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Heart of Gold
Heart of Gold
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Challenge: Pink III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Oct 3, 2011
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Nature, Rural
Date Uploaded: Oct 7, 2011

 On the way to work one morning this week, I stopped at a little park that I have stopped at many times before. I really enjoy the setup with the water, trees, and paths. Plus there always seems to be an abundance of ducks or other birds.

On this particular trip I was looking at the fall colors, and especially the details of the scene when this lone leaf caught my eye. The way it was holding onto the branch, with a nice blue sky background, and cool heart shape really called out to me. So with the 100-400 lens I grabbed a number of shots, blurring the background as much as possible (the dark spots are tree branches).

I never really intended this to have a pink background, but as I was messing with the white balance, I really like what pushing the yellows and purples did to this. as I kept pushing, I kept liking it more and more. Later in the day I found out the challenge for the week was pink, so I knew I had my entry.

Post Processing:
* Crop
* White Balance
* Increase Black Point
* Increase Definition
* Topaz DeNoise
* More white balance
* Increase definition of leaf
* Increase saturation and vibrancy
* Color adjust leaf:
** Decrease red saturation while increasing luminance and tinting toward yellow
** Increase yellow saturation and luminance
* Sharpen Leaf
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG

Statistics
Place: 59 out of 106
Avg (all users): 5.5566
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 5.5116
Avg (non-participants): 5.5873
Views since voting: 814
Views during voting: 201
Votes: 106
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0

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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 10/17/2011 12:24:55 AM
Not sure how this placed so low. This is very pretty.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
 10/10/2011 12:45:47 PM
On the front page for me.
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Canon EOS-80D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/10/2011 12:29:47 PM
great processing, good title, its all really good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 10/10/2011 10:27:39 AM
Oh wow. I adore this. I love that Neil Young song with the same title.
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