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Challenge: Complexity (Advanced Editing II)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S1 IS
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Sep 26, 2004
Aperture: 3.1
ISO: Auto
Shutter: 1/13
Date Uploaded: Sep 26, 2004

 Part of the drive mechanism for an old A.B. Dick 360 offset duplicator (press is too hifalutin' a name for this one), taken on the weekend when it was idle.

Resized, no cropping.

Exposure compensation -1. One tone curve (RGB); convert to grayscale with Channel Mixer, then Duotone using Black and PMS 143; three applications of USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH=5/JPEG=6/10

Statistics
Place: 38 out of 148
Avg (all users): 5.8450
Avg (commenters): 6.6000
Avg (participants): 5.6702
Avg (non-participants): 6.0000
Views since voting: 2058
Views during voting: 320
Votes: 200
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 10/19/2004 12:53:25 AM
Wow, that is complex, nice title too.

I almost prefer the original. The metallic blue gives something to the picture. Both shots are great though and definitely meet the challenge. Maybe a little more focus would have helped your score.
 10/04/2004 01:02:27 AM
Originally posted by ursula:
Hey, congratulations! I like this!

Thanks -- definitely my best score in a long time!

From the comments it seems I actually addressed the challenge topic in a straightforward way for a change.

Here's a link to a version (at pBase) in the original color; does anyone think it would have done better? I thought it was too dingy and grimy to score well, no matter how closely it met the topic.

10/04/2004 12:10:09 AM
Hey, congratulations! I like this!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/03/2004 08:40:47 PM
Interesting and fitting this challenge on the money. Great complexity here. Bumping up.
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 10/03/2004 08:29:26 PM
This title is way too long... not effecting the vote. Just wanted to voice an opinion on it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/02/2004 08:34:00 PM
Nice tone, composition, definition and contrasts. Definitely embodies complexity.
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 10/01/2004 07:26:25 PM
Good composition but seems a bit light overall.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2004 07:03:40 PM
This has got all the complex pieces in it.
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 09/29/2004 02:16:25 AM
love the tone...
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 09/28/2004 11:43:07 PM
why not do this in color ?? .. brings out the grease and grime
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/28/2004 07:38:38 PM
I would have done this in motion.
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 09/27/2004 09:36:41 AM
Nice. gritty and interesting color sheme..a bit on the two dimentional but still quite strong
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 09/27/2004 08:53:33 AM
I found this interesting. I am still trying to figure out what it is. Nicely done.
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