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Challenge: Complementary Colors II (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Macro
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Date: Oct 2, 2005
Aperture: f4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Oct 2, 2005

 this is a fallen leaf that just happened to have complementary colors. I taped it to my sliding glass door where the light hit it but not the camera. The veins (cells?) turn out to be the most transparent so that's why the lines are so clear ... As always, I blurred a little DOF with the macro, but I felt that this was actually helpful in describing the object as 3-dimensional. I am imagining that this will score lower than it should (ok I'm biased) - and might be dependent on my a clever yet easilly understood title ... I have been told that it looks like fabric .. but I'm hoping the average viewer will appreciate the "LEAF!" ... my new thing is to predict my score: 5.04120

Statistics
Place: 74 out of 318
Avg (all users): 5.5519
Avg (commenters): 7.1818
Avg (participants): 5.5856
Avg (non-participants): 5.5231
Views since voting: 1056
Views during voting: 330
Votes: 241
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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10/10/2005 01:14:36 PM
Seen this before, metatate. Not sure that I am happy with that!! It might prejudice my voting.

And no ... not a "crabby control freak" ... just very serious about voting remaining anonymous. It is what makes this site work so well. A lot of the features of the site are directly in support of this, including the "baghead" one. And yes, by all means, show your friends, as long as they are not voting members of DPC.
 10/08/2005 09:51:01 PM
Nice detail -- the backlighting really highlights the cell structure of the leaf.
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 10/08/2005 07:16:13 PM
I love this shot. Great texture, color and framing. Good job.
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 10/08/2005 01:39:57 PM
Beautiful colour and details, fits the challenge well.
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 10/08/2005 11:20:08 AM
There are lots of color turning leaves in this challenge but this one I love. I grew up in Canada where these colors fill the season but never took the time to look this closely at them. Beautiful.
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 10/06/2005 11:13:08 PM
wow - well picked out
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 10/06/2005 08:16:07 PM
Nice composition, I wish the whole leaf was in focus.
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 10/06/2005 01:08:19 PM
Wow. This is just stunning to me. I love the texture and blend of colors. 10.
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 10/06/2005 09:55:56 AM
Seems this was posted in a thread, never a good idea during the challenge.
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 10/05/2005 10:06:46 AM
The simplicity is excellent. I love the detail. I'd do a selective color adjustment on the white background to remove the black and cyan. Other than that - spot on.
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 10/05/2005 03:36:10 AM
amazing!
grade: 9!
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