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Sunshine Weave
Sunshine Weave
giantmike


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Challenge: In The Style Of: sherpet (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Aug 23, 2011
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 2.5
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Aug 23, 2011

 Another last day shoot for me, I really need to stop this as it's not doing good things for my scores :)

When I look at sherpet's portfolio, a few things stick out at me: patterns, colors, flowers, square crop (I wonder how many people will pick up on this), and post processing. So that's what I was going for with this flower on a weaved basket (with processing that I feel is very close to many of the results she has achieved). I wonder how it will fair in the voting.

Lighting: Most of the light here comes from a window, on a cloudy day to provide nicely diffused light. I diffused it more with an opaque piece of plastic. This is what caused the long exposure. I also used a flash with very low power, a mini soft box attached, and gelled with 1/4 CTO from the lower right side of the image to reduce the shadows cast from the window. The gel was necessary to match the evening light coming in, and keep the light looking completely natural.

Post Processing:
* Crop (not quite square, but close)
* White balance
* Decrease black point
* Increase brightness
* Increase definition and contrast
* Decrease vibrancy
* Increase orange saturation while decreasing luminance
* Topaz Adjust (fairly light, mostly I wanted to bring out some of the wood details)
* Increase contrast and vibrancy
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 120
Avg (all users): 6.3333
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 6.1231
Avg (non-participants): 6.5132
Views since voting: 712
Views during voting: 232
Votes: 141
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5DS R
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 08/30/2011 09:16:28 PM
Good combination.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 08/29/2011 11:10:10 PM
NICE AND SUNNY this image re the use iof the Cane backdround and the bright cheerfull flower. I do Love the CROP AND TEXTURES.....

WOW

THANK YOU for entering this pleasing SUNSHINE WEAVE image
from shez with love xox
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 08/29/2011 02:53:56 PM
Great composition and texture!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 08/29/2011 11:20:21 AM
Very interesting to have the color of the background so similar to the subject -- quite risky, but I think you made it work with the strong patterns. Nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D500
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 08/24/2011 10:53:13 PM
Like the texture ... The minimal contrast between flower and weave makes it all blend together for me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
08/24/2011 09:27:13 AM
10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 08/24/2011 07:41:11 AM
Love the crisscrossing of the wicker and the flower petals with it. Nice palette too. Maybe a bit more light on the flower would have helped.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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