images Wanted to share a photo...

[Xernicus]

I decided to head out with a friend and have a day full of photography yesterday... and while I must admit that it did not go well, there is one gem that made the trip worthwhile.

Specs:
ISO80
F/2.8
1/125 sec Exposure
Center Weighted light metering

Edits:
LBB Cooling filter with 5% density
Lens Barrel Distortion correction
Curves adjusted to bump contrast
And here it is:

I also edited a B+W version:

[Monoxide]

The detail in the leaf is amazing! Nice shot!

[Night Hunter]

interesting and beautiful

[Arturro]

very cool, but it's something white in the upper left corner a little distracting

[crmbs]

Good pictures.

[.KeLFOuTO!r.]

very nice job Xerni ! 

[Singhy]

GREAT.. Keep it up

[sMirb]

Great picture! Especially the colored one looks amazing!

[CheepHeep]

Nice shot mate. Really great picture.

[Elf]

Very good photo, thanks man,

[AjayBeny]

Awesome shot mate.. I am a beginner in photography am also trying such things.

[Xernicus]

Thank you all so much for your comments, compliments, and criticisms. They're all very well appreciated.

very cool, but it's something white in the upper left corner a little distracting

I couldn't agree more. I realized this right after I reviewed it. If I'm not mistaken, I used a cooling filter which did not contribute well to the light you see. I've done some research and experimenting with ways of reducing (and in some cases fixing) using various brushes, effects, and sometimes filters or whole photo adjustments (curves, saturation, hue, contrast, blablabla). I still have quite a bit to learn though- and I'm actually looking forward to it.

[Xernicus]

So I decided to re-process this. I more aggressively edited this, cropping out the "distraction", adjusted the color gamut, fixed wash out and blemishes, blablabla.

Let me know which one you like better!
Any problems you see in this version that weren't present in the first? Please let me know!

[Arturro]

this framing I like a lot more

[audrey]

So I decided to re-process this. I more aggressively edited this, cropping out the "distraction", adjusted the color gamut, fixed wash out and blemishes, blablabla.

 

Let me know which one you like better!

Any problems you see in this version that weren't present in the first? Please let me know!

 

There's more noise in this one.

That's becuase it's zoomed ofcourse. You could've just erased the white thingie from the pic maybe? The zoomed out version is much better.

Tho I don't really like micro nature pictures, i like this one because of the drops