holiday hues [Contest Finalists December 2004]
Uploaded: December 21, 2004 09:47:29
Leanne M.E. Boyd December 21, 2004
Beautiful Kathy! #198232Kevin Nugent December 21, 2004
Excellent shot! The colors are striking! #990314Kathy Shogren December 21, 2004
Thanks so much Leanne and Kevin! So nice of you to take time to comment. Happy Holidays to you both. #990388Melinda Coker December 21, 2004
A wonderful picture! #990479Kathy Shogren December 21, 2004
Thank you Melinda! I'm glad you like this. Kind of the old traditional Christmas colors. Happy Holidays! #990507Janet L. Skinner December 21, 2004
WOW, Kathy!! I just love the colors. #990632Kathy Shogren December 21, 2004
Thanks Janet, you ole sweetie! You're always so nice to take time to comment. #990642S J December 21, 2004
Beautiful capture and excellent framing, Kathy! #990912Kathy Shogren December 21, 2004
Thanks so much, Sanjay! Flowers are so much fun to work with. #990930Lisa Deaton December 23, 2004
Great image, love the vividness of the colors!! #994072Kathy Shogren December 23, 2004
Thank you Lisa for your kind words. Happy Holidays! #994099Marie Fields January 18, 2005
Congratulations, Kathy! Fantastic finalist!!! #1043611Jill Flynn January 18, 2005
Way to go Kathy! Congratulations!! #1043758Kathy Shogren January 18, 2005
Thank you Marie and Jill! Yes, I was very surprised. #1043797Anita Hogue January 18, 2005
Beautiful image, Kathy! Congratulations! #1044219Kathy Shogren January 18, 2005
Thanks so much, Anita! #1044747Jennifer Rennison January 18, 2005
Beautiful Daisy, Kathy! Congratulations on your finalist! #1046111Kathy Shogren January 18, 2005
Thank you Jennifer! #1046251Jay Patel February 27, 2005
Wonderful details in the flower. Excellent composition as well. All your photographs are thoughtfully crafted. Red is very hard to capture using digital camera as it saturates quite easily. I like to underexpose intense red scene to prevent the red channel from saturating....Hope this helps. #1137574Kelly Plitt March 16, 2005
To respond to Jay's comment about red oversaturating (not that I think this photo is oversaturated) - There's a (somewhat) easy fix in photoshop that I've discovered. create a new layer in COLOR mode. Set the opacity very low - about 10-20%. in the original layer, select around the red area (using magic tool usually works best.) Then going back to your color layer, spill in the yellow (using the bucket tool.) This will bring out all the hidden detail from the oversaturated bits of the red area, without taking much away the brilliance of the color.You can play around with the opacity levels, also the shades of yellow, then merge the layers and your done! :)
Best wishes & GREAT photo!!! #1179974
Tammy Scott January 21, 2006
WOW! This is just GORGOUES! Congratulations! #2319470Kathy Shogren March 08, 2008
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