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Tick on Brittlebush
Tick on Brittlebush
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Challenge: Free Study VIII (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Superstition Mountains, Arizona USA
Date: Apr 10, 2005
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800th
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 15, 2005

 Taken just after sunrise which explains the vibrant lighting. The tick coming along during shooting was an added bonus. Thought about titling this "Morning Commute"

Post:
1-NeatImage for noise reduction
2-Cloned out several very small distracting items
3-Color Balance Layer (-7 Green +5 Blue midtones only)
4-Levels Layer (RGB only, standard adjustment)
5-Dodge and Burn on 50% greyscale overlay layer (Added some blue highlighting in addition to light burning)
6-Cropped and resized to 640X512
7-Applied standard USM at 100, .3, 0

Statistics
Place: 95 out of 507
Avg (all users): 6.0812
Avg (commenters): 7.4545
Avg (participants): 5.9519
Avg (non-participants): 6.5957
Views since voting: 1728
Views during voting: 309
Votes: 234
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/25/2005 10:35:13 PM
Love the texture.
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 04/25/2005 06:02:15 PM
how vibrant! I love it. The water droplets are so crisp, and the colour is gorgeous and bright. Enough so that the shadows don't distract. Eww on the tick, but nicely captured!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2005 09:14:49 AM
This would have been bumped to a 10 if not for the tick. He turns a beautiful flower into something just a little creepy for me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/24/2005 10:32:05 PM
Great macro. Excellent sharpness in the water droplets
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/24/2005 01:14:21 PM
never thought it was`possible to make a tick look good...well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/24/2005 12:42:43 PM
Ick - I think its a spider, though. Very nice focus and depth of field. Terrific composition with the placemtn of the background flowers.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/24/2005 12:26:31 PM
This pops right out the screen. Very good.9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/23/2005 11:06:08 PM
Kill that thing before it winds up on your leg. Beautiful macro literally bursting with color. Lighting is almost too harsh but still very effective.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/20/2005 09:05:52 PM
Brilliant colors. Nice shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2005 07:10:02 PM
Nice. A bit oversharp. Good composition though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2005 12:35:54 PM
love the yellow and blue. A real winner here!
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