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Challenge: Free Study XIII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Location: Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, near Tucson, AZ
Date: Sep 23, 2006
Aperture: 11.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Nature, Textures
Date Uploaded: Sep 25, 2006

 Leaves from an a Desert Agave (?). Taken in full sunlight around 12:30 PM.

Hand held shot cropped to about 15% of original frame.

Level adjustment (highlight, shadow, RGB input) to bring out the spines and the spine "impressions" on the leaves.

Sharpen
Crop
Image size reduction and jpeg conversion

Other than this, there wasn't a whole lot of post image processing done on this.

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Avg (commenters): 7.1667
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Views since voting: 838
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Votes: 187
Comments: 8
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2006 09:46:17 AM
Standing so nice at attention. Nice shot, good luck.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Best-Buy Easy Point & Click
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/06/2006 09:04:35 PM
very nice
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Vivitar ViviCam 5385
 10/04/2006 05:57:10 PM
Imo, this looks MINORLY grainy. Still a nice shot tho
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 10/03/2006 11:29:03 PM
Terrific macro. Love the lighting effects on the edges.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 10/02/2006 06:50:44 PM
Nicely symmetrical. I get the point.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/01/2006 02:08:08 PM
Good find, symmetry in nature.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-10D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 10/01/2006 11:44:31 AM
Very cool. Good eye and well composed
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/01/2006 12:31:36 AM
"WOW"..."WOW"..."WOW"... Again someone knows what I love, and I really "LOVE" this one.....Perfect focus, and perfect image.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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