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Challenge: Free Study 2007-03 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Backyard
Date: Mar 30, 2007
Aperture: 2.7
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Abstract, Nature
Date Uploaded: Mar 31, 2007
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Tried something a little different that I ended up really liking. I took just an average shot of some yellow-green colored clovers in the supermacro setting on my camera...which is why there is technically only one in focus. However I did this on purpose because I liked the idea of the viewer having to really look for the one that was in focus, meaning that they would have to look at the entire image instead of just skimming over it.
Also did some very different styled editing. I cropped, rotated, converted to b/w, then messed with the color levels(it's in the hp editing system, so I'm not sure how to do it in photoshop, but it wasn't the same as curves). That gave me a very dramatic and almost grainy black and white photo. Then I went to the color and gave it an overall emerald green color. Did brightness and contrast, and there you have it...a nice effect while still within basic editing rules.
Now, I could have easily stopped there and it woud have done just fine, but since it was advanced editing, I went a little further. I did some slight blurring on the backgound clovers to make the in-focus one stick out more. Then I added some smart-sharpening, a border, risized and submitted.
Again, I really liked this effect, but I found it can only really work with a uniform subject (prefferably a pattern or abstract) without any white. It jut doesn't really work otherwise. I've only tried this in green and red on a grass closeup and ferns and it gave both a very 3-D dramatic and almost mettalic look. Very fun :D
While this didn't score nearly as high as I was hoping for (6.2) I understand that scores were very messed up from the april fools "joke" this year. Many of the entries around my placement, I think deserved top 10 places. Oh well, grrr :( |
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04/09/2007 06:42:26 PM |
| really beautiful, I LOVE the editing you did, the contrasts are enthralling. Awesome work! |
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04/08/2007 12:35:42 AM |
| Leah, this was one of my top picks in this challenge. I really like the mellow softness and glow of it. Nicely done! |
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04/03/2007 11:24:42 PM |
| different,the focus on the leaves very soft... |
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04/03/2007 06:49:28 PM |
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04/03/2007 06:09:41 PM |
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04/03/2007 09:17:59 AM |
| Nice colors and composition, would have been a great photo for a St. Patricks day challenge. |
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04/03/2007 02:51:04 AM |
| The more I look at this the more I like it. |
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04/02/2007 02:37:38 PM |
| I love the color...great shot. |
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04/02/2007 11:10:07 AM |
Right then, joke's on me as I now have to plough through 564 images and bump them all (yes, all of them) up. There'll be a third run through for fine tuning. It's day two now and I'm running late, sorry.
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04/01/2007 06:41:57 PM |
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