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After the rain
After the rain
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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix L5
Location: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Date: Jan 16, 2009
Aperture: F/4.9
ISO: 79
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Macro, Water
Date Uploaded: Mar 7, 2009

This one day in January I was bored out of my mind at home, and decided to go for a walk up in the mountains, close to where I live.
I took pictures of many things, but this one was my favorite. It had rained the day before, and so many things where still wet and with water drops, such as this leaf I found next to the road I was walking on.
Hopefully you'll like it.

cropped, rotated, color balance, burn and sharpen tools, resized in Adobe Lightroom and CS3


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Place: 560 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.5924
Avg (commenters): 5.9487
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Views since voting: 796
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Votes: 498
Comments: 43
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03/17/2009 09:24:59 PM
Really simple and really beautiful! Great composition!
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03/17/2009 05:07:19 PM
Nice detail in the droplets, well done.
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03/17/2009 04:37:48 PM
This is interesting, the way the stem curls at the end is my favorite part.
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03/17/2009 06:25:40 AM
Beautiful clarity and detail. Simple yet nice.
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03/17/2009 01:51:15 AM
Nice clear water drops... the sharpness is good.
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03/17/2009 01:46:26 AM
I like the upside down leaf. The water droplets are nice.
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03/16/2009 11:00:00 PM
Water for life. Color is nice.
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03/16/2009 09:05:59 PM
I like the water drops but I wonder if the composition could have been slightly different to have more drama or be a bit more interesting.
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03/16/2009 02:42:55 PM
Nice shot. Good perspective.
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03/16/2009 07:12:39 AM
Great droplets.
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03/16/2009 06:25:29 AM
Beautiful shot!
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03/16/2009 04:27:07 AM
Awesome capture and presentation. Gorgeous.
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03/16/2009 04:09:26 AM
nice shot
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03/16/2009 03:48:27 AM
Nice shot. Good perspective.
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03/16/2009 03:24:18 AM
not a great deal to hold my interest
its pretty sharp
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03/15/2009 11:26:40 AM
Great detail in the veins of the leaf and the water droplets.
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03/15/2009 11:13:55 AM
Focus is off just a hair and colors could have bumped up a little (maybe more contrast
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03/15/2009 10:07:42 AM
Really nice detail, could use just a bit more DOF so the entire leaf is in focus.
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03/15/2009 09:11:33 AM
This is very unique and well done - 7
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03/15/2009 05:29:14 AM
nice idea , 6
brano
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03/15/2009 05:12:10 AM
Good shot although I don't think rain has much to do with the droplets on the leave. Well done in any case, I love the picture
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03/14/2009 10:17:05 AM
Nice detail. To me, the drops look like ice.
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03/13/2009 11:11:33 PM
you can almost feel the "coolness" of the air...love the color and the textures of the shot
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03/13/2009 07:28:37 PM
Looks like a gnome dropped his umbrella.
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03/13/2009 07:01:19 PM
the stem really does look like a new plant growing, i imagine that was your intention.
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03/13/2009 06:01:54 PM
ha! how very cool. could use a tad bit of sharpening, but other then that its quite cool. great water drops, they accentuate the details in the leaf nicely
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03/13/2009 03:10:37 PM
Extraordinary capture, congratulations!
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03/13/2009 02:59:40 PM
Interesting leaf. I like the drops.
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03/13/2009 01:58:16 PM
I think a tighter crop could make this image pop more.
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03/13/2009 12:13:00 PM
wow, this is beautiful
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03/13/2009 10:39:28 AM
good job in retaining the details in the droplets. However subject matter not too interesting IMO
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03/13/2009 10:15:04 AM
Poor thing fell down :-( It doesn't pay to be top-heavy and add water!
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03/13/2009 09:19:03 AM
The bubbles of water are cool
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03/13/2009 02:41:23 AM
Looks like the kind of pic my sister would take. She has a better eye than me. :)
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03/12/2009 10:35:27 PM
This is marvelous. I love how the green stands out from the brown background, the silver quality of the water beads, and most especially, the curly tail :-)
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03/12/2009 09:03:58 PM
Nice tones and detail.
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03/12/2009 06:16:15 PM
Fertility is what I think of when I see this shot. Very nice.
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03/12/2009 02:55:08 PM
too bad the light is a bit flat
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03/12/2009 10:18:09 AM
great composition, clear simple image, but the colors are a little flat
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03/11/2009 07:45:34 PM
Looks like natures umbrella
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03/11/2009 02:15:34 PM
this looks unreal, too set up. composition is centered - boring.
03/11/2009 01:19:56 PM
the background really makes this pop ... and I like how the water drops magnify the veins in the leaf
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03/11/2009 05:28:32 AM
cool, nice to see something different
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