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Challenge: Free Study 2007-01 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Pentax K100D
Lens: Pentax SMC-M 100mm f/4.0 Macro
Location: My Backyard
Date: Jan 28, 2007
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/180
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Jan 30, 2007

An outtake from the DOFIII challenge ... I kept going back and forth whether to enter THIS one or the one I entered, and ended up putting this one here and the other in DOF III.

Based on how that one's doing after day 1, I'm wishing I would have entered this one ... which I think would probably have done better there than it will in the Free Study challenge.

Handheld with my 100mm macro f/4, wide open. Levels, saturation, brightness and contrast in GIMP

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Post-challenge: Thanks for all the positive comments! Yes, the sensor dust is a problem. I would have cloned it out ... but I don't know how to do that yet! I have, however, cleaned my sensor for the first time since this shot was taken!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/07/2007 10:20:22 PM
Cool pattern and colors! Great example of shallow dof. In advanced challenges, don't be afraid to clone out sensor dust at top or lighten/desaturate/blur parts that detract from the pattern, like that row behind the focussed leaves. Anyway, this is a lovely abstract. Good job!
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02/07/2007 08:20:39 PM
haha nice use of that selective focus and low DOF
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02/06/2007 10:21:15 PM
that is very interesting...nice use of DoF
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02/06/2007 07:54:28 PM
Lovely colors and shapes - but the lens dust spots are quite unfortunate and take this down a little
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02/06/2007 03:55:47 PM
What a pretty photograph with a fantastic use of shallow depth of field. I really love htis -- buttttt -- I wonder in advanced editing why the sensor spots were left in ???? But that's okay, I still love it :)
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02/03/2007 03:55:54 PM
Very good colors and light!
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02/02/2007 08:28:13 PM
creative but not sure where POF is...
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02/02/2007 03:17:17 PM
very clever
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02/01/2007 06:34:43 PM
I like the pink outline on these leaves.
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