12 Responses to “Picture of the Day -August 24th, 2008”

1. Mike Fenphotography says:

   August 24, 2008 at 8:02 am

   Really nice effect, looks great. Mike.

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2. Ivar Ivrig says:

   August 24, 2008 at 8:07 am

   Very nice and soft. Beautiful

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3. Louise says:

   August 24, 2008 at 9:02 am

   Lovely. Since I don’t edit my photos (other than cropping) since I don’t have software or knowledge, I’m not sure what you did here, but I think blurred it just a little? Or maybe you did that with the focus. Anyway, wonderful effect.

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   • Klaus says:

     August 24, 2008 at 12:01 pm

     It’s an effect called soft focus, which is a combination over overexposure and blurring – and creates a sort of dreamy effect. I rarely use it on animals, but flowers and trees are a great “victim” for it.
4. RuneE says:

   August 24, 2008 at 9:10 am

   And well worth all the flowers!

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5. PJ says:

   August 24, 2008 at 10:19 am

   Great perspective here. I just learned about HDR and was wondering if you’re using it with some of your work?

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   • Klaus says:

     August 24, 2008 at 11:59 am

     Yes and no. I work with it on rare occasions, but mostly it creates images that are very unnatural looking – and if overused – images just look plain wrong. Same goes for Tone mapping, which has as similar approach as HDR, but works from just one image. I’ve seen hundreds of HDR’s but only maybe a handful really were mindblowingly good. SO the fews trials I made never rewally made it to my site.
     Cheers, Klaus
6. Denise says:

   August 24, 2008 at 10:46 am

   What a fantastic photo, such beautiful colors.

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7. 2sweetnsaxy says:

   August 24, 2008 at 11:32 am

   Oh, Klaus! This is beautiful. It’s so soft and romantic. Excellent!

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8. Paz says:

   August 24, 2008 at 1:29 pm

   Lovely flowers, lovely photo.

   Paz

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9. PJ says:

   August 24, 2008 at 1:57 pm

   We’re out of detention as well, just the low pressure front swirling around inside my sinuses.
   I had to laugh at the turts, they look so naughty. I don’t know if you’re interested but you can see very good work on the release of Kemp’s Ridley and Loggerhead turtles here:
   http://barrierislandgirl.blogspot.com/
   http://mkirstendahlen.blogspot.com/
   Oh, and the best camera work on the web. I really mean that.

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10. Donald Kinney says:

    August 24, 2008 at 8:37 pm

    I love this shot…
    It has that dreamy focus thing going on… Very nice…

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