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Mittened for Winter
Mittened for Winter
MaryO


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Challenge: Backlighting IV (Basic Editing)
Collection: Macro
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Nov 19, 2008
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Nov 19, 2008

 I have a view of this Star Magnolia tree from the window near my computer and happened to look up and see that the buds were all glowing from being backlit by the afternoon sun. So I stuck the 20mm extension tube on the camera and took a couple of shots. Really like the rich background colors in this one and the curve of the branch as it comes towards the camera. Not a spectacular shot and I may get dinged for blowing out a bit of my highlights so not expecting a great score.

PP - converted from RAW, cropped, white balance, increased saturation and contrast, decreased saturation on yellow-green to bring the bud out more, reduced gamma, resized, sharpened.

Statistics
Place: 161 out of 239
Avg (all users): 4.8910
Avg (commenters): 4.2500
Avg (participants): 4.9286
Avg (non-participants): 4.8700
Views since voting: 782
Views during voting: 233
Votes: 156
Comments: 4
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/29/2008 12:43:30 PM
"Back" lighting?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/28/2008 12:24:55 AM
wow this actually does look like a mitten. It might have been a good idea to get closer and take it from a different angle.

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 11/26/2008 11:57:22 AM
Nice, but the photo is a little dark.
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 11/26/2008 01:38:10 AM
This would have been great for the macro challenge! Looks like it got caught in the rain :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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