Floral Dreams
Uploaded: August 16, 2004 07:50:18
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.
Janet Detota August 16, 2004
Heidi, this is really beautiful! You've done a great job with the PS work and comp. The colors are wonderful! #158824Stacey A. Bates August 16, 2004
Great shot Heidi, wonderful colors and composition, great ps work too!!Alisha May Furbish August 16, 2004
Beautiful work! #715408Colette M. Metcalf August 16, 2004
Beautiful, Heidi!! #715464Heidi S. Hart August 16, 2004
Thank you all for your kind words!! #716186Anne M. Muntifering August 17, 2004
Excellent shot and presentation. I am particularly impressed with your work using the guassian blur. Everything about it looks natural and not "done". #716767Heidi S. Hart August 17, 2004
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. #717536Anne M. Muntifering August 17, 2004
Sweet! I tried it and see what you mean. Thank you so much for the information. Best regards, @m #718089Stacey A. Bates September 14, 2004
Congrats Heidi, Best of luck to you my friend :-)Janet Detota September 14, 2004
WoooHooo, Heidi! Congratulations and good luck next round!! #779942Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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