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Ken


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Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Date: Oct 3, 2007
Aperture: F/2.8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Oct 4, 2007

Viewed: 436
Comments: 11
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 When we were in town pick up Taylor I wanted to shoot an old church a few blocks away. I quickly walked down and the light was not good because it was already sunset and the sun set behind the church. On the way there I saw a bunch of flowers at a historic mansion (which happens to be where I got married!). Thinking of the floral challenge I decided to take some shots of the flowers and ended up getting these berry things on a tree.

I didn't do anything fancy in processing. Convert from raw,crop, NI. then I raw Mike Finn's Clarifier action , which selects something and then does a couple different sharpening passes and curves. I then ran MF's LAB sharpening action. Another pass of NI due to more noise, resize, and smart sharpen with high % and small radius, save for web. It sounds like a lot but it only took a few minutes once I decided what to do.

Check out the camera settings - it was taken about 7 minutes after sunset, handheld! There was quite a bit of noise at this ISO and the original was very dark.

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 10/08/2007 01:05:59 AM
Love the colors and softness that frames the bright red berries.
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 10/05/2007 02:18:57 PM
Wow they're so nice & shiny they almost look fake! Nice shot.
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 10/05/2007 08:40:46 AM
don't be afraid of the noise. i enjoy it. i say crank it up and get your exposure out there -- grain be damned!
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 10/04/2007 04:03:57 PM
All the pretty autumn colors people are posting make me so happy. This is no exception. I love the bright red berries and the "summer is FINALLY over" feeling it they give me. :)
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 10/04/2007 01:14:07 PM
It's beautiful. I love this kind of photo where the subject is tack sharp in a sea of soft bokeh. And this one has such appealing autumn colors. Very NICE!

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 10/04/2007 01:04:03 PM
Nice colors and texture.
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 10/04/2007 10:05:43 AM
So sharp and handheld? Nice! With these settings my version would have ended up in the 'blur' side challenge :-) Thanks for the processing details, I so love learning about new actions and plugins and such!
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 10/04/2007 10:02:50 AM
Great color on your berries! Very pretty image.
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 10/04/2007 08:52:42 AM
Lovely colours, very nice. Seems a bit dark to me
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 10/04/2007 08:25:58 AM
These colors look great together! Nice focus on the berries in the foreground.
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 10/04/2007 02:05:47 AM
Sounds like you did very well to save this ;) Those berries look very red and juicy probably poisonous!
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