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Here is an interesting group of Straw Flowers shot at the Ankley Flower Farm. 

Processed in Smart Photo Editor, I muted the colors of the flowers and stem to give it a watercolor feel.

Added a white vignette.

Here is the original out of the camera.

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September - Macro Photo Club News

September monthly theme - Post your favorite images with creative post processing.

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Got a little creative on the processing of this one.  

I get asked many times what filter I used on an image, and I don't keep track of the filters I use on each image. I just load the image into the program and start clicking on filters until I see a look that I like and save it. 

Sunflower, Ankley Farm, Imlay City, MI

Fuji X-T30 MKll, Tamron 18-300, f/32 @ 1/65sec, ISO2000

Creative processing in Smart Photo Editor.

Here is the original out of the camera.

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It's the end of August and only about another month for shooting spider webs before the weather here in Michigan starts to get some frost and kill off all the critters. 

Here is a collection of past spiderweb shots.  

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