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Challenge: Cold III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Lens: Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Jan 27, 2014
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 80
Shutter: 2 seconds
Date Uploaded: Jan 27, 2014

 Crystallized condensation on the inside of a Mason jar in my freezer.

-Tripod, timer
-FL 36mm (35mm EQ) in SuperMacro mode
-Clone out a few "spots"
-RGB and Blue Curves
-Resize
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia.TH = 5 (applied four times through graduated mask weighted toward image-top)
-SaveAs JPEG at 99% quality = 285KB

File: Ice_IMG_9734-dpcUSM99.jpg

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Sony Alpha NEX-7
Sony Sonnar T* E 24mm f/1.8 ZA
 02/05/2014 11:09:03 AM
Nice detail on the ice crystals.
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01/29/2014 06:31:12 PM
well done
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