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Challenge: Selective Desaturation II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
Location: Garden
Date: May 20, 2007
Aperture: f13
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/320s
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: May 20, 2007

 Completely irrelevant details, but only because it bothers me...here are my outtakes for the Desat challenge for which my entry is now buried in the bowels of DPC history (thank goodness!!). For those who are vaguely curious how my entry arrived at #553 out of 554 photos (yes that is 0%)...here are the outtakes:

Original file (edited only to resize for DPC):



Full Color Photo (without Desat layers):



Challenge Entry (with 2 Channel layers / 1 hue/sat layer):



What everyone most likely expected to see:



I tried to use desat in a more subtle way (Note to self: if the word subtle enters your mind while processing...delete the photo and start over). Obviously I didn't get that the desat had to be 100% for this challenge...DUH!!! As for my ridiculous title, I'm informed the only thing this bug appears to be "rising" from...is a NAP! So, there we have it...

I really did enter this challenge with an authentic heart...however stupid and misguided.

::Wanders off to ask Whiterook to self-DQ and give me back my Crown of Brown::

Statistics
Place: 552 out of 556
Avg (all users): 3.8502
Avg (commenters): 2.3913
Avg (participants): 3.7093
Avg (non-participants): 4.2909
Views since voting: 1815
Views during voting: 345
Votes: 227
Comments: 33
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 01/11/2008 04:01:58 AM
Can't believe I am going to say you made a bug pretty but you did just that, now that takes talent!
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 11/09/2007 07:42:19 PM
LOL bummer on the subtle choice..i LOVE the selec. desat out take anyway! lol
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 05/29/2007 02:48:20 AM
3.8502 is petry high for last place. My rating of 5 ask the site counsil to change to a 1. That might help you.
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 05/29/2007 02:31:32 AM
Originally posted by mk:
Robbed of the brown by a professional! Ah well.

So, what's the deal...are we missing something or were you? ;)

you make me laugh!

Message edited by author 2007-05-31 07:13:21.
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 05/27/2007 10:16:26 PM
Robbed of the brown by a professional! Ah well.

So, what's the deal...are we missing something or were you? ;)
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 05/27/2007 09:30:05 PM
Ya know, his head looks like a pronghorn antelope, doesn't it? :)
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 05/27/2007 08:56:27 PM
No desat but nice macro shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/27/2007 07:29:18 PM
Seems to be missing the desaturation part.
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 05/26/2007 02:20:38 PM
where is the desaturation ?
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 05/26/2007 05:06:54 AM
DNMC...where is the desat? (Interesting bug)
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 05/25/2007 04:03:23 PM
I'm missing the seaturation part.....
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 05/25/2007 04:43:10 AM
Sorry, I don't see any desaturation. :-(
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 05/24/2007 05:54:02 AM
I'm sorry but I'm not familiar with this 'ere bug, lovely as he is, and therefore not sure where, if any, desat has been applied. Good capture of the bug, good luck
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 05/24/2007 03:50:02 AM
What is desaturated??
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 05/23/2007 07:22:03 PM
Sorry, but I don't see the desat here?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2007 01:26:23 PM
I'm not sure that you got this whole 'Selective Desaturation' concept...
TC
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 05/22/2007 01:04:40 PM
Um. Not to be a stickler but I can't find any desaturation.
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 05/22/2007 09:01:40 AM
I dont see the desaturation
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 05/22/2007 05:27:31 AM
i find to much
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 05/22/2007 04:56:21 AM
where's the desaturation?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2007 04:23:55 AM
I can't see the selective desat.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/21/2007 05:53:15 PM
I can't see any selective desaturation here?
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 05/21/2007 04:24:32 PM
This is an interesting and very good photo, but I don't see how it relates to the challenge topic. Perhaps you desaturated a little bit of the bug, but I wouldn't know it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/21/2007 02:20:32 PM
I really don't understand how this fits in a De-saturation challenge
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/21/2007 11:40:17 AM
Good photo, hard to see the desturation.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/21/2007 09:19:28 AM
where's the desaturation?
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 05/21/2007 09:10:31 AM
I don't see the desaturation in this one. Neat looking insect, though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/21/2007 08:55:53 AM
Not much desaturation noticable in this image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/21/2007 08:44:34 AM
I find it very hard to find the desaturated parts of your picture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/21/2007 08:44:03 AM
If there's any desaturation here it's too subtle for me to see...? nice enough shot but DNMC.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/21/2007 06:16:57 AM
Cool Insect!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2007 09:24:51 PM
What is desaturated?
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 05/20/2007 08:04:17 PM
umm, the selective desat is where?
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