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Challenge: Free Study 2008-01 (Advanced Editing VI ("Time Lapse"))
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm F/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Jan 17, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jan 16, 2008
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Taken in the front yard. I find the coolest things in my yard sometimes. We had just a bit of snow and I went out and took a bunch of pictures. The first batch included this branch, but I wasn't happy with the DOF so I reset everything, put the long lens on ('cuz it creates great background bokeh) and tried again.
Actually used the flash for this to get some extra glisten. I really like how it turned out. Not expecting a great score but I am very happy with the snow, which looks like little diamonds decorating the cedar branch.
PP - converted from RAW twice, merged with HDR, cropped, cloned out some twig edges to even out the edge, increased saturation and shifted hue a little towards green, cloned a couple of hotspots to tone them down, added border, resized, sharpened with noise reduction. |
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02/12/2008 12:21:43 PM |
| I can see that the best focus seems to be at the tip so pulling the composition towards more negative space would have been better..The contrast would have shown the glittery bits of ice better.. The dof causes the rest of the ice seem oof and the eye goes straight to that part rather then what should the focus.. Great find though.. |
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02/12/2008 08:58:29 AM |
| I'll also echo the DOF sentiment. If the whole main branch was in focus I think it would help. Also you might try to isolate the branch and highlight it in some way (maybe even lighten it up, or burn the background bokeh. That said the composition and colors are good. I probably would have voted this a 6 as is. |
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02/08/2008 08:45:17 PM |
| This is a very interesting catch. I love how you used the green and white to pop out from your bokeh background. I think I would have liked to see a little more focus on the entire branch since it's color is prominent like the part that is in focus. This is a beautiful find! |
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02/08/2008 01:45:58 PM |
| This has such potential. I really, really like the composition and the whole concept. Brilliant that you used the flash to bump the glisten. The colors seem very accurate. I wish the DOF was a touch deeper to encompass more of the branches. i think you would still have great background bokeh, but you wouldn't feel the need to "see more of the subject". It looks a touch flat. maybe a bit more contrast or shadow/highlight to bring out a little more detail?? (What do I know.) The frame is not adding to the photograph, IMO. :) Overall, I really like this shot. It's sad that the "non'mainstream" shots don't do better here. |
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02/08/2008 01:01:59 PM |
| Wonderful clarity to this, and I like how the branch spreads out much like how snow crystals do. |
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02/08/2008 12:35:16 PM |
| I really liked this, but only gave it a 7. The composition was beautiful, and I loved the jewel-like quality, but I wanted to see more detail. |
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02/08/2008 08:25:33 AM |
| Beautifully composed shot and a lovely subject. I actually think you could have achieved a far superior bokeh with you 50mm 1.4 - the bokeh on this doesn't quite convince me and I reckon the DoF could be a little shallower as well. But none of that takes away from the fact it's very nicely done indeed! |
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02/03/2008 04:49:15 PM |
| Nicely captured. The snow, and branch, look very delicate. |
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02/01/2008 09:38:51 AM |
| Nice DOF and color. Good detail on the snow. |
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