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Warming Rays of Autumn
Warming Rays of Autumn
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Duotones III (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: 2007
Camera: Sony DSLR-A700
Lens: Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Minolta
Location: Virginia
Date: Nov 6, 2007
Aperture: F6.3
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Nov 6, 2007

Lightroom
- Tone: E -.05, R 21, FL 6, Blk 7, BR 43, C 0
- Presence: C 100, V 0, S 0
- Curves: H 0, L -25, D -8, S 0
- HSL: Saturation Red 86, Org 39, Ylw 100, Blue -100
- HSL: Luminance Red -62, Org -29, Ylw -25
- NR: L 0, C 25
- Sharp: 25, 1.0, 25, 0
- Send to PSP X2

PSP X2
- Dup BG
- xero plugin: Softmood (50,50,50,50,20,10)
- Repeat Softmood
- Layer opacity to 32%
- Merge all
- Dup BG
- Select Leaf - promote to layer
- Invert selection - promote to layer (wood layer)
- Wood layer, desat via HSL/Colorize
- Wood layer, photo effects, Film & Filters (Glam, Custom, Red, 50)
- Leaf layer, HSL (Ylw Hue -23)
- Crop
- Resize
- Leaf layer, USM (.35, 100,10) +luminance, NI
- Wood layer, USM (.50,100,10) +luminance, S&P (1,1)
- Wood layer, HMS (0,0,-20), Color Adjust RGB (Red +25%)
- Leaf layer, USM (.50,100,10) +luminance
- Wood layer, Clone (remove small leaf stem from an old leaf)
- Leaf layer, Soften brush, minor cleanup
- Leaf layer, Darken brush on main stem
- Merge all layers
- Color Balance (warm 3450)
- Rotate left 90
- Save as JPG

Had a heck of a time saving this under the 150k limit. Lost some detail in the leaf in the process. :-/

Statistics
Place: 113 out of 295
Avg (all users): 5.8038
Avg (commenters): 7.8000
Avg (participants): 5.6893
Avg (non-participants): 6.0182
Views since voting: 934
Views during voting: 225
Votes: 158
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
11/19/2007 12:46:45 AM
hmmmm... thought this one would place so much higher
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/16/2007 03:02:45 PM
lovely celebration of fall with good choice for duotone 8
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11/14/2007 11:47:41 PM
I like the composition in this shot, how the lines in teh old stump leads to the leaf, nicely done!
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11/14/2007 03:04:56 AM
Beautiful colors and texture! This is an amazing shot.
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11/13/2007 06:12:00 PM
Very nice! Love the brighter color after looking at all the dark shots
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11/13/2007 01:55:00 PM
I love the color of this pic
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11/13/2007 11:01:24 AM
nice use of the cracks and lines of the tree for this, giving a burst look. 7
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