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Silk Bloom by ~Californianinja:iconCalifornianinja:

Categories Photography > Animals, Plants & Nature > Flowers & Plants

©2008-2009 ~Californianinja
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There's a distinctive difference between almond growers and almond eaters: their pronunciation of the word "almond". People who grow them pronounce it with an "am" sound, whereas everybody els pronounces it with an "ahm" sound.
The more you know.

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~tasogare51 Mar 2, 2008, 11:08:24 PM
This is markedly better than your previous almond blossom photo, namely due to the higher contrast and lower ISO.

And also, aside from the technical aspects, this is more beautiful, in part because the main subject consists of a single blossom rather than three.
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~Californianinja Mar 4, 2008, 8:30:53 PM
I don't know...I liked having a more complex subject.

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*WoodFire0 Mar 5, 2008, 7:18:18 PM
I love this one. It's beautiful. And I kinda agree with Jasmine, it's more captivating with only one blossom. Well, I think so anyway.

Hahaha, the more you know?
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Cause knowledge is power! Hahaha. Sorry.

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~Californianinja Mar 5, 2008, 8:56:25 PM
Hm. Well, I guess girls are stereotypically better at flowers...or something...so I bow to superior numbers and genetic propensity.

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*WoodFire0 Mar 6, 2008, 2:55:48 PM
Hahaha, yeah that's what it is. We know flowers better than guys. Hahaha.

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~tasogare51 Mar 6, 2008, 8:13:53 PM
I prefer a simple subject captured elegantly rather than a more complex subject, because sometimes one flower can be more powerful than three.

But to each their own, I suppose.
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~Californianinja Mar 7, 2008, 9:16:46 AM
By the way, I've been wondering for some time: Many of my photos (including this one) look kind of muddy, and I'm not sure how to fix it. Since you know more about photo editing than I do, do you have any Idea how to fix it?

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:icontasogare51:
~tasogare51 Mar 7, 2008, 12:22:39 PM
By "muddy" I'm assuming you mean it's not sharp enough, but I could be wrong. One way to sharpen it in Photoshop is to go to Filter->Sharpen->Smart Sharpen... and play around with the options until you see what you like.

I usually duplicate the original layer before I do the sharpening, so I can decrease the opacity on the sharpened layer to tone down the effect, so it looks less fake. This is a quick edit to sharpen the photo, but if you spend enough time, I'm sure you could get better results.
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~Californianinja Mar 8, 2008, 7:35:05 AM
Unfortunately, no. Blurriness, I have some idea how to fix. My problem is color. They often look rather dingy...that's no good. Sometimes I'll take a picture of a moderately green field and have it turn out brown--this isn't that bad, because I can just adjust the hue until it's green. With more complex subjects, however, this doesn't work.

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March 1, 2008
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Mar 1, 2008, 12:06:02 PM

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