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Challenge: Free Study 2009-02 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Date: Feb 28, 2009
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125 sec
Galleries: Abstract, Nature
Date Uploaded: Feb 28, 2009

This is a clone of a geranium plant growing in a rectangular glass vase. Natural light from the window behind the vase.

Shot in RAW: created two conversions using the Cold Tone and Cyanotype presets in Lightroom

PS:
Cold Tone conversion as the background, Cyanotype as hue layer above that
Curves
Dodge, burn, clone here and there.
Resize to 1700
Sharpen x 2
Resize to 720
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 403 out of 436
Avg (all users): 4.7143
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 4.7353
Avg (non-participants): 4.6667
Views since voting: 615
Views during voting: 259
Votes: 147
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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03/08/2009 06:13:03 PM
I was one of your 7s - apparently this didn't appeal to the masses, though. I do think it's a bit monitor dependent - lovely rich and detailed on my home monitor but somewhat washed out and lacking detail on the cheapie at work. That may have hurt the score a bit. I think it's quite lovely.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/07/2009 10:22:08 PM
bright and beautiful. 8
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03/05/2009 06:56:40 AM
This is very compelling. Literally it's a root system I think; certainly some part of a plant. But it suggests something else entirely. It promises, it hints, but it is ultimately just slightly out of reach. Birth is a good start, but not the whole story.
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03/04/2009 10:55:18 AM
great shot
03/01/2009 11:48:50 PM
Nice Shot
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03/01/2009 12:04:03 AM
must be multiple umbilical chords?
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