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Courbe Naturels
Courbe Naturels
BeckyT


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Challenge: Curves II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
Location: Lot next door
Date: Mar 28, 2008
Aperture: f8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Mar 30, 2008

 For this one I wanted to find something in nature. I have always been fascinated by the dead old vines hanging off the pine tree and palm trees. They are always twisting and turning on themselves. I saw this vine hidden underneath the palm trees. I had to use a silver reflector to shine some light into the shadows. It didn't look exciting by itself so I decided to take a chance and convert it to B/W and then duotone it. My husband loved this shot so I decided to go with it.
cropped
levels
noise ninja
selective color
cloned out a hot pixel next to leaf
USM
gradient map
channel mixer
converted to grayscale
converted to duotone
resized
smart sharpen
saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 109 out of 206
Avg (all users): 5.6129
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.3077
Avg (non-participants): 5.9221
Views since voting: 791
Views during voting: 247
Votes: 155
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 04/07/2008 05:11:25 AM
the dark and light, the twisting forms, the death and life. stunning, composition and tones all spot on. this keeps me warm at night.

Message edited by author 2008-04-07 05:11:41.
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04/06/2008 08:31:26 PM
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 03/31/2008 10:52:25 PM
Very intricate shapes and curves combined with bold tones...well done!
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 03/31/2008 09:47:51 AM
a little too dark, I think
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