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Puzzle Macro VI
Puzzle Macro VI
aircooledguy


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Challenge: Puzzle Macro VI (Standard Editing)
Camera: Nikon D750
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
Date: Feb 12, 2017
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/5
Date Uploaded: Feb 12, 2017
A Peacock feather.

With my Nikon D750 and Nikkor 60mm Macro lens, I snapped this in NEF (RAW) format. In Adobe Lightroom CC 2015, I made the following adjustments:
-Imported the image
-Removed Chromatic Aberration
-Enabled the Lens Profile
-Sharpened +80
-Color Smoothed +70
-White Balance to Auto
-Cropped
-Contrast -15
-Highlights -100
-Shadows +100
-White Clipping +16
-Black Clipping -72
-Clarity +30
-Vibrance +21
-Saturation +10
-Dehaze Amount +21
-Post Crop Vignette Amount -15
-Exposure +0.66
Exported to hard drive, resizing to DPC Standards.

Statistics
Place: 10 out of 72
Avg (all users): 6.0676
Avg (commenters): 6.3810
Avg (participants): 5.7436
Avg (non-participants): 6.4286
Views since voting: 741
Views during voting: 147
Votes: 74
Comments: 25
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
 02/19/2017 10:40:13 PM
feather - possibly synthetic?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+, S25 Ultra
Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH
02/19/2017 10:26:57 PM
peacock feather
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 8mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital ED Fisheye PRO Lens
 02/19/2017 05:19:28 PM
Feather
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D3100
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 02/18/2017 03:47:20 PM
feather
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5 Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/17/2017 09:58:27 AM
a rug made of peacock feathers just after it came back from dry cleaning
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 02/17/2017 06:18:45 AM
Peacock feather.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 02/16/2017 07:36:58 PM
James Brown's final peacock feather
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/16/2017 09:12:14 AM
Peacock feather
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III
 02/15/2017 05:49:30 PM
Part of a frond
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/15/2017 12:14:19 PM
peacock feather
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/15/2017 08:14:22 AM
Pretty feather? Or a butterfly.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 02/14/2017 09:01:02 PM
feather/plummage
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 02/14/2017 01:52:17 PM
feather
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 02/14/2017 01:26:39 PM
Peacock feather
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a6000
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 02/14/2017 12:24:56 PM
feather!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS Rebel T6s
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
 02/14/2017 10:24:59 AM
Rug
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 02/14/2017 09:21:32 AM
Peacock feather.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D4
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 02/14/2017 08:25:55 AM
first thought is ..Feather ...but could be a man made fabric
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/14/2017 04:04:39 AM
it's the fabric of spacetime.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 02/14/2017 12:15:39 AM
Already voted, commenting now... Looks like a peacock feather?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-80D
 02/14/2017 12:13:06 AM
Fabric, very pretty.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 02/13/2017 08:39:14 PM
peacock feather
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
02/13/2017 02:05:14 PM
Peacock feather or some other very outlandish bird
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 02/13/2017 10:24:33 AM
Feather
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D3200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 02/13/2017 10:08:43 AM
A feather or a colored fabric of some kind.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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