Week 52+: Macro

October 11, 2014  •  1 Comment

           You guessed it! This week's theme is "Macro."

“We all have forests on our minds. Forests unexplored, unending. Each one of us gets lost in the forest, every night, alone.”      
  
         Shot this in my backyard yesterday with a Canon Ef-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens. It's a close-up of a wild stalk that's been growing in one of my plant pots over the summer. Didn't realize how beautiful and delicate this little weed was until I loaded the photo on to my computer. The image was quickly edited in Lightroom to add a bit more flare. I tweaked the RGB curves and played around with a few other sliders until I achieved the above color scheme. Here's a screenshot of the before and after (with a few of the manipulations from LR).
       The SOOC shot was just too green! I toned down the greens and played around with orange and red hues to compliment the desaturated green. Thereafter, I sharpened the tips of the blossoms to add a bit more depth to the overall image. The final result is soft and endearing, don't ya think? I must admit, it was a bit difficult to choose a submission for this week. I chose a macro of the stalk because it reminded me of a forest canopy (hence the quote). These were my other two contenders.

Photo Specs: 

     F-stop: f/2.8
     Exposure time: 1/200
     ISO speed: 200
     Focal length: 60 mm

 

Keywords: 52 weeks, colors, editing, outdoors, photo challenge, photo project, photography

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Jeffrey Anderson(non-registered)
I love the macro shots. The first contender is my favorite. It looks like moss on a log to me.
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