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Study of Yellow
Study of Yellow
sammigurl


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study XV (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO Macro Super II for Canon
Location: My apartment complex in Chandler, Arizona
Date: Nov 1, 2006
Aperture: f/10.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 2, 2006

 Import to Picasa
Straighten
Export
Open in Photoshop CS
Crop (I cropped and recropped it about a bazillion times, trying to get the composition just right)
Levels
Curves
Color Balance
Channel Mixer
Hue/Saturation
Dodging and burning, just to bring attention to some things
Minor cloning
Resize
USM technique
Border
Voila!

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First new entry in a long while, I hope it does well.

Statistics
Place: 348 out of 501
Avg (all users): 5.4194
Avg (commenters): 4.6667
Avg (participants): 5.3679
Avg (non-participants): 5.5306
Views since voting: 871
Views during voting: 201
Votes: 155
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/05/2006 10:30:08 PM
I think the DoF should be just a little deeper. It would be nice if all of the wing were in focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/05/2006 06:24:36 AM
Nice coloring but I would have voted this shot way higher if the DOF had been on the butterflies head, having it on the wing kindof doesn´t make sense to me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/04/2006 10:16:53 PM
Not focused nice close up.


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