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Frosty Morning Juniper
Frosty Morning Juniper
giantmike


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Botany II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Verona, WI
Date: Nov 23, 2011
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Nov 23, 2011

 Interesting time of year for this challenge. Much of the plants in the northern regions are dead or dying, not particularly attractive (to me). But I got lucky and noticed this little Juniper tree at work with the berries. One morning with the sun just starting to melt the frost off the branches, I setup a tripod and got to shooting.

I used a 21mm extension tube with my 50mm lens. Unfortunately, it was a bit windy in this spot, so I had to focus, and shoot off a succession of shots, hoping one was taken when the berry returned to the very small focus plane. This one was the closest. I was able to mostly make up for the lack of tack sharp focus with Topaz Detail.

Post Processing:
* Crop
* Increase black point
* Increase definition
* Topaz Detail
* Increase brightness
* Increase saturation and vibrancy
* S-curve
* Levels
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/04/2011 09:56:56 PM
nice dof, I feel the cold
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