Fallen Flower - Edited

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FallenFlowerBrush
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Fallen-Flower.jpg
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Description

This is from the camelia garden area in the Huntington Gardens in San Marino, California. I loved the lingering beauty of this fallen flower amidst the brown and grey leaves and sticks starting to fade and break down into the forest floor.

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I tried to get as low of a perspective as I could, but think it would be better with an even lower POV. I also think this would be better if the brown leaf on the right were whole. Unfortunately, I had an external hard drive crash on me with about a year and a half worth of RAW files, which I stupidly hadn’t backed up to other storage at the time, so I can’t go back tot he original file to see if I can rework it. Any comments or suggestions are welcome.

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Canon 40D, f9, 1/100s, -1 ev, 100-400 at 400 mm.

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A very nice find, Ed. I like the depth of field with most of the foreground in focus and the surrounding ground litter makes a nice frame for it. The white areas in the center of the out of focus rose are a bit of an eye magnet for me. If you use the TK9 panel there’s an easy way of coloring in without destroying the texture. If not, just a low opacity brush the same color as the surrounding petals and putting some tint in those areas should do the trick.

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Thank you @Dennis_Plank. Rework has been posted. Thanks for the feedback on this.

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Ashes to ashes dust to dust, Sooner or later, we all return to the forest floor. I like there is a lot of different textures, colors and shapes. The brown leaf is fine.

Sorry about your HD. I’ve also lost a lot when my HD failed. I think it has happened to all of us at one time or another. Thanks

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Thank you @SkipsPics.

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Ugh, the dreaded hard drive crash. Sorry to hear that Ed. Interestingly I just ordered an external hard drive. I currently back up online, but recently read a Wirecutter article that recommended also keeping a full backup at home. My photos are like wonderful memories for me, so hopefully that gives me one more layer of protection.

I think this image works great Ed. I like @SkipsPics thoughts about how we all return. I think your rework is an improvement; nice suggestion by @Dennis_Plank .

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Thank you very much @John_Williams.