This may be my last sunflower macro image for a while.This was shot pretty much like the others I have posted recently, but I processed it differently in CS4. I duplicated the background layer, made it a smart object, and added Gaussian blur in overlay blend mode, followed by a curves adjustment layer in luminosity blend mode to brighten the resulting image. A soft layer mask reduced the Gaussian blur and brought back a bit of sharpness around the center of the main subject.
I intentionally used an unconventional centered-subject, square crop in an attempt to take advantage of the leading lines in the flower petals and the S-curve provided by the background flowers.
-CGTTL
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