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Yellow Leaf
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I thought this image could have been much more... certainly didn't quite turn as impacting as I had pictured in my mind.

[Image: DSCF1176.jpg]

Anyone care to fix-me-up-before-you-go-go?
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#2

shuttertalk Wrote:I thought this image could have been much more... certainly didn't quite turn as impacting as I had pictured in my mind.

In your mind, I'll bet it glowed ... Wink

[Image: juliansleaf.jpg]

1. Rotated (left-to-right flow seems more natural) and cropped square
2. Adjusted levels (original is a little underexposed.)
3. Used my velvia action set to high-contrast, level 70
4. Added layer set to "multiply" and adjusted opacity and gamma to taste
5. Used my soft focus action with an edge mask
6. Framed

About 1 minute's worth of work

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#3

Wow! I love it! I could frame that on my wall!!
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#4

Haha. This is what I mean about photoshop. A couple minutes of mild editing and your shot looks fabulous! Smile
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#5

Very nice version of the picture, slejhamer. Here is my try

[Image: stleaf.jpg]

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne
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#6

Wow Slej, that really makes the subject of the photo stand out as well as giving the result I think ST was after...

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The only thing I would have done different, is that I am not quite 100% on the black frame. I would think that a different colour .. perhaps a neutral brown.. or a little more red than brown might have worked???

I'm not a colour theorist, the black certainly gives an edge to the picture...
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Camera: Nikon D70
Level: Eager Amateur
Area of speciality: Sceneries
Area of Learning: Portraiture
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#7

Hi Irma... your version looks like the sort of work Don Schaeffer does! Smile
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#8

Irma - I like that effect. Almost like aged plaster.

GD: I almost always use black or white frames now for web posting ... laziness, I suppose, as I used to experiment more. But pics we frame at home never get black frames! Wouldn't go with the decor. Big Grin

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#9

hehe... that's ok then Slej Smile
I remember when I was framing up my telescope picture, 3 places I went to suggested black frames... and you just look at em and say.. "y'know.. the photograph is BLUE!"... so the next place I went to immediately framed it in blue and pink (to highlight the rail).. and it looks great... I guess the difference between my point and reality is that the frame was on the image rather than the real frame.

Camera: Nikon D70
Level: Eager Amateur
Area of speciality: Sceneries
Area of Learning: Portraiture
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