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Challenge: Bokeh VI (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
Location: Houston Zoo
Date: May 18, 2010
Aperture: ƒ/2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/90
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: May 14, 2010

 Taken at the the Houston Zoo thru glass. Shot at -2 to help get rid of the blown out highlights

In Aperture:
- Preset Auto Enhance
- Adjusted highlights and shadows
- Added saturation to the yellow channel to bring out the frog and leafs a little more
- Noise Ninja to clean up background
- Cropped
- exported
In CS5
- unsharp mask to sharpen for web display

Well my first challenge with my new macro lens and I made the top photos with this lens page. I am really happy.

Statistics
Place: 41 out of 347
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Avg (commenters): 6.6667
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Views since voting: 1451
Views during voting: 295
Votes: 165
Comments: 8
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Fujifilm x100
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 05/26/2010 12:30:13 AM
Beautiful image, and yes, it's a fantastic lens!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 05/25/2010 03:46:54 PM
Very cool shot. I like how the only color is the yellow frog.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D5000
 05/23/2010 09:06:14 PM
Wow, what a great shot. Looks like he surfing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sigma DP1x
05/21/2010 10:16:04 PM
The colors here are fabulous. The bokeh below the leaf is a bit grainy. Not sure you could have done much with it. Overall, very nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 05/19/2010 09:12:16 PM
Cool frog. There is a lot of noise in the dark area under the frog, which taking away from the photo a bit, in my opinion.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 05/19/2010 08:57:15 PM
I like the floating effect you captured.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Canon
 05/19/2010 03:58:37 PM
great one,,,,,,,,
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/19/2010 02:05:47 AM
Nice photo. too much noise.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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