Challenge EntryBacklit Lily for the Challenge

Mackinawman
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Published M/d/yy
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Have been real busy lately but finally got out the camera for the first time in two weeks. 

went into Mom's Garden and captured a backlit  Lily .

I took three exposures hand held and HDR'd it with Photomatix. I finally broke down and purchased it so I didn't have to clone out the Photomatix watermark. Ha! Ha!

Processed this one with Topaz clean  -   Processed Lily 

On this shot  nothing has been done to it. This is the way it came from the SD card.

I exposed on the bright areas of the Lily which, I hoped, would darken background.

 




 
 
  • fishone0
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    7/27/12 3:46 PM

     really great job on handholding HDR. love the second shot immensly

    - desert flower

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  • MRQUACKERS
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    7/27/12 9:33 PM

    Love the second.  Good job on snapping and processing.

    - Quack! Quack!

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  • evilsqueendee
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    7/28/12 11:28 PM

    i like the second one best and maybe a tighter crop on the "nothing" one?

    - enter here...

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  • Dub
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    7/30/12 5:03 AM

    mac - ditto the dee, and the last was also a bit dark on my work monitor.

    - Dub

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  • Mackinawman
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    7/30/12 5:27 AM

    Dee and Dub agree with you both. Here is the  tighter crop 

    Yup it was dark but didn't lighten because just wanted to show how it came directly from the SD card. If I was going to use it would have lightened.

    Thanks for the comments all! Much appreciated!

    - Michigan Redneck

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