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As the Light Fades
As the Light Fades
FrozenMoments


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Challenge: Light II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S5800
Location: QLD Australia
Date: May 1, 2009
Aperture: F3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: May 1, 2009

 This is my first entry into a challenge, I really hope I've done everyhting right.

I wasn't sure on how I should interpret this challenge so I thought about what light is to me.
She is a dancing fleeting beauty that changes every minute. Nothing about her can be foretold and she delights in surprising us. As the day ends she casts over the earth mystical and haunting spell. Never have I seen as much beauty than by simply sitting in a paddock at sunset and watching the last rays of light filter through the grass.

Through this photo I tried to capture the mystery of light. The subject is a simple grass seed backlit by the setting sun. I really don't know what reactions to expect or anything but figured I'd give it a go.

The Editing-
Cropped a bit of bottom part of photo.
Duplicated layer, soft lighted and faded opacity.
Duplicated original layer again and used unsharpen mask.
Fiddled slightly with saturation & Brightness/Contrast.
Used Burn/Dodge to correct a couple of highlights.

(I'm not sure if that classes as advanced editing....)

Statistics
Place: 18 out of 156
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Avg (commenters): 7.0000
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Views since voting: 1151
Views during voting: 290
Votes: 184
Comments: 5
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AuthorThread
 05/13/2009 02:17:08 AM
Congratulations on such a good finish with your first entry!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/11/2009 11:18:00 AM
Nice tones.
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 05/09/2009 02:40:27 PM
A little soft, but it somehow works well with this. Nicely seen and captured. Good luck in the challenge.
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 05/06/2009 03:22:52 PM
THis is so simple, yet so pretty.
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 05/06/2009 09:47:58 AM
Fabulous. It is my fav so far. Creative and simple. Coming back to give this a 10. Truly fabulous.
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