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First Raspberry of the Season
First Raspberry of the Season
nicoledb


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Challenge: Selective Desaturation (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: My back yard
Date: Jun 17, 2004
Aperture: f2.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 17, 2004

 This time of year I'm always busy picking raspberries in my garden, and making jelly out of them. Last year I had 17 jars, not bad for a small city-center garden!

Used the green and red channels to create a selection for separating the raspberry from the background. Used Hue/Saturation layer to desaturate the background, masked part of the layer to get the raspberry back in color. Also used a bit of dodging and burning on the raspberry to have it more evenly lit. Couldn't get rid of the artifacts in the red on top of the raspberry, apparently the red was already oversaturated in the original, seems to be a Sony problem.

I also have the unsaturated version in my portfolio, see here.

Statistics
Place: 46 out of 227
Avg (all users): 5.7772
Avg (commenters): 7.5556
Avg (participants): 5.7760
Avg (non-participants): 5.7792
Views since voting: 1162
Votes: 202
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 11/11/2005 02:00:14 PM
I just ran across this image. Wanted to let you know that I think it is a striking image, I like it alot
Coley
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 06/27/2004 08:35:43 PM
Oh, this was such a good image. One of my "10"s. You were up against some strong competition...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/25/2004 10:33:49 AM
Nice realistic red color. Might be better to move the frame up and right which would put the raspberry in the lower left and also show more of the leaves which are interesting.
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 06/25/2004 05:56:17 AM
Lovely 10
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 06/24/2004 10:13:11 PM
excellent dof. nice shot and desaturation. 9
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 06/24/2004 07:44:10 AM
very nice. I can see this on the wall of an upscale kitchen. I'll bet you're gonna be top 5 with this one :)
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 06/22/2004 10:06:23 PM
Good DOF and desaturation. I think cropping to make the subject more centralized may have been nice.
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 06/22/2004 09:44:44 PM
One of the few pictures that meets the challenge. And a great choice. Awesome dof - looks like it could be picked right from the monitor. Perfect workmanship on the desaturation. Very nice colors. There is too much negative space on the bottom, top and left side - a slightly different crop seems in order. Still - an excellent piece of work. Cropped, matted and framed - it will sell. Rated 9.
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 06/22/2004 11:28:01 AM
Good use of shallow dof and lovely lighting
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 06/22/2004 11:06:05 AM
That bright red luscious raspberry stands out aginst the background, but IMHO the other berries in the cluster should have been red as well.
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 06/22/2004 03:42:45 AM
lovely textures, focus, effect.....well done
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 06/21/2004 09:30:51 AM
Lovely shot. I might suggest a tighter crop and maybe move the berry a bit off center. 7 from me.
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