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Slow Mover
Sheryll


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Challenge: Free Study 2007-05 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Tryon Creek State Park, Portland Oregon
Date: May 31, 2007
Aperture: F 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: May 31, 2007

 Found this snail on the path during my sons field trip to study nature. Saw some wood peckers but, didn't get any good shots of them.

pp was crop, hue/sat, bright/contrast, shadows/highlights, dodge/burn/sponge unsharp twice, resize and save for DPC.
Post challenge... my pb so far. just wanted to give you the original (except for resize) so you can see the color of the snail is very close to the entry. It was enhanced just a bit but the snail really was that color. And here is a shot of the kids looking at it too(well some of them).

Statistics
Place: 314 out of 617
Avg (all users): 5.6071
Avg (commenters): 6.1000
Avg (participants): 5.6716
Avg (non-participants): 5.3529
Views since voting: 818
Views during voting: 259
Votes: 168
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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 06/08/2007 06:05:03 PM
Very nicely done and congrats on the new personal best! It really is a lovely critter - I've never seen one quite so colorful before!
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 06/08/2007 01:15:20 AM
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Haha, I told you the best shot slug would get a 5.9 or so. :) You actually could have hit 6 with this one with just a little more work on the processing. It's a great shot!


I laughed inside when you said that last Saturday. And I wanted to tell you what my free study entry was then.... but obviously I didn't.
 06/08/2007 12:53:25 AM
Haha, I told you the best shot slug would get a 5.9 or so. :) You actually could have hit 6 with this one with just a little more work on the processing. It's a great shot!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/07/2007 11:12:21 PM
best colored snail i have ever seen
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 06/07/2007 06:48:01 PM
i like the snail a lot - great colors - but I really don't like the selective desat here
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 06/07/2007 02:28:02 AM
what colors! but are snails realy red like this?
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 06/05/2007 12:41:56 PM
Nice Desaturation. Interesting point of view
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 06/04/2007 09:08:40 PM
Nice detail and colors in the snail. Seems to be a bit pixeled around the edge of the shell where the desat meets
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 06/04/2007 08:18:14 PM
Great detail, good job.
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 06/04/2007 03:23:25 PM
that's an amazing animal, nice close up, good desat on the ground - colors I'm guessing have been pushed in terms of saturation which is an ok effect. The vertical orientation is a bit too much tension.

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 06/04/2007 01:13:53 PM
The colors have de-tracted from the character...
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 06/03/2007 08:12:13 AM
Nice macro, great shot. Love the colours
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 06/02/2007 10:22:54 AM
Good job on the Sel. Desat. you got right up in there and you did a outstanding job.
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 06/01/2007 07:09:22 PM
Interesting colour work.
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 06/01/2007 05:21:50 AM
wow, this is exceptional work, love the colours. Top work
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