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Challenge: Leading Lines III (Basic Editing III)
Collection: 2006
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 for Minolta
Location: Virginia
Date: Sep 16, 2006
Aperture: F32
ISO: 100
Shutter: 25 sec
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Sep 15, 2006

F32, 25 sec, ISO 100, Manual focus/Aperture priority, Tamron SP 90mm, tripod mounted - light tent

RawShooter essentials 2006
- convert to TIFF

Post-Processed with Paint Shop Pro X

Brightness & Contrast : Clarify +10
Brightness & Contrast : Histogram (2,5,220)
Brightness & Contrast : HMS (-100,0,-15)
Brightness & Contrast : HMS (0,0,-15)
Crop
Hue & Saturation : HSL (yellow saturation -30)
Brightness & Contrast : Clarify +2
Brightness & Contrast : HMS (-15,0,-30)
Resize
USM (.50,100,10) +luminance
Noise Reduction : Salt & Pepper (3,5)
USM (.35,100,10) +luminance
USM (.35,100,10) +luminance
Border
Save as JPG
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Well, this is a revised version of outtake .

I hadn't planned on resubmitting, but I hadn't cleaned up my light tent after doing the original shot Thursday night. Saturday morning I went to straighten up and this mushroom had morphed into something entirely new! ;^) Not sure that this is as solid an indicator for 'Leading Lines' now that the fins are collapsed and wavy, but I couldn't resist.

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 294
Avg (all users): 6.3842
Avg (commenters): 8.4167
Avg (participants): 5.9880
Avg (non-participants): 6.6583
Views since voting: 1693
Views during voting: 279
Votes: 203
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)


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10/01/2006 06:44:34 PM
Congrats on your high finish, well done!
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09/30/2006 10:46:11 PM
Everything points to the center! Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/26/2006 06:15:47 AM
Great image. Love the colour and the texture. Really hits the eye hard.
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09/26/2006 03:50:01 AM
Wow beautifull image, great colour, crisp nad clean, sharp shooting 9
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09/22/2006 06:18:12 PM
way cool :]
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09/22/2006 04:15:56 PM
Great shot, love the textures and lines
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09/21/2006 10:10:10 PM
An excellent shot for this challenge! I like the randomness of the lines. Congrats!
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09/21/2006 03:19:42 PM
wow... what a nice illusion... mushroom i guess... best shot at this state on this challenge. 8
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09/21/2006 12:57:26 PM
This still shot looks so alive. Great composition and lighting to bring out the marvelous texture. Very well done!
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09/20/2006 01:46:54 PM
great idea for the challenge. love the tones.
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09/20/2006 12:46:50 PM
Cool macro. Reminds me of something you would see under a microscope.
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09/20/2006 10:45:06 AM
Fantastic!! My favourite.
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09/20/2006 10:18:06 AM
Great Shroom shot! The lines pull us in to the stem very well.
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09/20/2006 09:00:22 AM
great mushroom macro! very curious shot with an interesting snse of movement.
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09/20/2006 08:01:38 AM
great abstract image...well done, and great title as well
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