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mefnj


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Periodic Table II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: New Jersey
Date: Dec 6, 2012
Aperture: 13.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/30
Date Uploaded: Dec 5, 2012

 single capture

initial pp using Capture NX2
-straighten horizontal
-brightness/contrast
-spot touchup
-gaussian blur applied to tabletop area
-unsharp mask applied to beaker, "smoke", nitrogen lettering

addition adjustments using Color Efex Pro
-Detail Extractor
-Classic Soft Focus
-Colorize

final adjustments using Capture NX2
-spot touchup
-gaussian blur
-noise reduction
-brightness contrast
-saturation
-crop, size, and save for DPC

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 54
Avg (all users): 7.5851
Avg (commenters): 8.4375
Avg (participants): 7.3750
Avg (non-participants): 7.6935
Views since voting: 3380
Views during voting: 229
Votes: 94
Comments: 25
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 01/17/2016 05:58:29 PM
Super nice photograph and extremely creative.
 12/23/2012 03:20:16 PM
Whoa, I somehow let this pass me by. Great job on lighting & atmosphere!
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 12/14/2012 05:52:32 AM
Very cool. Love it!!
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 12/14/2012 02:04:30 AM
Congrats. Nice processing. Really well presented effect with the smoke, blur, and cool tone.

Message edited by author 2012-12-14 07:05:52.
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 12/13/2012 09:34:59 PM
Very creative, and eye catching. I love the whole effect.
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 12/13/2012 08:15:47 PM
Congrats for the Red! Were you can buy liquid nitrogen?
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 12/13/2012 08:10:40 PM
Splendid lighting. Congrats on the ribbon. Cool smoke
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 12/13/2012 07:20:03 PM
This is awesome and literally, so cool. Congrats on the red!
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 12/13/2012 07:12:09 PM
Congratulations on the well deserved ribbon.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/13/2012 06:40:17 PM
Interesting, informative and esthetically pleasing. Top 3.
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 12/13/2012 06:29:56 PM
Very effective.
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 12/13/2012 04:28:28 PM
Sure -- my husband as liquid nitrogen, and does he bring it out for a photo shoot? Not this time!! Well, there was that other time, and that other time, and even that other time... Oh well. Even if he did, my idea wasn't as cool as this one... Nicely done!
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 12/13/2012 12:44:34 PM
Very eery looking. I really like the blue tone with the smoke
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 12/13/2012 01:59:45 AM
Beautiful lighting. I expect this to be on the front page.
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 12/11/2012 05:53:26 PM
Cool
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 12/11/2012 04:44:13 AM
Top 3
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 12/10/2012 06:29:06 AM
Excellent! Perfect use of lighting and duotone.
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 12/09/2012 09:33:56 AM
Love the steam and lighting. Very mysterious picture of nitrogen :)Nice composition and edit. 9
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 12/08/2012 02:52:34 PM
Very mysterious, almost spooky. I like.
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 12/08/2012 06:23:51 AM
Cool! (Pun intended)
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 12/07/2012 07:16:15 AM
Nice shot,top tenner for me.
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 12/07/2012 03:54:27 AM
WOW cool shot. Mad scientist style.
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 12/07/2012 02:11:25 AM
very well done. great presentation.
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 12/06/2012 07:32:08 PM
No doubt it will be near the top
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 12/06/2012 07:11:49 PM
awesome shot!
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