I had to decide between this shot and another, I hope I made the right choice.
Editing:
I just used all the basic editing procedures in Adobe Photoshop; levels, curves, sat, hue, brightness, contrast, selective colour, and so on.
Border was then added in Microsoft Photodraw, and saved for web in Microsoft Paint.
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File Name
IMG_7101.JPG
Camera Model Name
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Shooting Date/Time
5/17/2005 8:01:20 PM
Shooting Mode
Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/200
Av( Aperture Value )
5.0
Metering Mode
Evaluative
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
100
Lens
18.0 - 55.0 mm
Focal Length
40.0 mm
Image Size
3072x2048
Image Quality
Fine
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
AF Mode
AI Focus AF
Parameters
Contrast +2
Sharpness +2
Color saturation -2
Color tone -2
Color Space
sRGB
File Size
1973KB
File Number
171-7101
Drive Mode
Single-frame shooting
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Thanks in advance to everyone who votes and comments.
Simon
www.simonphotography.net
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Very striking, other-wordly feel to this. I like the color and I think the border adds to the photo (even though I would bet some are complaining about it).
Very mysterious, I really like this point of view. Beautiful texture. It might have been nice to show more of the seeds, maybe make a vertical composition and include more of the core.