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Part and Pastime
Part and Pastime
afarland


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Challenge: Parts (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A70
Location: My study
Date: Oct 5, 2004
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: auto
Shutter: 1/15sec.
Galleries: Sports, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Oct 5, 2004

 I got this idea from a client of mine, who collects sports memorabilia. I thought it was a good plan to capture part of "America's favorite pastime" for this challenge.

Tried to get a shot using both a red and a blue background, and the blue was the better choice.

Cropped, bumped up saturation of reds and blues, auto-contrast, despeckle, border added, presto!

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 436
Avg (all users): 5.9410
Avg (commenters): 7.6429
Avg (participants): 5.9108
Avg (non-participants): 5.9825
Views since voting: 1001
Views during voting: 327
Votes: 271
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 10/13/2004 04:45:18 AM
I really liked this! I gave it a nine...wondering what it's doing all the way down here...!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/12/2004 03:55:43 PM
Fantastic! Rich saturated colors, sharp and clean. Looks like a homerun to me!
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 10/12/2004 02:05:27 PM
Nice composition within the frame. One personal opinion is that the ball looks too "new" and the background too solid - but just a personal take on it.
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 10/10/2004 09:54:35 AM
Wonderful selection of background color - the deep blue really accents the white and red of the ball. I'd like to see just an ever-so-slight rotation down of the ball - so that the stitches did not merge with the top border. Perfect exposure showing great texture on the ball. Black border is (too) powerful. Top 10.
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 10/09/2004 03:39:28 PM
very nice contrast with the colour makes this shot
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 10/08/2004 04:05:54 PM
Fabulous colors!! Very dynamic.
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 10/07/2004 01:41:44 PM
Nice crisp colors and great composition. Good work.
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 10/07/2004 06:43:44 AM
Great color & texture contrasts
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 10/07/2004 05:43:35 AM
Very nice picture... vibrant and strong.
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 10/06/2004 08:24:20 PM
Great use of Red, White and Blue, I love the texture of the ball, great job. ~8
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 10/06/2004 03:32:12 PM
The blue background looks great against red and white.
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 10/06/2004 11:30:02 AM
Red, white and blue...great combo!
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 10/06/2004 06:27:00 AM
Wonderful color and focus. It seems like there is some pixelation or something at the top left of the ball. Good shot.
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 10/06/2004 01:04:03 AM
WOW. Love the focus and colors. Great shot
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 10/05/2004 09:24:08 PM
i guess i would have chosen grass as my background, but who am i?
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