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Preserving something dying
Preserving something dying
Wallit


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Challenge: Flora II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD Tele-Macro for Canon
Location: Dorm
Date: Oct 7, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Oct 7, 2007

 It took a long time for me to think of a good shot for this challenge. I walked around the UAA campus for quite some time looking for a good flora shot, but nothing really stood out to me. I brought a dying leaf back with me and experimented with a few different ideas. One way I like to brainstorm is to draw out my ideas before I shoot them. That is when the idea for this shot came about.

I started drawing the end of the leaf, then I tore the leaf and fixed it to the paper (using gum... because I could not find any glue...). Then I finished the drawing till it connected to the real leaf. Next I put some light on it and traced the shadow then shaded it in. Finally, I opened up my curtain to let in some ambient light, and took the shot.

post editing:
levels
a little saturation
contrast
crop

Hope you like it!

Statistics
Place: 300 out of 325
Avg (all users): 4.4595
Avg (commenters): 4.3333
Avg (participants): 4.4028
Avg (non-participants): 4.5132
Views since voting: 650
Views during voting: 212
Votes: 148
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 10/18/2007 08:16:50 PM
really well done, except it seems you had trouble lighting it properly. More light with a higher f-stop could have been a spectacular picture.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/16/2007 09:53:33 AM
?????
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 10/13/2007 11:11:30 AM
wery nice idea, just your lighting on the leaf itself is a bit dark. Details are lost in the shadows.
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 10/10/2007 03:41:57 PM
interesting concept and really, obviously thought out, but somehow.......not hitting the mark. You're taking a beating on this one, aren't you??? Don't worry, not scoring, just commenting.
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 10/10/2007 12:41:44 AM
creative but, idk
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 10/10/2007 12:22:01 AM
our lenses always get a shitty DOF. and i think you might get tacked on this one as well.. sadly..
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