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Challenge: Yellow Revisited (Basic Editing II)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S2 Pro
Location: My Garage
Date: Dec 6, 2004
Aperture: 5.7
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/10th
Date Uploaded: Dec 7, 2004

 Dyed my hand green to enhance the contrast of the bracelet, used reflected light off some styrofoam I had around the house (after chasing my kids around making "Hulk" noises), and set the camera on timer.

Post processing was desating everything but yellow, levels, curves, USM, sharpen, resize, and a little Neat Image to sharpen the last stage. I also had to switch into the CMYK mode and play with curves a bit to get the green residues on my arm to blend in.

I can honestly say this is one of the few times I have felt constrained by the basic editing rules. With a few selective tweaks, this would have come out exactly as I envisioned it.

Statistics
Place: 17 out of 393
Avg (all users): 6.2619
Avg (commenters): 8.5556
Avg (participants): 6.0503
Avg (non-participants): 6.5111
Views since voting: 1185
Views during voting: 490
Votes: 294
Comments: 24
Favorites: 6 (view)

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 12/15/2004 08:48:32 AM
Hey Bill, this was one of my favorites in this challenge. I'm going to put in in my favorites (my first I'm ashamed to say - *note to self add more pictures/artists to favorites). Great use of desaturation, beautiful composition, should have placed much higher IMHO.
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 12/14/2004 07:26:07 PM
Hey Bill: for a guy who is always playing poker, this is very good. Congratulations on your 18th finish. Top 20 is good!
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 12/14/2004 07:14:35 PM
Wow! Two of your top 5 in the last two challenges. You've clearly shifted into a higher gear. Great job!
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 12/14/2004 07:06:55 PM
Congrats Bill
This was the best Livestrong photo
I'm 13 behind you :) but coming up fast! :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/14/2004 03:34:22 PM
Superb work! Good choice of subject, great desaturation work. I'd like to have seen it with the brake level desaturated too. My pick for the yellow ribbon (get it?)
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 12/14/2004 12:36:03 PM
excellent message. Love the clarity in this photo.
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 12/13/2004 07:54:07 AM
very striking image. my eye wants to keep moving around. very strong composition and the lighting and selective saturation are wonderful. One of my favorites
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 12/13/2004 02:47:45 AM
Very impressive and meaningfull picture. Good job. One of my top 3
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 12/12/2004 12:07:26 PM
Outstanding Image!
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 12/12/2004 06:52:54 AM
Love this, the dark spots add good balance and dept to this photo, when I look at this first thought that comes to mind is strength, and isn't that what livestrong is all about? ...I'm a Lance fan too, good job!
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 12/11/2004 06:56:34 PM
Nice composition and selective desaturation...great entry into this challenge.
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 12/09/2004 06:47:46 PM
took me a little bit to figure out what he was holding on to, but when i figured it out..wow..great picture. Go lance! 9
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 12/09/2004 01:56:31 PM
Excellent use of color in accordance with challenge theme. 10
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 12/09/2004 11:33:03 AM
Awesome image!! I love the yellow and gold you left in the shot. A very sharp image. The B&W tones are great.
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 12/09/2004 08:14:35 AM
I used one of these too. I don't know exactly what I'm looking at here, but besides that, it's a good shot. Plus, you got the whole band in the frame, which I failed to do :o)
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 12/09/2004 04:48:42 AM
Very nice photo. The yellow just stands out. Handle bar with the brake is a nice touch! Lighting, texture are quite nice, too. I used the band in Hope challenge.
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 12/09/2004 01:58:19 AM
Great Image! Congrats!
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 12/08/2004 06:02:16 PM
this is an awesome picture... not sure that it's within the bounds of basic editing, tho.
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 12/08/2004 02:55:54 PM
if the brake handle was a muted color this image would be perfect. very nice.
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 12/08/2004 11:43:47 AM
It took me a while (couple of seconds instead of first glance) to see how that gold thingie related to the hand. After I figured out that it is the brake lever on a racing cycle and that the hand is positioned in the lower part of the handle bars it made a lot more sense to me. When I didn't see it, the shot didn't work for me and I would have given it a 6, but now that I do I'll give it an 8.
It would help if there was a bit more light on the connection between the handle and the lever as well as the fingers. Outside the basic rules challenge you could perhaps dodge it a bit..
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 12/07/2004 08:23:26 PM
A good image with great skin texture and cool selective desat. 7
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 12/07/2004 08:04:48 PM
amazing photo
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 12/07/2004 07:30:00 PM
love this! i keep meaning to get one of those bracelets but, alas, my old brain keeps forgetting. flecks of yellow in the hands but not much you can do about that within basic editing. good job!
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 12/07/2004 07:12:59 PM
great idea to bring out the yellow even more. I wish I'd have thought of this -- not sure what he's holding and not sure he even has to be holding anything for this shot to work -- good job!
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