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Challenge: The Username Challenge (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Last day of Fall 2005, Bucks County
Date: Dec 22, 2005
Aperture: f6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Dec 22, 2005

 I had a leaf shot I liked so I did a search on leaf and got inspired by Michael's username. Thanks for the mental image :)

Pointsettia leaf against a winter landscape, selected two gray/silver tones in the leaf and applied gradient to the image. Cropped, adjusted levels, boosed contrast way up, cloned out a bit of my glove, added a border and saved for the web.

Also, this is the first challenge entry with my new camera -- I'm back on the lower side of the learning curve.

Statistics
Place: 79 out of 153
Avg (all users): 5.8128
Avg (commenters): 6.4545
Avg (participants): 5.6316
Avg (non-participants): 5.9516
Views since voting: 817
Views during voting: 334
Votes: 219
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 01/02/2006 01:50:18 AM
With a quite popular lens..... not fast, but capable of a couple of more stops in low light with is. It has a good range & a high creative factor as shown here and also in other work I have seen with this glass..... but I see an expensive over lap, and less sharp to your sixty. Interesting purchase good luck with it. Silver toning is beautiful, obviously carefully made. fyi 7.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/01/2006 08:43:39 PM
Nice macro. I like the composition as well.
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 01/01/2006 08:28:42 PM
Good composition and detail captured in the leaf. Needs something to shine it up a bit more so its more silver instead of grey. Perhaps some frosty edges? I like the sparkly effect in the background from the shallow dof, but still wish the leaf itself was a bit more "silvery".
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 12/31/2005 06:49:30 PM
Impressive b/w study. Bumping up.
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 12/31/2005 06:18:40 PM
this comes across as gray, not silver. silver, aside from being more reflective, has blue in it.
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 12/31/2005 04:24:06 PM
Nice use of dof. Good detail on the underside of the leaf. Could have used more contrast to really bring out the silvery tone of the veins.
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 12/27/2005 07:12:01 PM
Love this textured B/W image with silver undertones..............
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 12/27/2005 06:43:57 PM
Wow, you found the perfect leaf! - would have been good for the Pattern challenge as well. Nicely done - fits challenge and username well.
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 12/26/2005 06:56:27 PM
Simple. To the point. Nice focus!
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 12/26/2005 01:58:33 PM
Nicely done. Background separated from the subject and a great b/w conversion.
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 12/26/2005 11:15:14 AM
Nice sharpness and use of DOF. Good exposure control as well. I might prefer a tiny bit more contrast. Well done and fits the username nicely. :)
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 12/26/2005 01:06:26 AM
So pretty in its simplicity. Very nice and the bokeh effect is spot on too!!
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 12/26/2005 01:04:16 AM
very nice, and perfectly photographed... top work...
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