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Challenge: Outdoor Macro Shot II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Lens: Canon 250D 58mm Close Up Lens
Location: Concord, California, USA
Date: Apr 8, 2013
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/403
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Apr 9, 2013
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Dried seed pod of a liquidambar tree; title taken from its name in Chinese herbal medicine (see link below).
-Mini-tripod, manual mode, timer
-FL 277.8mm (35mm EQ) plus 250D Close-Up lens
-RGB curve
-Crop a little from top and right
-Resize
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5 (applied twice)
-Enlarge Canvas to make border
-SaveAs JPEG (IrfanView) at 100% quality = 298KB
File: Pod_IMG_4939-DPCb
Wikipedia article on Liquidambar tree
Originally posted by Wikipedia linked article:
In Chinese herbal medicine, lu lu tong, or "all roads open," is the hard, spiky fruit of native sweetgum species. It first appeared in the medical literature in Omissions from the Materia Medica, by Chen Cangqi, in 720 AD. Bitter in taste, aromatic, and neutral in temperature, lu lu tong promotes the movement of blood and Qi, water metabolism and urination, expels wind, and unblocks the channels. It is an ingredient in formulas for epigastric distention or abdominal pain, anemia, irregular or scanty menstruation, low back or knee pain and stiffness, edema with difficult urination, or nasal congestion. |
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