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Soft & Spiky
Soft & Spiky
timfythetoo


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Textures IV (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: Columbus OH
Date: Apr 1, 2006
Aperture: 10
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 1, 2006

Thistles from back in the woods softened up with some pink ribbon. A nice combo of textures.

crop
curves
shifted to b&w
adjusted color
cloning of minor spots
burned to highlight corner shadows
unsharpen mask

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Place: 152 out of 311
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Views since voting: 908
Views during voting: 190
Votes: 135
Comments: 3
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/09/2006 03:13:52 PM
I like the coloring and the creativity.
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04/07/2006 04:37:21 PM
Wow! This looks somehow so romantic and soft against that spiky texture. I love it!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/07/2006 11:22:45 AM
This is a bit too contrasty for me. There is very little midtone detail. I really dislike the pink color cast that I'm seeing on my monitor. With an extra light pointed more toward the background you could have eliminated quite a bit of the harsh shadows under the ribbon. This looks like a case where the camera was fooled by the white background, thus the lack of good detail in the dark vegetation. Shooting a subject with a great deal of tonal contrast can be tricky because of the different exposure requirements. In this case, capturing the texture of the vegetation should take precedent. Nice effort.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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