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Moss
Moss
Dr.Confuser


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Challenge: Outdoor Macro Shot II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G7
Location: Yarrow Point, Washington (USA)
Date: Apr 12, 2013
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 84
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Apr 14, 2013

 Photographer’s Notes
I fear I will regret my choice. I had four ‘pretty good’ candidates from shooting in my wife’s garden today. It came down to the shot I entered, and this one:


I prefer the outtake but given the challenge theme, fear it won’t be judged as a macro. The field of view in the photo is about the size of a US Quarter, or a Euro. My TPL team was split on their advice.

Now to what I entered – it is a photo of moss growing on a planter. The little pods sticking up are so small you can barely see them with the naked eye. My D3 is lousy at this so I used a Canon G7 point and shoot, which has terrific macro capabilities. The lens was practically touching the moss. It wasn’t very hard to get pretty much right. The hard part was imagining the image in order to take it.

In a week the angst will be over.

Post Processing
• Reduce Noise (Neat Image)
• Brighten (PSCS5 - Curves Layer)
• Midtone Sharpen (OnOne Perfect Effects)
• Vignette (OnOne Perfect Effects)
• Saturation (PSCS5 Hue/Sat Layer)
• Reduce Bright Spot (PSCS5 Clone Layer)
• Crop (PSCS5)
• Resize (OnOne Perfect Resize)
• Save for Web (PSCS5)

Camera Data
• Date: 2013.04.12
• Camera: Canon G7
• Lens: Integrated
• ISO: 84
• Aperture: f/2.8
• Shutter: 1/60

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 144
Avg (all users): 6.0515
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 6.1538
Avg (non-participants): 5.9333
Views since voting: 391
Views during voting: 200
Votes: 97
Comments: 4
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AuthorThread
 04/23/2013 04:56:31 PM
Moss seems like it would be so cool to photograph up close like this (I've tried) but it doesn't feel like it delivers. It's like taking a photo of the top of a forest w/o the misty hills, calm lake, or majestic mountains. Just lacks focus...

I do like the lighting, though... As a whole, this makes me think of Christmas.

(Sorry I missed you during voting)
 04/22/2013 12:52:32 AM
Well, I loved it! I was your 10. I have tried many times to get a shot of moss that I like, & I admire this one. Good work. A challenging subject.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/21/2013 11:23:56 PM
love these, micro suburbia
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 04/21/2013 09:09:29 AM
Good stuff.Lovin'the light.
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