W (see in "about")
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![](http://thumbs.imageopolis.com/CritiqueImages/2/4/2/7/7/24277/6215013-TN.jpg)
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narabia
{K:9563} 10/9/2006
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thanks jude :) :) :)
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narabia
{K:9563} 10/9/2006
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thank you Bin Jarsh :)
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narabia
{K:9563} 10/9/2006
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thank you Miss :)
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narabia
{K:9563} 10/9/2006
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Thank you Giuseppe :)
You noticed it well!!! made of pure light :) Please read my updated info/about how I achieved B&W and the lightness in that image. I was experimenting in PS :)
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narabia
{K:9563} 10/9/2006
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Thank you Paul :) Please read my updated info about how I achieved B&W.
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Michael Kanemoto
{K:22115} 10/9/2006
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This is a fine piece of work. Almost as dreamy as your recent self portraits.
Love the shallow DOF, and I think a lot of people miss the importance of lighting - especially when you have mastered this wonderful soft backlighting that makes the image glow.
I think the B+W is wonderful, but what went into the decision to make this B+W?
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rebecca claassen
{K:12904} 10/7/2006
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Soft and translucent, beautiful dof on the petal edges, perfect light, an outstaniding image! cheers, R
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Megan Johnson
{K:1422} 10/7/2006
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Monika
This is not the typical flower shot that you see here. Most are of the centre of the flower and in bright tones, and i find photos of flowers a little dull because they all look the same. This however is exactly the opposite and the result is breathtaking. The down turned head and the soft focus of the flower give off an almost sad feeling. I love the grey tones but i do wonder what the original colours were. Great shot.
Megan.
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jude .
{K:14625} 10/7/2006
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Really beautiful!
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Bin Jarsh
{K:674} 10/6/2006
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i really like the softness on this shot
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{K:1009} 10/6/2006
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excellent shot...well done : )
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Giuseppe Guadagno
{K:34002} 10/6/2006
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Excellent Monika,the kind of photo of yours that I like more: light, soft, trasparent, ethereal, made of pure light. I take the picture with me. Ciao.
Giuseppe
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The Pilgrim
{K:65001} 10/6/2006
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Just outstanding photography Narabia! Love the Black&White take (Perfect)! Great lighting and tones. Excellent details and clean sharp shot! Very well done indeed!
Many Congrats to you!
Paul E Brumit
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