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Oil Change
Oil Change
snellslaw


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Challenge: Tools of the Trade (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ20
Location: Flagstaff, Az in my Garage
Date: Jul 25, 2005
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Action, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jul 26, 2005

 Well I learned a lot doing this photo. The Idea was to have a black background so the camera was set to minimum aperture and aperture priority mode and the flash was used. I also wanted a few star bursts in the highlights. The main idea was that only things close up with lots of light on them would show up. I did this in my garage with the door open and used the blackness of night as my background. Well I learned highly reflective things need lots of stuff around them to reflect so they show up. The wrench is much more visible in the test shots I did with the garage door closed and lights on. I needed something white above the wrench but out of frame to reflect some of the flash off of.

Post Processing:
Crop
Curves (used this to pull the very dimly lit cars in my drive way down into the inky darkness).

Statistics
Place: 85 out of 342
Avg (all users): 5.4579
Avg (commenters): 6.9167
Avg (participants): 5.2689
Avg (non-participants): 5.6039
Views since voting: 723
Views during voting: 388
Votes: 273
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 08/05/2005 04:57:18 AM
Thanks for all the positive comments. My best placing to date; though I̢۪ve only entered two challenges. I was trying to depict changing the in a car or bike; hence the wrench the just removed the drain plug. Of course I staged this with dirty oil out of my oil catch jug, I wasn̢۪t really under a car. The oil was used but not very; the last thing I drained was a crashed motorcycle that had been sitting for 3 years but had just had an oil change prior to a track crash. I would have liked to have added a red oil filter sitting in the pan, I think the red, yellow & black would have been very striking.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/02/2005 07:48:59 PM
Great composition! Good luck!
07/31/2005 11:49:26 AM
WOW, great idea for the challenge! I like the DOF and how you've captured the oil running into the pan. The only thing I would suggest is maybe lighting the wrench a bit more. Other than that a great photo! 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/30/2005 08:01:52 PM
very clear, very clean, very pretty
 07/29/2005 07:05:54 PM
the fact that you cut off the bottom makes this image much less aesthetically pleasing to me. otherwise its alright. im sure itll do well becase everything with liquid in it does really well. I'll give you 6.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/29/2005 09:34:50 AM
ok... do you care to explain the wrench? i would really like to know~! i really like it~! but the wrench, i don't know? great job, let me know, lol
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/28/2005 06:46:46 PM
Great concept. awesome capture! 8
 07/28/2005 05:32:55 PM
Hell! I wish my engine oil was that clean!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/28/2005 06:17:21 AM
Good one. The clarity of the oil dripping is really well done. I wonder if you'd be able to appreciate it more with a white background?? The yellow makes a nice vivid contrast to the black.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/27/2005 06:01:50 PM
dark but nice shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/27/2005 09:57:59 AM
Oh, this is different...and neat. I am fond of the little lens flare in the oil stream, as well as the overall composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/27/2005 09:51:59 AM
Nice compositon
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/27/2005 08:30:45 AM
Nice shot! 7
 07/26/2005 08:26:38 PM
I like the *sparkles*
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