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Challenge: Branch II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR
Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: Mar 14, 2010
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: Mar 14, 2010

 I was struggling with the idea of making a branch isolated enough to make a good picture out of it and was messing with our houseplant in various positions.

There was a couple of branches on the plant that were bare apart from 1 or 2 leaves and I thought it would be cool if I could have those sitting in a test tube, then I remembered these champagne flutes we have.

Once I got the glass and took a few shots on its own, I knew how I wanted the finished shot to look. I went out and grabbed a small branch off a tree and after a bit of experimenting with DOF and light angle I got to this.

Editing is very minimal, I cloned out a couple of small marks on the glass and table, USM while still at full size, added a warming filter with low opacity to take away the harshness and give it a slightly softer look.

I'm really pleased with this, it ended up looking exactly how I imagined it, which is incredibly rare!

Statistics
Place: 27 out of 139
Avg (all users): 5.9771
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 5.8644
Avg (non-participants): 6.0694
Views since voting: 898
Views during voting: 241
Votes: 131
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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 03/24/2010 09:53:46 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First Impression: Only got around to voting on about 25% of the entries and didn't get a chance to vote on your image.

Composition: The composition is great and I really love the gradient of light in the background, its just perfect.

Subject: What a great idea to use a champagne flute to hold the branch, it's shape and curves mesh with the curve of the branch so nicely.

Final thoughts: I just don't see any flaws in this, it's a great shot! I don't understand why this didn't score higher. From the top 20 it looks like people really liked trees. You received an average score of 7.33 from your commenters though!

If you have any questions click here to message me!

Senay
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/21/2010 07:46:17 PM
Great work, I really like the simple yet effective composition here, thanks for sharing.
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 03/21/2010 06:53:12 PM
I like the simplicity and the composition.
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 03/21/2010 03:29:28 PM
I like the simplicity and crispness of this.
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 03/16/2010 12:52:48 PM
I am partial to minimal. Nicely done.
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 03/16/2010 08:06:28 AM
Love the title and the branch is nice and crisp. lighting is a tad harsh but overall its a good shot, 6
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 03/15/2010 07:13:33 PM
I generally don't like these high key images, but I like the way this becomes more pleasing the more you look to the right
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