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    Julie Kenward
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    My giant hosta has finally realized that winter is on the way. It's leaves have gone from a deep green to the color of an overipe banana. I saw some interesting colors and textures amidst the black decay spots so I played with a couple of images tonight and came up with this.

    Canon 40D, EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
    f3.2 @ 1/125th, ISO 400
    Manual mode, pattern metering, sunny wb
    Handheld, natural afternoon light
    Processed in ACR & CS4. Large crop, levels, vibrance adjustments, cloned out some small distracting spots.
    Last edited by Julie Kenward; 11-23-2008 at 08:55 AM.

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    Jules,
    What an eye! I think most of us would have just seen a dead hosta, too far gone to be of any interest. You saw this fascinating abstract. Very interesting shapes, patterns, and textures, all well composed. The shallow DOF really holds my attention in the most interesting part of the image.

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    Julie, I think this is fantastic! I love all the textures and patterns coming together in a very suddle way. Congrats!

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    Thanks, ladies. I just keep looking at this leaf and praying, "Please don't let my skin end up looking like this!" Eek!

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    Very artistic image. Liked the curved edges running across the diagonal & the smudged colours.

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    Hi Jules,

    To me this image is all about texture and the texture here is outstanding. Good eye to notice it and good technique to capture it. Well done.

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    Hey Jules, like the nice earthiones and great light, DOF. Very well done.

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