Red and wet...

... could be the description of this leaf... but it's actually the description of my cold!

[finished version on my [url=http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/1454195]Kinda Horrigans[/url] journal]

A bit of editing on this one as it was a very 'ho hum ordinary shot' (taken with an 18 - 55mm lens and a Raynox 150 lens adaptor). Boosted the exposure with the RAW file and increased the clarity and vibrance.

Then, in Photoshop, I first cloned out the light patch towards the bottom of the frame using a large clone brush set to about 50% opacity. Duplicated the background layer and then used Distort > Render > Lighting Effects and used a large omni spotlight, set the layer to lighten blend mode and reduce the opacity so that the effect was subtle. Used a warming photo filter layer to bring out the colours... then flattened the lot. Sharpened it - then noticed that it was kinda noisy so again duplicated the background layer and reduced the noise - but because this took away some of the detail on the leaf, I used a layer mask to reveal the main part of the leaf and just used the noise reduction on the background.

Flattened and saved.

Tip of the Day:
Since this shot was taken in the wet, 'How to Protect your Camera in Extreme Conditions' seems to be just the article to point you towards today!