White Dahlia

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This is quite an old image, more than 10 years I would guess. The Dahlia was white with an sort of olive green center…very beautiful. I should find it and work on it but there are so many and so little time :wink: I have got comments that I should increase contrast but I like the dreamy look of it…soft but still sharp…if you know what I mean. This is a significant crop but I don’t remember how much, maybe 50%. It’s not technically a black and white conversion. I do remember simply desaturating it. Makes it a BW I guess but I didn’t take it through a typical BW editing process as I typically would. Surprised me how well it came out using an older DSLR and a $250 lens.

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Nikon D7000
Nikon 35mm/f1.8 DX
polarizer

1/200 sec @ f4
ISO 100

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Bruce: I like this. My first descriptive word might be “purity”. I like how the focus fades and the structure of the central petals. Nicely composed, captured and presented. >=))>

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I love the way you framed this against its own outer petals, Bruce. It looks as if you used just a bit of a white vignette on the edges that really does a nice job of blending the flower into nothingness. A very fine image.

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Thanks for the thoughtful comments. Dennis I’ve used white vignettes before but can’t say for sure on this one although I don’t think I did. Was 6 yrs ago.

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Gorgeous!! I like the crop and the tonalities are just right to show off details and the soft light.

It may be from the JPEG conversion but the darker lines look oversharpened.