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Floral Dreams


 
BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest Finalist   Floral Dreams
Floral Dreams
Shot with an Olympus C-750 in manual priority with an aperture of F3.5, and a shutter speed of 1/250. The soft focus effect was created in Photoshop using a guassian blur and selectively erasing back to the original sharpness in some areas.

Heidi S. Hart

 
 
 

Janet Detota
 

Heidi, this is really beautiful! You've done a great job with the PS work and comp. The colors are wonderful!


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August 16, 2004

 

Stacey A. Bates
  Great shot Heidi, wonderful colors and composition, great ps work too!!
Stacey


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August 16, 2004

 

Alisha May Furbish
  Beautiful work!


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August 16, 2004

 

Colette M. Metcalf
  Beautiful, Heidi!!


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August 16, 2004

 

Heidi S. Hart
  Thank you all for your kind words!!


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August 16, 2004

 

Anne M. Muntifering
  Excellent shot and presentation. I am particularly impressed with your work using the guassian blur. Everything about it looks natural and not "done".


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August 17, 2004

 

Heidi S. Hart
  Thank you Anne! Usually I find that if you use 3 layers and gaussian blur the second layer at about 20 and then lower the opacity of the top layer just a little that it doesn't give that "done" look. Sometimes it requires removal of the main subject on the gaussian blur layer though, but a lot depends on what mode you set the top layer to.


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August 17, 2004

 

Anne M. Muntifering
  Sweet! I tried it and see what you mean. Thank you so much for the information. Best regards, @m


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August 17, 2004

 

Stacey A. Bates
  Congrats Heidi, Best of luck to you my friend :-)
Stacey


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September 14, 2004

 

Janet Detota
  WoooHooo, Heidi! Congratulations and good luck next round!!


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September 14, 2004

 
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