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Challenge: Inanimate Macro (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: people
Camera: Canon EOS-70D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Date: Nov 18, 2014
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/4
Date Uploaded: Nov 18, 2014

[Nov. 24th, 2014 09:14:41 AM]

Bah I realised the next day after entering that there are major elements of brush out of focus. I should just give up editing on my laptop late at night.

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 11/26/2014 06:56:57 AM
Originally posted by glad2badad:


I gave your brushes entry a 6, although quite frankly, after looking deeper today I was a point generous I think. The material available had potential, and like you already noticed, the bristles should have been the focus. The blue shadow tones could have been addressed by a hue shift on that range. I agree with your NOT putting them flat as suggested by another commenter ... I like the added dimension as presented (flat would have been, well, too flat). :-) Curious - did you consider a B&W treatment? Another thought (hard to know without trying it) is more sidelight rather than angled top lighting?


I can't remember for sure but I think I did give a B&W version a try and must have preferred the colour one. I recall I just used an everyday torch (possibly 2) for the lighting though not sure where the blue shadow came from (possibly the processing added this)

It was a really quick shoot just to enter something - if I had the time I would have liked to add paint to the brushes.

Thanks for the feedback - really appreciated.
 11/26/2014 06:47:28 AM


I gave your brushes entry a 6, although quite frankly, after looking deeper today I was a point generous I think. The material available had potential, and like you already noticed, the bristles should have been the focus. The blue shadow tones could have been addressed by a hue shift on that range. I agree with your NOT putting them flat as suggested by another commenter ... I like the added dimension as presented (flat would have been, well, too flat). :-) Curious - did you consider a B&W treatment? Another thought (hard to know without trying it) is more sidelight rather than angled top lighting?
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11/25/2014 03:29:34 PM
Well used and enjoyed, looks like. I think photo-wise it would have looked better if you had clamped them with something and gotten them off the surface so the whole surface would be out of focus.
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 11/21/2014 12:24:26 PM
I wonder how this would look with the brush hair in focus and the handles w/ a softer focus? Nice composition, good colors, but the focus issues overwhelm the image.
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