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A Berry Merry X'mas DPCers!
A Berry Merry X'mas DPCers!
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Challenge: Free Study IX (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Sony DSC-W1
Location: My backyard
Date: Nov 26, 2005
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160 s
Galleries: Emotive, Nature
Date Uploaded: Nov 28, 2005

 First early snow on Saturday and I got a chance to snap this in our backyard. Thought it was appropriate for the season and had the idea almost instantly altho' I had wanted to enter another photo initially. Adjustments on levels, curve, selective colour, cloning, added the "misty" effect (sorry not sure what the filter is called as I'm using a french PS) and sharpening.

Hope I remembered everything. Oh well, another learning process if ever I didn't.

Post-challenge: Whoopee!!! My personal best and in my first advanced editing challenge too. Thanks to everyone who voted and left me such great comments. Glad it appealed.

Statistics
Place: 158 out of 519
Avg (all users): 5.8386
Avg (commenters): 6.8000
Avg (participants): 5.7212
Avg (non-participants): 6.1558
Views since voting: 2320
Views during voting: 417
Votes: 285
Comments: 15
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 01/04/2006 10:07:27 PM
Congratulations on your personal best. A very striking photo, with the red cherry standing out - in your face! :)
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 12/08/2005 09:47:43 AM
Very nice free study entry Eileen. Congratulations on the new personal best.
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 12/08/2005 02:40:47 AM
congratulations on a lovely shot and a personal best!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2005 05:19:25 PM
This is a really nice shot, I think it could be 10 times better if the edges were nor washed out. I love the colors.
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 12/06/2005 05:16:28 AM
Same to you. I love the colors here. The snow and soft focus around the edges really make the leaves and berry pop. Beautiful shot. Good Luck
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 12/04/2005 02:22:27 PM
What a lovely photograph. Great color, dof, focus - I love it. Nicely done!!!
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 12/03/2005 08:33:31 PM
How nice, and merry christmas to you too!
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 12/03/2005 02:37:02 PM
Happy holidays. Great study. Nice depth, good luck.
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 12/02/2005 10:33:37 AM
Excellent! Wonderful texture in the snow, clean crisp and perfect lighting for this image.
Hope to see it in the top three
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 12/02/2005 06:12:59 AM
Refreshing image. I love the colors and softness around the edges.
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 12/01/2005 07:30:22 PM
Merry Christmas to you, too. :) Nice photo. I think I'd crop out some of the white on the right hand side. I like the composition on the left.
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 12/01/2005 01:53:22 PM
The blurring is a litlte too distracting and I would get rid of the other berry on the right, other than that, it's a nice picture and a great addition to the holidays. Would make a great holiday card.
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 11/30/2005 10:57:00 PM
Would have been better with slightly less of a soft vingette
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 11/30/2005 10:40:48 PM
perfection!
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 11/30/2005 08:09:11 PM
I just love this but the berry is out of focus. ;~(
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