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Still Life in the Abstract
Still Life in the Abstract
Dr.Confuser


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2012-11 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Location: Yarrow Point, Washington (USA)
Date: Nov 11, 2012
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 3200
Shutter: Varies
Date Uploaded: Nov 24, 2012

 Photographer’s Notes
It is a dark and stormy night. I’m home alone while my wife is in the middle of a three-day conference on the other side of the state. I’m watching a live (how quaint) program on TV in a mostly darkened room and notice a soft light falling on some pottery we have on the mantle above the fireplace. The fireplace is steel and reflects almost no light. The pottery contrasts nicely with the black background. I punch record on the DVR and grab my camera and tripod.

I nearly always shoot HDR brackets these days. If you’ve followed me you know why. If you shoot HDR you know why. If you’re a party of the third part, the exercise is left to the reader. In this case I liked the tone-mapped HDR version better than anything I could do with any of the bracket shots.

I feel like I’m in a bit of a voting rut. I’ve been shooting more for me than for scores and my taste at the moment has diverged from DPC-pop, or DPC-grunge, or DPC-blur, or … well, you get the idea. And I like this in that same non-DPC way. Which means, this will probably score poorly. It is also pretty abstract. And as Rocky is fond of telling Bullwinkle, “That trick never works!” But then a tiny voice inside me whispers, maybe this is the image that will cross over. The eternal optimist!

Enjoy.

Post Processing
• HDR 7 Originals (Photomatix)
• Tone Map (Photomatix)
• Darken Background (PSCS5 Exposure Layer – Masked)
• Remove Distraction (PSCS5 Clone Layer)
• Blur Background (PSCS5 Gaussian Blur Layer – Masked)
• Pop (PSCS5 Duplicate and Blend with Soft Light – Masked)
• Lighten (PSCS5 Curves Layer)
• Dodge & Burn (PSCS5 Overlay Layer)
• Crop (PSCS5)
• Resize (Perfect Resize)
• Border (PSCS5 Stroke Layer)
• Save for Web (PSCS5)

Camera Data
• Date: 2012.11.11
• Camera: Nikon D3
• Lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
• ISO: 3200
• Aperture: f/16
• Shutter: Varies ~ 6 Seconds

Statistics
Place: 67 out of 203
Avg (all users): 6.0088
Avg (commenters): 7.4000
Avg (participants): 6.0482
Avg (non-participants): 5.9000
Views since voting: 468
Views during voting: 192
Votes: 113
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2012 03:07:25 PM
Well executed, great composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/06/2012 04:32:08 PM
Quite nice!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/06/2012 12:07:51 AM
I like the colours, the composition, the use of DOF and the blurred background. Well done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/04/2012 07:57:08 PM
Well composed. Good still life. Works for me
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/04/2012 02:44:47 PM
the eggs from alien, no doubt.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/02/2012 03:19:31 PM
I like it. Very smooth lines.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/02/2012 04:47:30 AM
Such a pity youfelt like it neede borders!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/02/2012 02:15:41 AM
It's a nice tones.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2012 10:45:59 AM
Quite lovely!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/30/2012 10:41:03 PM
Not sure about the border but I like the rest
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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