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Braving the Elements
Braving the Elements
arron_christensen


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Challenge: Yellow IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: My backyard
Date: Jan 15, 2008
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jan 15, 2008

 First, thanks Pedro for the idea for this. That shot was brilliant, and I hope mine does it justice.

Alright, this was not the most fun to shoot, we just got a good snow fall, but it was the wet heavy snow. I built a little mound to have the flower sticking out of, and then laid down to take the shot. Tried many angles and exposures in order to get what I was looking for. After I got inside (soaking wet), it was time to go to work.

PP was simple. First I converted from RAW, boosting the exposure and warming the picture up, as the white balance from the camera did not do it justice. Then Photoshop was just levels, curves, crop, resize, USM, and save for web. Really quite a simple edit, but it worked.

This was alot simpler than my other ideas, so hopefully it does alright.

Statistics
Place: 38 out of 273
Avg (all users): 5.9265
Avg (commenters): 6.1000
Avg (participants): 5.8977
Avg (non-participants): 5.9402
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Views during voting: 364
Votes: 272
Comments: 11
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 01/24/2008 06:27:05 PM
Great bokeh, very nice composition as well, great colors, just an overall nice shot and I really think this should've scored a 6+ easily. Very nicely done with this one. I really like your flower shots.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 01/22/2008 02:46:46 PM
not bad.
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/19/2008 07:57:09 PM
Great composition and color. One of my top.
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 01/18/2008 08:51:46 PM
Nice; I can even see some detail in the snow. Like the angle and simplicity.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/18/2008 06:06:58 AM
I think a bigger DoF would have worked better here, including the stem of your yellow flower.
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/17/2008 06:04:06 PM
Excellent colors
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Sony DSLR-A700
Sony DT 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Aspherical ED
 01/17/2008 04:28:03 AM
boring
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 01/16/2008 10:30:14 PM
Very simple and clean. Grat focus and sharpness. Snow adds an unusual touch.
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Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 01/16/2008 05:38:17 PM
I quiet like it, not so muhon the thumbnail but it's simple
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 01/16/2008 12:00:18 PM
Very appealing photo, and the white really makes the flower stand out. Nice a simple!
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Canon EOS-20D
Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Canon
 01/16/2008 11:35:54 AM
Nice shot.
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