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First Touch of Day
First Touch of Day
CNovack


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Contre-jour III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Location: Fairview, NC
Date: Dec 29, 2010
Aperture: 25
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Emotive, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jan 3, 2011

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Took this on one morning while on vacation out in North Carolina. Morning was holy, moly cold in the low 30's with some wind chill. Taken at 7:54 a.m. just as the sun rose over the mountains. My hands were pretty cold after 20 minutes of trying to get a good shot where the wind did not blow the leaf blurry. Turns out that this (I believe) is a good fit for this challenge.

Thank you for all your votes and comments - I appreciate it.

[Jan. 6th, 2011 01:07:23 PM]

84 votes
6.7738 might be the highest it will go.
Very happy with the comments being recieved.

Added note: My thanks to my husband who came up with the better title "First Touch of Day" is far better than "Touch of Morning".

[Jan. 7th, 2011 04:25:02 PM]

Hmmm, guess I was wrong - it has gone higher at 107 votes 6.8411.

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 147
Avg (all users): 6.7049
Avg (commenters): 8.2222
Avg (participants): 6.4138
Avg (non-participants): 6.8400
Views since voting: 2458
Views during voting: 312
Votes: 183
Comments: 18
Favorites: 4 (view)

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AuthorThread
 01/12/2011 05:44:40 PM
My favourite, well done !
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 01/12/2011 08:50:43 AM
A good idea well composed, I like it. Congrats on HM.
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 01/12/2011 03:25:30 AM
Congrats for the 5th place. Great photo and title!
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 01/12/2011 02:53:50 AM
Wow...good for you top 5 way to go!!!
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 01/11/2011 09:43:07 PM
Very imaginative shot - love the flare and colors - congrats on top 5!
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 01/11/2011 07:08:00 PM
Such rich tones. Beautiful. Congrats on the fp.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/10/2011 05:52:44 PM
Interesting composition. Did you light the leaf with a flash? If so, I wonder what it would have been like without that. I think it would have been more natural, and pleasing to me.
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 01/10/2011 05:41:10 AM
I really like this shot, well done
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 01/08/2011 08:03:23 AM
This made me smile. :) Thank you
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/06/2011 10:58:04 AM
Really nice, love that leaf.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/06/2011 08:41:23 AM
colors are marvelous!
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 01/06/2011 07:57:52 AM
Good elements, well done.
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 01/06/2011 12:55:19 AM
This is maybe the best leaf shot i've ever seen, i also like the way you added the borders. Great.
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 01/05/2011 08:04:08 PM
beautiful
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 01/05/2011 05:24:12 PM
Oh this is just incredible. Such a story Perfect composition with the diagonal of the leaf. Great starburst!!! I love it.
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 01/05/2011 12:13:22 PM
wow, that is just cool great detail on the leaf, and nice interaction with the sun.
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 01/05/2011 04:57:13 AM
My favorite from the lot. Great job and a fantastic Photo. 9
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 01/04/2011 07:21:14 PM
What a great job!! lots of thought and effort went into this for a great photo with out a lot of added tone mapping I give you my first 10
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