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Sakura


I'm not sure if these are really cherry blossoms, they may be plum blossoms. Anyone with any blossom knowledge is free to help me clarify this matter. All I know is that they're pretty gorgeous.

I tried a new edit on this photo below. What do you think?

7 comments:

  1. The 2nd one looses the color of the petals as they blend into the background. Although the darker shades appear to stand out a little more, in general the first is better. There are ways to keep mask the parts to brighten or intensify other parts with layers. It reminds me of cherry but a bit different. I can often tell by the bark, you might make that comparison.

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  2. I have no idea what kind of bloom this is, but it is gorgeous! I agree w/ Terr in that the bottom image looses some of it's color in the blossoms...but at the same time it makes the background more white (which I likes - maybe erase the effect away from the two blooms??

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  3. I have a flowering plumb tree, and even thought it is way too early for me to be seeing blossoms on it, these certainly look like the same thing. I think I like the first one for detail. but the second one has more of an artistic quality. It reminds me more of a Japanese painting, very soft and delicate.

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  4. Whatever kind of tree, it's pretty and I think I like the first one best.

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  5. Wow! Doesn't matter what kind of blossom it is; it's beautiful and you captured it magnificently!

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  6. The difference is subtle, but I think I like the top one better, The delicate flowers stand out better, In either case, the simplicity is lovely--it has the elements of a Japanese painting.

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  7. It is subtle but there is more separation of the flowers from the background in the top one. It does look painterly, simply beautiful. I think plum, likey a purple leaf one

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