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Challenge: Foreground Bokeh (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Lakewood, CO
Date: Nov 8, 2007
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Nov 8, 2007

 Escaped to a park for lunch today. There wasn't much to shoot except for these great trees with their shriveling orange berries and multi-colored leaves. The whole shoot turned out all impressionist/abstract - LOVE IT! Will probably get killed for having a lot of background bokeh, but there's a fair bit in the foreground, too.

First
Crop
Shadow/highlight

Then: Adjustment Layers
Photo Filter: Warming
Levels
Selective Color (blue channel: amp up yellow and black)
Color Balance (shadows +7 blue, highlights +3 yellow)
Hue/Saturation (master: sat +9 / blue: lightness -20)

Finally
Flatten Image
Resize
Smart Sharpen
Save for Web

Statistics
Place: 56 out of 170
Avg (all users): 5.5580
Avg (commenters): 6.2667
Avg (participants): 5.2807
Avg (non-participants): 5.6855
Views since voting: 845
Views during voting: 272
Votes: 181
Comments: 19
Favorites: 0

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 11/23/2007 08:22:18 AM
Gorgeous.
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 11/21/2007 11:37:09 AM
I gave this an 8! LOVE IT!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/20/2007 03:25:31 PM
Nice, almost like a watercolor painting.
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 11/20/2007 05:44:39 AM
Very good Bokeh, Beautiful colors
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 11/19/2007 08:20:57 AM
Pretty image.
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 11/18/2007 05:02:42 PM
Love the bokeh in this one.....
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 11/18/2007 11:02:17 AM
Nice circles and berries!
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 11/16/2007 09:12:31 PM
Interesting play of colours. The bokeh is more significantly in the BG, but there is a little bit in the FG. Wierd bokeh shape! I wonder what sort of lens this is? Makes some nice textures.
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 11/16/2007 10:34:03 AM
This was the shot that I tried and tried to get, but completely failed at! Bokeh - both foreground and background - that suits the photo and adds impact and value.
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 11/15/2007 04:14:12 AM
Very nice. 6
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 11/15/2007 04:08:22 AM
Interesting shot, I'm having difficulty in deciding if the bokeh is in the front or background. Was this a zoom (while the shutter is open) shot?
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 11/14/2007 11:04:59 AM
No foregrond POF for the Technique.
 11/14/2007 08:49:58 AM
very interesting composition - hard to tell how much of the blur is actually foregroun blur, though... 7
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 11/14/2007 07:59:28 AM
Looks more like background bokeh...could be wrong but can't really tell.
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 11/14/2007 07:43:45 AM
Love the colors
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 11/14/2007 07:08:36 AM
Normally, I wouldn't have scored this very high but it has such a neat effect. I really like it. 8
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 11/14/2007 07:05:52 AM
Much bokeh! I like the diagonal composition and colors. I kind of feel like there's motion everywhere but the main focal point, which may make me go look for the dramamine ;-)
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 11/14/2007 03:34:42 AM
Looks like a painting!!!
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 11/14/2007 01:55:42 AM
love the colours and the dof...
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