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Autumn Dreaming
havy2008


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Challenge: Duotones II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S5500 Zoom
Location: Albury NSW Australia
Date: Feb 19, 2006
Aperture: f/3.1
ISO: 64
Shutter: 1/120sec
Galleries: Studio
Date Uploaded: Feb 20, 2006

 Leaf I found in garden, since it is summer here it caught my attention. Have used a white fruit bowl as background and set the white balance incorrectly on the camera to give a warming glow to the original. Came out a bit more yellow when converted to jpeg then on my PS version.

Just the usual processing:
Neatimage
Convert to b&w with channel mixer
Duotone- with adjustment of colour curves
Curves
Levels
Brightness/contrast
Selective colour
Resize

Statistics
Place: 105 out of 631
Avg (all users): 5.7492
Avg (commenters): 7.4375
Avg (participants): 5.6599
Avg (non-participants): 5.8983
Views since voting: 1117
Views during voting: 422
Votes: 315
Comments: 20
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 03/07/2006 06:11:01 PM
from the Critique Club

I'm intrigued by this approach, as much because it has all the feel of a full colour photograph as a duotone. In that sense, your toning is perfect for the image - catching just the right kind of shade of orange/brown, however accidental it is according to your notes.

In such a clean composition, it's inevitable that the little white blob thing should attract so much attention - I think the voters need something to pin their comments on, and that gives them a direction, because there isn't actually so very much else here to comment on:

All the technical details are fine - focus, detail, light, composition and so on are all fine. Arguably one might make something of the darker area to image left bottom, or that the highlights to image right might be over-exposed, but the progression of light across the image is smooth enough for those not to be major problems I think.

It's perhaps just that the overall imapct isn't so great that has left this scoring only just above the average. There isn't quite the immediacy of texture to the leaf, nor is it quite close enough to show us the fine detail that makes a macro of such things appealling, and that would take it into the higher scoring territory of the 6's. Don't misunderstand this - I think it's a porefectly fine image, but it just lacks that zing, or that difference, or that pow that you need to score heavily here.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/28/2006 03:21:08 PM
Nice, but the little dotty thing draws the eye away from the main focus, and is a little distracting.
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 02/28/2006 01:28:52 PM
turning leaf
 02/27/2006 06:59:23 PM
simple and elegant.
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 02/27/2006 01:30:38 AM
good choice of light
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 02/26/2006 06:48:41 PM
nice, i like the yellow
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 02/26/2006 01:14:38 AM
Very nice. I tend not to like the strongly colored images but it works well for this one.
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 02/25/2006 05:06:01 AM
Nice feel to this photo, but the composition feels awkward. The blob to the left of the leaf puts me off.
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 02/23/2006 08:26:24 AM
nice detailing on that leaf...
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 02/23/2006 12:22:42 AM
Verty nice choice of colour.
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 02/22/2006 11:12:59 PM
I like the color tone here. Could be a bit sharper. Good lighting.
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 02/22/2006 07:02:42 PM
Love the color combo and the way the background gradually shifts. Also like the simplicity and conciseness. 10
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 02/22/2006 03:17:07 PM
Simply perfect.
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 02/22/2006 12:53:17 PM
Excellent tones. Simple subject. Great lighting and textures.
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 02/22/2006 11:48:23 AM
Love the bold yellow color chosen. This is an exceptional choice of positioning, color, contrast, etc.! Love the darks and lights. Very good photo!! Well done!!!
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 02/22/2006 11:19:55 AM
nice! Good color choice and a compelling composition.
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 02/22/2006 10:27:08 AM
nice, simple and well done
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 02/22/2006 10:26:18 AM
Beautiful. One of my favs of the challenge. I love the unusual yellow tones you chose. The detail of the leaf's veins is lovely.
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 02/22/2006 07:39:21 AM
I like the detail and textures of the leaf.....The lighting is good and the duotone colors work well here.....
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 02/22/2006 01:45:22 AM
verry nice picture! Maybe the color is a little to hard but I love the simplisety.
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