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Underfoot #4: Harvest Detritus On Ice:
Underfoot #4: Harvest Detritus On Ice:
PenelopeK


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Collection: 2012 Photo a week. Underfoot
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Cape Cod, MA
Date: Jan 17, 2012
Aperture: f/6.7
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Abstract, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jan 20, 2012

Viewed: 251
Comments: 9
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 For 2012 Photo a week. Theme: Underfoot

After the cranberry harvest a few loosened twigs and seeds etc. get left in the irrigation ditches around the cranberry bog. Recently these were trapped in, and sit on, a layer of ice that formed, adding a sculptural quality that isn't there when they are just floating in the water.

ETA: I love that we can see one seed that already sprouted in the unusually warm weather that preceded this.

Topaz Detail; then Nik Color Effects Pro 4 to add depth and darken edges; Reduced brightness of a few over-bright stalks; Sharpened.

(Image: IMG_2025)

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 01/25/2012 06:57:50 PM
This looks almost like leaves stuck on a wall. The ice adds enhances this interesting vision.
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 01/25/2012 11:50:21 AM
This is so simple, yet elegant. I like this! I also really enjoy the splash of green from the sprouted seed.
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 01/24/2012 12:05:50 AM
Love these effects, aint nature grand! and you're part of it ;)
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 01/23/2012 05:32:32 PM
Really beautiful abstract. The rich colors give this and almost Asian art quality.
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 01/22/2012 11:37:02 PM
This is really quite beautiful! Great richness to it.
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 01/22/2012 05:29:32 PM
i really like the textures and intricate shades of browns and oranges and golds
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 01/21/2012 05:16:57 AM
for some odd reason this looks up side down, which is an impossibility for an abstract shot from above.
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 01/21/2012 02:24:40 AM
It's amazing what you see in photos that you miss when you you are merely strolling by. I can't imagine anybody noticing that tiny sprout - except when it appears in your image. I'm really enjoying your "underfoot" shots!
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 01/20/2012 02:23:47 PM
I am liking this little project of yours. Underfoot! In this shot, I like the textures formed in the ice and the golden colors of the winter foliage with the darkened ground underneath. This shot also has a nice story behind it.

I just recently got a book full of photo projects for christmas. In it, there was a creative project to freeze some fall or winter foliage in your freezer using a casserole dish, then take it outside to shoot some macros. The guy used the 100mm macro lens and his shots turned out something much like this! So, if you had marketed this idea first, you could be enjoying some book royalties right now! I'm just sayin'...

Maybe you can publish a coffee table book full of your underfoot shots with all the stories!
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