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Green on Green
Green on Green
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Challenge: Burst of Color III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon Powershot G11
Location: Riverside, CA
Date: Apr 15, 2011
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 15, 2011

 New "leaf" on old growth of La Tuna (prickly pear) cactus. The little white puffs are waxy secretions from tiny cochineal bugs around each spine. Cochineal is a natural red dye made from drying and crushing the little bugs. It's been used for eons, including the Red Coats of the British and is still used in cosmetics. Mmmm, lipstick...rendered dead animal fat, dyed with dried bugs.

Thanks for the votes, everyone. Better than my first challenge so moving in the right direction.

In Lightzone, cropped, resized, zones remapped to darken midtones and shadows and enhance backlit highlights in new leaf. Minor sharpen. A couple clicks more saturation in green highlights. Added vignette to edges in PS Elements.

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Place: 87 out of 143
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Views since voting: 722
Views during voting: 226
Votes: 133
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/20/2011 03:19:39 PM
that light green is realy out of this world i like it !
what plant is that ?
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 04/18/2011 12:47:07 PM
This looks like an alien creature.
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