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Leaf on a Frosty Morning
Leaf on a Frosty Morning
MaryO


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Rule of Thirds V (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Things
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Feb 11, 2011
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 1400
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Feb 11, 2011

 Pretty light this morning and lovely frost on the deck, so I played with positioning this dried maple leaf to take advantage of the sun's light showing off its shape and texture. Not an exciting subject, maybe, but I like finding beauty in ordinary things.

PP - tonemapped in qtpfsgui (pregamma 0.697, mantiuk method, contrast mapping 0.1, saturation factor 1.029, detail factor 1), erased dark background and merged in luminousity mode at 10% transparency, cropped, levels, white balance, increased saturation on orange/red, decreased saturation on blue/cyan, increased contrast, resized, sharpened, blurred background a bit more, added border.

Statistics
Place: 23 out of 155
Avg (all users): 6.0992
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 5.9853
Avg (non-participants): 6.2453
Views since voting: 953
Views during voting: 190
Votes: 121
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS
 02/20/2011 08:46:10 PM
nice
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Nikon D40
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR
 02/15/2011 02:46:59 PM
this woulda knocked me outta my seat if not for the upper hand dark corner 7
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 02/15/2011 10:08:05 AM
Very simplistic, and beautiful. Love the texture of the frost..amazing! An 8 from me
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 02/14/2011 08:52:54 AM
I love this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 02/14/2011 01:58:59 AM
Delicate.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 02/14/2011 12:24:01 AM
Beautiful shot. I love those frosty sparkles.
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