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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Macro VI (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Taughannock Falls, Ithaca, NY
Date: Oct 14, 2007
Aperture: f8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Oct 14, 2007

 Fallen leaf with water droplets on it (they were already there, not that it really matters). I used a close-up adapter. Hey, at least it's not a bug ;-).

Convert from raw with ACR. Bumped saturation and shadows.
In Elements:
Shadow and Highlights
Adjustment Layer: Levels
Adjustment Layer: Hue/Sat - slight red
Select droplets into new layer.
Copy levels layer onto droplet layer.
Adjustment Layer: Hue/Sat on droplets - more blue
Flatten
Resize
Contrast
Duplicate layer
USM on new layer
Erase droplets from new layer to let the softer ones show from the background.
Border
Save for web.

Statistics
Place: 165 out of 248
Avg (all users): 5.4437
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.3867
Avg (non-participants): 5.5075
Views since voting: 1036
Views during voting: 290
Votes: 142
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 10/28/2007 01:16:44 PM
Neat abstract, but too much noise/grain.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/21/2007 09:26:27 PM
looks like a generalE photo......9
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 10/15/2007 02:20:45 PM
A good scene, but it appears grainy and indistinct, either from severe cropping or high ISO.
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 10/15/2007 01:25:53 AM
Looks just a little too noisy/grainy to me.
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