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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Affluence (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: My bedroom
Date: Aug 2, 2005
Aperture: f8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.3 seconds
Galleries: Macro, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Aug 2, 2005

 As soon as the challenge came out, I immediately thought of jewelry as representation of one's affluence. An Aston Martin DB9 comes to mind too but where the heck would I find one? When it comes to material possessions, it's all about the status symbol right? So I decided to use the next best thing... a pair of diamond rings and a Rolex.
They are all fakes by the way. It's a matter of perception right?

It's a bit blown out especially the rings... it could use some burning but I realized that this was just a basic edit challenge. Oh well, let the low scores and comments begin. Send in the trolls!

I just need to press that "update" button :)

Post processing:
- converted to BW via channels
- duotone
- auto levels
- USM
- crop
- save for web
Disqualification Details
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Views during voting: 417
Comments: 14
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 08/10/2005 03:44:26 AM
Ouch!! Really expected this to hit the top 5.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/09/2005 06:06:36 AM
the reflection makes this visually confusing to me, the ring in particular is tough to see with the tones being so close to the background - nice "stuff" though
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 08/07/2005 01:26:21 PM
i love it~! wonderfull job~! i can't wait untill i go through and see you in the top 10~! (hopefully)
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 08/04/2005 07:07:10 AM
Love the compose and the colors.. it seems you gave it a lot of attention..

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 08/04/2005 06:57:35 AM
Beatiful shot. Perhaps a darker background with the mirror reflection would show more contrast?
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 08/03/2005 12:14:24 PM
goodman?
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 08/03/2005 11:32:51 AM
Nice
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 08/03/2005 10:57:07 AM
I love the reflection the surface you have them on. Nice job.
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 08/03/2005 09:18:09 AM
Wow! Nicely presented!
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 08/03/2005 06:55:31 AM
crisp...crisp...crisp
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 08/03/2005 05:31:52 AM
a bit too bright to me
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 08/03/2005 05:22:07 AM
I'd have liked this more without the rings, although I know that's part of the title. Diamonds and cut stones are so hard to capture without them looking overdone, or on the other side of that, blurred. But that being said, the composition is nice and I like that you sat them on a mirrored surface. I like the greenish/brown filter as well.
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 08/03/2005 01:33:19 AM
Like it! I wold have tried another crop (to see more of the reflections of objects)
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 08/02/2005 10:27:47 PM
The lighting in this picture seems a bit harsh. The ring suffered as it is overexposed. Otherwise, it meets the challenge well
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