Radially
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This was shot using all natural light (it was in the shade on a very sunny day) and the camera was handheld with a 50mm lens. This plant caught my attention as I walked the canals of Venice, California — it was along the sidewalk behind the houses. The pattern was so very strong, and the colors so deep that I couldn’t pass it up. The water droplets on the plant were just icing on the cake.
- Unprocessed RAW
Straight out of the camera — untouched. - Processed RAW
I did a few basic adjustments to get the white balance correct and to bring up the contrast and saturation. Nothing very extreme though. - Dodge & Burn
Here, I used non-destructive dodging and burning techniques to really make the contrast stand out where I wanted it. - LAB Saturation
Using the technique I outlined previously for boosting saturation via LAB color mode, I strengthened the greens that are so inherently present. - High Pass Sharpen
I used a very subtle sharpening by running the high pass filter and setting the blend to overlay at 50% opacity.
As you can see, lots of little changes really add up from start to finish.
Brian Auer
April 17, 2008Thanks Frank. I did shoot the image with a 50mm lens, but I post the focal length as 35mm equivalents. So with a 1.5X crop factor on my digital camera, that 50mm lens equates to a 75mm if it were on a full frame sensor.
Frank
April 17, 2008Hello Brian,
Great image first of all.
However, your caption says ’75mm’ but you also say it was shot with a 50mm lens….please explain. Did I miss something?
Thanks,
-Frank