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The theme this week is 'PRETTY IN PASTEL'
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For the Smile On Saturday group: "Pretty In Pastel" theme
It had rained, and she was picking her way carefully through a muddy area at the Michigan Renaissance Festival.
HSoS
Sedum florets.
The sedums are just coming out as we move into Autumn. And the bees are having tremendous fun!
I took this today in the front garden where there are a lot of sedums growing in drifts. I thought the dappled pinks might make it a suitable subject for this week’s Smile on Saturday’s Pretty in Pastel theme.
Although the image lacks a strong composition it does appeal to me as I love the patterns and symmetries of flowers. It’s a macro about a couple of inches across…
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image! Happy Smile on Saturday :)
[Handheld in diffuse sunlight.
Developed in Capture One trying to control the saturation (it’s meant to be pastels!) and getting a balance between softness and detail. Tried to take down some of the brighter pinks but kept the complementary green active for colour contrast. Went for as high a key as I could without losing the highlights or the pinks.
Processed in Affinity. Some gentle sharpening with Unsharp Mask. There was already quite a lot of pleasing DoF blur at the edges of the image but I added more with the DoF filter in Affinity; the filter was set to also enhance the Clarity in the centre. Used Curves in LAB mode to flatten (i.e. compressing) the contrast in the highlights.
White vignette.
Finally (playing around) added a white fill layer at low opacity on top to… er… whiten everything. Except not everything because I masked the centre out from the effect. It whitened the edges like the vignette but didn’t have the side effect of increasing the apparent colour contrast there (I think… it wasn’t quite the same anyway).]
Smile on Saturday! :-) - Pretty in Pastel
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Went to a wedding yesterday and this was our table afterwards for dinner.
Smile on Saturday.
Pretty in Pastel.
The theme this week is "Pretty in Pastel" and I remembered the pig erasers who are cute and pastel colours :) I added some pastel sweet peas and geranium petals and voila!
In nature, light creates the colour.
In the picture, colour creates the light.
(Hans Hofmann)
Challenge on flickr - Flora/Close up
Smile on Saturday! :-) - Pretty in Pastel
(photo by Freya)
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For Flickr group "Smile on Saturday!:)", topic: "pretty in pastel"
For Flickr group "Fantastic Monday!"
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Shot for Smile on Saturday, theme "pretty in pastel".
This is a classic of course, maybe even a bit corny.....
Happy weekend everybody
Smile On Saturday-Pretty In Pastel.
I remember eating these years ago. I have to admit they were tasty, but they have too much sugar in them for me to indulge any longer.
For 'Smile on Saturday' theme of 'pretty in pastel' and
'sliders Sunday'.
Not what it first seems to be and certainly not what the title reads!.
Happened to spot a decorative metal box - just really hadn't registered its photographic potential. A bit of lighting reflecting off a glitzy gift bag bought from the local convenience store, and subsequent reflection off the polished metal surface of the box lid.
All very simple and straight forward, plus a bit of this and that adjustment, and here you have the result.
Pentax Auto 110 70mm ............................................. about 2 inches
Pretty in pastel - Smile on Saturday
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