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Winter Puffs
Winter Puffs
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Challenge: Free Study X (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: Home
Date: Jan 6, 2006
Aperture: f4.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Jan 13, 2006

Small flowers against dried leaves

Cropped, cloned out extra branch, adjusted levels, saturation, and contrast. Blurred out background, added three thin borders. Saved for the web

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Place: 537 out of 622
Avg (all users): 4.8342
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 4.7877
Avg (non-participants): 5.0000
Views since voting: 681
Views during voting: 226
Votes: 187
Comments: 4
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02/08/2006 04:27:51 AM
I said a 7, mainly for colour - beautiful & gorgeous winter browns, but white balance is off - your blacks are not as black as they could be. (are you using photoshop? - click that black eye dropper in curves or levels on a dark area) The primary winter blossom suffers from a softness and subsequent lack of detail. This lens should be so sharp it will make your eyes bleed - hand held in this light may not be an option for camera shake. I think dof is good, but another half stop or so will help sharpen and define your primary bloom without much effect on the background, especially since you are also using some background blur technique. Consider raw - and process in 16 bit as far a you can, you may see slight tonality improvement. I think this crop is awkward, I would have played with a perfect square for this composition.
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02/03/2006 04:09:27 PM
Doesn't quite hold my interest.
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02/02/2006 03:18:57 PM
The softness works here, and the coloration is warm and attractiive. 6
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02/01/2006 10:34:19 AM
I love the earthy tone to this image. It fits the subject quite well. THe DOF is amazing. Perfectly composed.
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