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Challenge: Image Grain III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jun 28, 2009
Aperture: f/ 16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/10 sec.
Galleries: Black and White, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 28, 2009

 Two dahlias.

Post:
Camera Raw adjustments in PS Elements 6.0.
Spot edit dust and distractions in the background.
Rotate CCW 90°.
Crop.
Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation.
Adjust sharpness.
New layer of levels and a layer of gradient map converting to greyscale.
Open the levels dialog and adjusted each of the red, green and blue channels.
Flatten.
Add noise, 20% gaussian, monchromatic.
New layer of levels resetting black and white points.
Resize.
USM.

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 177
Avg (all users): 5.9917
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
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Views during voting: 202
Votes: 120
Comments: 5
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/05/2009 03:01:07 PM
Challenge Relevance:5 Impact/Emotion/Mood:4 Technicals:6 Processing:4 Creativity:5.5
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 07/05/2009 05:41:17 AM
Wonderful, my fav of the challenge. the right amount of 'grain', great composition and very pleasing to the eye.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a7 II
Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
 07/03/2009 10:39:10 PM
Just beautiful. Amazing shadow outlines. Great processing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 07/03/2009 06:15:35 AM
Nice tone & contrast along with the grain.....6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 07/01/2009 04:56:16 PM
I like this a lot. I like the grainy background and the texture it provides.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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