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Lines Are Everywhere - Puzzle Macro II
Lines Are Everywhere - Puzzle Macro II
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Brown Ribbon Deja Vu II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Olympus E-510
Lens: Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
Location: Home
Date: Feb 6, 2009
Aperture: 10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Feb 6, 2009

 I tried to stay true to the original by starting with an old brown oak leaf (found on the floor of my garage) and shot it straight on.

Because mine was wrinkled and brittle, I added a bit of cooking oil to the surface to rejuvenate it. This had the added benefit of giving it a nice shine and bringing the textures and colors to life. I also threw in the droplets for added interest/perspective.

Converted from raw, exposure, rotate, curves, hue, slight saturation, possible cloning out of dust element, re-size, usm, border.



Based upon "Lines are everywhere"
From the Puzzle Macro II Challenge

Statistics
Place: 70 out of 126
Avg (all users): 5.4179
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.2041
Avg (non-participants): 5.5412
Views since voting: 1276
Views during voting: 214
Votes: 134
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/13/2009 01:34:44 AM
I love the abstract pattern and exposure.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/10/2009 09:10:00 PM
it does meet the challenge
good execution
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/09/2009 05:47:19 PM
I love the magnifying droplet. Excellent colors, nice sheen which improves the detail.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/09/2009 04:39:59 PM
Wow. This is remarkably faithful to the goals of the original challenge and to what Whiterook was trying to accomplish, so you get high props for that.

I vaguely wish you'd resisted the temptation to throw in the always-pleasing DPC cliché water droplet, but I can't really punish you for knowing what the voters like can I? And the image is beautifully lit and actually fairly puzzling, as a macro; exactly what is that surface, anyway? You even managed to make an image that's entirely *brown* (in a brown ribbon challenge) and make it look appealing :-)

End result, an 8 from me for now.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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