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Challenge: Color in Black and White (Basic Editing)
Collection: Challenges 2008
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: In front of my house
Date: Sep 20, 2008
Date Uploaded: Sep 22, 2008

 These are the most lovely shade of magenta'ish purple. I shall have to post a color photo after the challenge. That said, I do like it quite a bit in B&W as well.

The in-color original (with slight curves, sharpened):

Statistics
Place: 31 out of 240
Avg (all users): 5.8639
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 5.6406
Avg (non-participants): 6.0000
Views since voting: 788
Views during voting: 271
Votes: 169
Comments: 14
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 10/01/2008 03:09:04 PM
Deb, this is amazing! It is beautiful in black and white.

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 10/01/2008 09:33:40 AM
wow we were neck and neck. this was a very difficult challenge to vote on for me, harder than the blur challenge even
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 10/01/2008 04:21:28 AM
Well done, congrats. The 10 1-2-3's must be color blind ;)
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 10/01/2008 12:47:31 AM
I can not believe all the 1,2 and 3's. Totally rotten people! Fabulous capture and still one of my favs!
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 09/30/2008 11:52:27 PM
Lucky they weren't black berries, good finish well done.
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 09/30/2008 10:39:05 PM
I think I voted this higher than many others simply because your B&W conversion is just so fantastically gorgeous.
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 09/30/2008 09:11:25 PM
PostLuminous Award Nominee!

just beautiful!
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 09/30/2008 08:40:29 PM
Mmmm... blueberries... oh, wait... Doh! :) Lovely image, Deb - surely will get one of those posthumous type awards. :)
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 09/30/2008 08:10:44 PM
Very pretty. I love the white granules on the berries. This has beautiful tones too. Can't wait to see the color version.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/27/2008 01:33:22 PM
Love the texture - it almost seems to sparkle.
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 09/26/2008 01:29:25 PM
Good macro, i love the texture
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 09/26/2008 12:40:33 PM
I like the tones in this image.
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 09/25/2008 03:28:13 PM
Brilliant focus, great job.
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 09/24/2008 05:12:48 PM
I like the clarity of the berries against your nice bokeh. Interesting composition as well. BTW commenting only
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