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Study of a Frozen Leaf on the Tree
Study of a Frozen Leaf on the Tree
Bruce_the_Robert


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Textures V (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Sigma 75-200mm f/3.8 AF Zoom for Nikon
Location: Wertingen, Bavaria/Bayern, Germany
Date: Dec 25, 2007
Aperture: f/3.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200 sec.
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Dec 25, 2007

 Hand-held at 200mm at closest (1:4 macro) focus, pretty pleased for a 1/200 sec exposure. Leaf still hanging on its branch; if anyone's interested, I'll post the larger.

Started this in Lightroom
- Significant crop
- Brought up exposure, clarity, vibrance, and saturation
- Strong contrast tone curve
- a bit of sharpening

In PSCS3
- Levels
- Curves
- Hue/sat (reduced saturation)
- Levels again
- Resized
- Border
- Save for web

Statistics
Place: 147 out of 222
Avg (all users): 5.2945
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
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Views since voting: 1348
Views during voting: 230
Votes: 163
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 01/02/2008 02:53:00 AM
Really quite a lovely study of detail. In my opinion, this met the challenge very well. Lovely light, great texture.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 01/02/2008 12:15:26 AM
Very nice macro. I love the crackled veins and specks of snow.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 12/27/2007 08:45:40 AM
cool looking shot , nice tones , just that certain areas don;t look as sharp - 6
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 12/27/2007 03:03:36 AM
a really nice idea. could be much better if it was more sharpend
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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