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A kid's delight
A kid's delight
scuds


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Challenge: Stock Photography II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Sony DSC-W1
Location: Curitiba - Brazil - my balcony
Date: Mar 20, 2005
Aperture: F 5,2
ISO: ISO 100
Shutter: 1/640s
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Mar 20, 2005

 Bunch of crayons organized in a non-organized way. Shot on top of a mirror, with the sky as a back ground. Worked the levels to have a white background.
Worked on the contrast and saturation of the crayons, cropped, resized, USM and safe for web.
Cloned out some imperfections on the crayons, dirt spots and color marks (from the other crayons). Created a second layer, applied gausian blur to it to reduce depth of field a bit.
That's about it! (quite a lot I think LoL)
I was looking through out the house looking for something interesting to shoot! Could only find these crayons! Not a last minute submition, but very close to deadline!

Statistics
Place: 192 out of 258
Avg (all users): 5.0583
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8370
Avg (non-participants): 5.3977
Views since voting: 1164
Views during voting: 302
Votes: 223
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 03/28/2005 03:53:50 AM
I didn't vote on this challenge scuds, but I would say you need better focus. If you would have gotten all the crayons in focus then it would have done better. An average vote of 5.0 is nothing to complain about in my mind. It is a good idea. Like I said earlier a little better focus would go a long way here. Also if you would have gotten new crayons then it would have done a lot better also.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/27/2005 11:35:42 AM
I really like the composition and great focus too. Good job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/26/2005 05:51:29 PM
what lipstick ?? just kidding

i think the image could be improved with a more diffuse light source
and a bit more bounced light from the directon of the camera (a white card or etc )
to many deep shadows (IMO) to be 'kid' friendly
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/25/2005 07:55:43 PM
Any reason you peeled all the paper off of these?
 03/23/2005 10:19:48 AM
Fits the challenge well, good colours and composition
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/23/2005 08:07:20 AM
Lighting is a bit too harsh. I would like better with better DOF.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/23/2005 03:36:45 AM
With the shallow depth of field the bright spots on the middle ones is a bit bright. The back ones appear as if you have used them, they look blobish. You set the shot up well, maybe put the object just a bit more to the left. Rule of thrids, here it is more like quarters. Keep shooting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/21/2005 05:14:43 PM
Nice use of white space.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/21/2005 03:24:11 PM
I wish all the crayons were in focus, even if they are not machined to a perfect parabolic surface. And the arrangement of colors seems a little odd. These might be quibbles except the photographer has reduced the photo to just these elements.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/21/2005 01:33:32 PM
Perfect lighting, excellent reflection. To be picky the only thing I would have changed was the arrangement of your colours. The brights ones in the front or less of a red/black mixture might have added impact.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/21/2005 02:06:31 AM
harsh lighting, depth of field shallow. like the mirrored image idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/20/2005 09:00:03 PM
Nice stock shot. Little dark, but clear and well composed. Should do fairly well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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