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New Life on the Forest Floor
New Life on the Forest Floor
Quigley


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2008-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR
Location: Grants Woods Orillia Ontario
Date: Jun 29, 2008
Aperture: f/3.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/6 sec
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Jun 29, 2008

 Out shooting nature shots and looking for beauty in the everyday. I just love this one. Already printed it and got it hanging on the wall.

Edit:

Not much really

A little contrast
Levels
A little saturation
USM
Added a border
Save for web.

Statistics
Place: 327 out of 473
Avg (all users): 5.3931
Avg (commenters): 5.7000
Avg (participants): 5.2150
Avg (non-participants): 5.8947
Views since voting: 798
Views during voting: 220
Votes: 145
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 02/25/2009 09:22:37 AM
I love the colors and the depth of field looks great!
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 07/14/2008 08:10:20 AM
Wonderful colours - really rich and vivid.
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 07/08/2008 08:28:55 PM
Wow, nice fluorescent image. :) The focus here is slightly in front of your subject. For such macro shots, you should be using spot focus and a little tripod or beanbag, but I'm guessing at 1/6s, you were using something already. Manual focus would be even better if you are good at it (but my eye tends to focus worse than auto-focus, so I never use manual). The other focus trick for macro work is to set the focus roughly, and then move the camera forward and backward. You could also easily get away with closing the aperture a little to widen the depth of field. For editing with an image like this on DPC, I would tend to mute the saturation a little, so it's not quite so over the top, and maybe shift the colour balance a little away from the greens.
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 07/08/2008 12:47:04 AM
Very cool. Looks like a blooming orange mushroom. With these colors, I bet it looks great on the wall!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/07/2008 11:25:54 PM
Looks a little too OOF
 07/06/2008 05:24:36 PM
A lot of your shot is out of the DOF. Love the colors.
 07/05/2008 01:18:30 PM
shroomies. great contrast between the oranges and the greens. really makes the little fungi stand out
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 07/05/2008 07:53:08 AM
great colors
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 07/02/2008 10:52:07 AM
Nice colors on this shot.
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 07/02/2008 10:09:03 AM
not sure if the focus is exactly right...colour is good
 07/01/2008 11:44:05 PM
great contrast
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 07/01/2008 10:32:47 PM
Beautiful colours, the small plants seem to glow. Great dof and composition.
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 07/01/2008 06:14:08 PM
looks like alien heads!! :)
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 07/01/2008 11:29:21 AM
good color, the dept of field is so shallow that you lose a little of the viewer involvement that you might have otherwise.
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 07/01/2008 09:56:06 AM
Very pretty colours and low angle. Good work.
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 07/01/2008 05:40:51 AM
Interesting colours.
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