Ellipse # 4 by ctfchallenge

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12-APR-2009	deseng

200904 RAW 057 copy-1

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
1/20s f/8.0 at 20.0mm iso800 hide exif

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Guest		20-Apr-2009 07:12
Glad to hear that Yvonne & Jano - Debi

ctfchallenge		19-Apr-2009 14:17
The contrast between the cardboard and the flowers really gives this some punch. Good eye. jano

Guest		19-Apr-2009 02:59
I love the shots you capture, this one included. Yvonne

ctfchallenge		16-Apr-2009 15:38
Thank you Brent- everyone keeps telling me that DPP is better for canon than ACR. But I just like to use ACR somehow. As it is my PP skills are not that great and I do most of the work in PS - Debi

ctfchallenge		15-Apr-2009 04:29
Color came out really nice on this one Debi. Glad you are enjoying shooting RAW these days. I saw a lecture by the head Canon Rep for the Western USA the other day (he happens to live near me). He said he uses Lightroom for most of his images (same tech as ACR) but uses DPP once in a while to get the very best overall quality. He said if he took an image of five people with varied complexions he would go Adobe all the way as it would more likely get all the tones right. I was a little surprised to here that as I have come to like Adobe best for all the extra controls rather than the color- but then I seldom photograph people. ~Brent

Guest		14-Apr-2009 09:33
glad you like it - Debi

ctfchallenge		14-Apr-2009 04:51
Lovely flowers and the cardboard separators really make this image. A bit more crop of the top as Kiki suggested would look good, but nice as is too. CJ

aam1234		13-Apr-2009 18:18
Debi, have a look at the main thread.

ctfchallenge		13-Apr-2009 17:17
aam I have started using RAW since March & I am using ACR. Tried DPP for a while but somehow did not work for me. I am very impressed with RAW format. The details are so much better. Get better shots even in low light. Should have used it from day 1. - Debi

ctfchallenge		13-Apr-2009 17:12
here is another one -

aam1234		13-Apr-2009 16:41
Hey! I see that you are starting to shoot in Raw. Which program do you use for the conversion (still ACR?), and how do you like dealing with Raw in general...what are your 1st impression(s) of the format.

ctfchallenge		13-Apr-2009 16:05
Thanks aam = Debi

aam1234		13-Apr-2009 11:48
This is beautiful, Debi.

Guest		13-Apr-2009 06:17
Also there was a flower in the 3rd square which was getting cut-off - Debi

Guest		13-Apr-2009 05:52
Thanks Rod, Penny, Doug & Kiki. I did take a bit off the top. But retained the line as I wanted the pattern visible. Had taken a few similar shots, but the light was bad and I was getting very slow shutter speeds even at ISO 800. - Debi

ctfchallenge		13-Apr-2009 01:49
Sure, crop the top off. Even as is it a great entry to the challenge. Well done Debi. -Doug

ctfchallenge		13-Apr-2009 00:08
I think Kiki is right about the crop - I love all the neatly wound up (but each slightly different) red flowers. Penny Street

ctfchallenge		12-Apr-2009 23:33
Wonderful roses, colors, patterns.. and the POV couldn't be better. The cardboard indeed.. very special picture. Tried cropping off the top? I think I'd like the cardboard "skeleton" to be more similar at top and bottom. -k2

Rod		12-Apr-2009 22:41
The corrugated cardboard threading around the flower thingys looks really good. I think this would work well too with a wider view if it were possable as I like to see more of this pattern in the frame. The picy works great as is but. Well done Debi.

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