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Florida Fall
Florida Fall
BeckyT


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Challenge: Free Study 2008-11 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
Location: Parents backyard
Date: Nov 27, 2008
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Landscape, Macro
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2008

 Thanksgiving day my sister and I are walking taking photos. I bought a small crystal ball that is way bigger than some of the marbles I have been using for my marble shots. I placed the ball in a tree and took some photos through it. I just like the affect I get looking through the crystal ball. This is my version of a fish eye. I had my white balance set to flourescent lighting by mistake so the original had a bit of blue tint. Tried to get the tint out with out taking out too much blue.
Shot in raw and converted it using three different exposure settings. My first time trying to bring out the foreground detail and background detail together. Opend the three files in CS4. Move two of files into the one then selective erased areas to bring out the detail.
levels,
selective color
usm
noise ninja
resize
smart sharpen
saved for web

Statistics
Place: 91 out of 417
Avg (all users): 6.0968
Avg (commenters): 6.7778
Avg (participants): 6.0571
Avg (non-participants): 6.1800
Views since voting: 1081
Views during voting: 279
Votes: 155
Comments: 12
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 12/08/2008 12:20:45 AM
Top 100! :) Good finish!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2008 07:56:40 PM
Not sure what to say about this other than "that's really cool"...looking forward to seeing how you did it.
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 12/07/2008 06:39:34 PM
Cool photo. Nice job getting the camera out of the picture.
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 12/05/2008 03:29:10 PM
The old crone peered desperately into her scrying ball. She'd been banished here, to these old woods, by that hateful little town. All she had tried to do was bring order to that gaggle of maggot infested peasants, but they had turned on her! They had accused her of sorcery and tossed her aside like so much trash!

Well, she would have her revenge, oh yes. They wanted sorcery did they? She would give them sorcery. They, all snuggled in their illusion of safety in those rotted old grass huts and wooden shacks. They all nestled cozily behind their spiked walls. She would show them what true sorcery was.

She peered desperately into her scrying ball, until finally she found what she was after. A quick flash of golden yellow amidst the grasses and trees pointed her to her goal. As the sun glinted off the hair of the beautiful girl child that then came into focus, laughing and playing in that field, the old crone smiled, and the air around her went dead, and any living thing within a hundred yards fell lifeless to the ground.

She would give them sorcery, and then they all would SUFFER.
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 12/05/2008 09:55:28 AM
Interesting shot, excellent natural framing, I like this a lot.
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 12/03/2008 07:10:58 PM
Very cool technique, nice color, very interesting, 6
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 12/03/2008 03:37:36 PM
lovely reflection
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 12/02/2008 09:37:29 PM
Cleverly done. (not voting yet)
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 12/01/2008 09:26:44 PM
I know this must be Becky's so I won't vote! :)
Wonderful image and I hope it's still hanging in there! This challenge is the pits for many. :)
I love the textures, colors and detail captured in the crystal ball and the way it's framed.
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 12/01/2008 01:59:45 PM
Very impressive, clear reflection. It's an excellent photo. Should do quite well in this challenge.
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 12/01/2008 03:05:00 AM
wow...nice use of a glass ball...good image
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 12/01/2008 12:05:58 AM
wow. very very impressive-10
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