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Challenge: Free Study XIII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, near Tucson, AZ
Date: Sep 23, 2006
Aperture: 11.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Nature, Textures
Date Uploaded: Sep 25, 2006

 Leaves from an a Desert Agave (?). Taken in full sunlight around 12:30 PM.

Hand held shot cropped to about 15% of original frame.

Level adjustment (highlight, shadow, RGB input) to bring out the spines and the spine "impressions" on the leaves.

Sharpen
Crop
Image size reduction and jpeg conversion

Other than this, there wasn't a whole lot of post image processing done on this.

Statistics
Place: 286 out of 615
Avg (all users): 5.6150
Avg (commenters): 7.1667
Avg (participants): 5.5274
Avg (non-participants): 5.9268
Views since voting: 692
Views during voting: 254
Votes: 187
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2006 05:46:17 AM
Standing so nice at attention. Nice shot, good luck.
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 10/06/2006 05:04:35 PM
very nice
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 10/04/2006 01:57:10 PM
Imo, this looks MINORLY grainy. Still a nice shot tho
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/03/2006 07:29:03 PM
Terrific macro. Love the lighting effects on the edges.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/02/2006 02:50:44 PM
Nicely symmetrical. I get the point.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2006 10:08:08 AM
Good find, symmetry in nature.
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 10/01/2006 07:44:31 AM
Very cool. Good eye and well composed
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/30/2006 08:31:36 PM
"WOW"..."WOW"..."WOW"... Again someone knows what I love, and I really "LOVE" this one.....Perfect focus, and perfect image.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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