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Firelily

Firelily

Taken at the Amsterdam Zoo - Artis in a small zen garden while testing my new camera. During editing, while adjusting the curves, I noticed how striking the li...
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Taken at the Amsterdam Zoo - Artis in a small zen garden while testing my new camera. During editing, while adjusting the curves, I noticed how striking the lily became. I exaggerated the adjustment which increased the shadows and combined it with the original image. I'm still delighted with the result.
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camera

NEX-7

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 800 Shutter 1/400

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upload_date

Jul, 2013

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330

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This is very cool. I'm fascinated with the way the center of the flower looks like flames.

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