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A New Life Has Sprung
A New Life Has Sprung
HRoxas


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Challenge: Opposites (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Home
Date: May 10, 2004
Aperture: F10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.6 sec
Galleries: Nature, Still Life
Date Uploaded: May 10, 2004

 It's spring and most trees and plants are blooming which gave me the inspiration to do this shot. I had to find an old leaf from last winter and cut off a few new leaves from a tree in the park.

I used a frosted glass with a bit of green tint for background. I tried to avoid shadows and reflections but still there are a few that are noticeable.

Shot in raw mode with natural lighting from a window.

Adjusted white balance, exposure and saturation during conversion to TIFF.

Post-processing:
rotate image 90 deg CW
levels/curve adjustment
colour adjustment
crop
resize
usm
border

Canon 50mm prime.

Statistics
Place: 37 out of 286
Avg (all users): 5.7078
Avg (commenters): 6.6842
Avg (participants): 5.7252
Avg (non-participants): 5.6949
Views since voting: 1120
Votes: 308
Comments: 19
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/18/2004 09:28:52 AM
Great comparision and very crisp looking picture. Great work!
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 05/18/2004 04:55:51 AM
the exposure on the subjects and their detail and contrasts are very fine. The background color leaves my cold.......gotta light box (me neither) white or black or really and solid rich color would have been better.
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 05/18/2004 02:14:16 AM
Very sharp and clean image and good idea. What distracts is the background.
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 05/17/2004 02:54:01 PM
Really nice picture. It perfectly captures the essence of opposites in theme, color, size, and contrast.
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 05/16/2004 05:55:20 AM
Nice idea, good colors, sharpness and contrast. Good job...
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 05/16/2004 01:39:26 AM
Love this...colour, focus, lighting...all works well..
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 05/15/2004 12:16:20 PM
Nice color 5
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 05/15/2004 07:31:33 AM
very well done,fits the challenge,crisp image,good luck
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 05/15/2004 04:01:41 AM
Your new life has just died...lol. Would have put the new leaf coming from the edge or with a longer branch. Other than that, composition is nice.
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 05/14/2004 01:46:29 PM
Beautiful detail and frame. Young small green leaves vs. old large brown leaf. You captured "opposite" and all of your visual cues support each other. I like your figure vs. ground, too.
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 05/14/2004 12:12:00 PM
Sharp pic, I like the background.
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 05/14/2004 12:01:37 PM
Not enough contrast between the green and brown... The background also competes with the image - might help to crop more tightly so there's less background.
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 05/14/2004 09:08:47 AM
Appreciate the simplicity and originality of this one. -9
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 05/13/2004 01:46:52 PM
would have been a more dramatic shot if the leaves were still attached to the tree.
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 05/13/2004 08:45:21 AM
well done. i liek this photo a lot - 8
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 05/12/2004 09:13:15 PM
I think a different color background would have made a big difference. But, I love the idea.
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 05/12/2004 05:26:51 PM
great idea.... was this shot on a table or in a pond, it is hard to tell, but striking non the less
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 05/12/2004 12:04:39 PM
simple but very artistic take good job!
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 05/11/2004 09:30:54 PM
And then you killed it to put it on the dead leaf...

Just kidding, I like this.
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