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Mini-Palm
Mini-Palm
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: From the Ground Up III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Date: Aug 8, 2006
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/20 sec
Galleries: Sky, Nature
Date Uploaded: Aug 8, 2006

This is some sort of strange plant that my parents gave me. It sorta looks like a little palm tree! I have no idea why the trunk got so kinked (well, I guess I do...it was the cats!). Shot outside in the shade around sunset.

Shot in RAW: tweaked exposure and white balance

PS:

Rotated CW 5 degrees
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I made an HDR version that I would have used instead had this been an Advanced Editing challenge.


Statistics
Place: 119 out of 361
Avg (all users): 5.5204
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.3750
Avg (non-participants): 5.6320
Views since voting: 720
Views during voting: 292
Votes: 221
Comments: 9
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/15/2006 01:52:43 PM
wow!
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08/14/2006 09:10:17 AM
Cool composition and perspective!
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08/11/2006 05:38:53 PM
Nice composition and focus.
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08/11/2006 04:08:18 PM
0-2 Meets Challenge: 2
0-2 Creativity: 2
0-2 Technical Merit: 2
0-2 Visual Appeal: 2
0-1 Presentation: 1
0-1 Biased WOW Factor: 0
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08/11/2006 10:51:08 AM
This is an interesting image. I love the simplicity of the composition. Well done!
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08/11/2006 08:35:10 AM
Perfect tree for this challenge. I like the post processing of this image, as the palm leaves appear in silhouette but yet retain their color. Bumping to a 9.
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08/09/2006 09:27:53 PM
Nice palm, good color in the sky...
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08/09/2006 09:45:32 AM
Nice composition and color balance. Good luck.
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08/09/2006 02:11:24 AM
I think this may work better as a b/w or sepia, IMO. Reason I say that is the color of the palm really isn't adding much and the sky's blue is just ok. However there is good tonal range present to that could produce a good looking b/w image. Just a thought.
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