***No lenses were hurt in the making of this picture***;)
Came up with this idea while going through some old photo equipment in the basement. The dirt was actually glued to a piece of cardboard that was cutout to fit on top of the lenses and the plants were inserted into a little hole made in the center.
Lighting was from the on camera flash and an SB600 bouncing off the ceiling.
D/B
Adjusted Levels and Curves
Cloned out a few unwanted pieces of dirt and some other flaws
USM
Added border and resized
6.8??? :S
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Beautiful concept! Congratulations on high finish. I know it should have deserved more seeing some images with no connection with Go Green are up.I don't know PENTAX will love this image or not :)
Great take on this challenge.
I really like everything about this with the exception of the border, but no worries, I don't vote on borders.
High marks here.