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Challenge: Shallow DOF II (Basic Editing III)
Collection: 2005
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
Location: Trail, BC
Date: Dec 20, 2005
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 200?
Shutter: 1/80 sec
Galleries: Nature, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Dec 15, 2005

 Natural window light.

Opened original JPG in PSCS, cropped, adjusted levels and highlight/shadows. Resized, sharpened, and saved.

Opened in PSP9, adjusted curves and sharpened a bit more. Very carefully ran through PSP noise remover. Desaturated slightly (-18, all colours). Saved again.


Statistics
Place: 71 out of 346
Avg (all users): 5.8206
Avg (commenters): 6.7778
Avg (participants): 5.7500
Avg (non-participants): 5.8733
Views since voting: 1275
Views during voting: 354
Votes: 262
Comments: 10
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 12/28/2005 06:33:37 AM
7 - Nice, nice colors and 'feel'. Criticism; difficult, but maybe some more 'space' on the left, not sure. Detail is fairly good in the seedhead/pod, but would like to have seen a little more, if possible (difficult likely), perhaps a tighter cropping (quality dependent) not sure. Looks like this would be hard to adjust the contrast on, but the patterns and dark coloring are nice but again, just like to see more detail, especially in the 'fibres' and texture. Up to 7 from 6.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/27/2005 03:37:17 PM
nice image
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 12/27/2005 10:47:18 AM
This is just beautiful...the transparency of the dried out pod is absolute perfection, amazing light...well done.
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 12/27/2005 02:42:07 AM
Good Shallow DOF here in this simple nature inage
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 12/25/2005 11:00:22 PM
funny shape on the stem
 12/25/2005 08:01:17 PM
more contrast in background
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 12/24/2005 08:14:02 AM
one of my favorites this challenge -- really like the one in the background as it repeats the form and adds a lot of interest
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 12/21/2005 06:00:39 PM
It's the lovely colour palette plus the textures that draw me to this image. I like the contrast between the harsh, brown colours of the foreground item and the softer pinkey browns of the background one. I also like that the background one is positioned to be like a surreal shadow to the foreground one. 8
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 12/21/2005 11:43:08 AM
nice crisp shot! good luck
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 12/21/2005 10:57:59 AM
impressive....
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