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Challenge: Broken II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Canon
Location: San Jose, CA
Date: Feb 6, 2006
Aperture: 14.0
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1.3 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Feb 7, 2006

 more construction paper and clip on lights for this one. used newspaper to build a custom snood on the light, and wiggled it during the long exposure to soften the edges of the beam. I wanted the extreme vertical lighting to emphasize the dents and the crooked bell. Not sure if this is adequately 'broken' for this challenge.

the iso 800 was a mistake...

PP was mostly neatimage and USM... also some curves & selective color to bring out the tones and colors in the coronet (it's not a trumpet). the three white specks are bugging me

not expecting a grand reception of this one... but I figure I'll learn more from submitting it than from not submitting it.

I also have a quiet hope that I will someday regain the highest-scoring image for this lens :)

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post: how funny, I have a strong spike of 6 votes and yet this still finished well under 6. I don't know what to think about that, except to notice that this isn't the sort of voting curve I've ever drawn before.

Statistics
Place: 41 out of 285
Avg (all users): 5.8052
Avg (commenters): 5.9412
Avg (participants): 5.6569
Avg (non-participants): 5.8970
Views since voting: 748
Views during voting: 340
Votes: 267
Comments: 19
Favorites: 0

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 02/14/2006 08:50:31 PM
Eeek, I just read back my comment. I meant the poor for the trumpet, the photo is great! :-) It was late when I commented and may be misunderstood, but it's about I like it and I feel sorry for the tumpet.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/14/2006 05:52:19 PM
good composition but a little dark for my taste
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 02/14/2006 01:17:33 PM
Poor one. I love trumpets. Colours are great, the greens work well with the dusty golds, and lighting is superb!
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 02/14/2006 09:41:08 AM
Nice idea with the lighting. I would like to see it brighter to see more detail in the instrument.
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 02/13/2006 04:11:52 PM
Lol. A deamatic capture to fit the bill. Bumping up.
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 02/12/2006 07:45:05 PM
This is an interesting shot. I like what you have done. The pixelation on some of the detail might mean a little over-sharpening. Still, nice composition.
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 02/12/2006 11:19:48 AM
Great feeling from ths photo. The lighting is perfect. 10
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 02/11/2006 10:55:23 PM
very dark
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 02/10/2006 08:31:57 PM
nice moody lighting suits this shot
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 02/10/2006 06:21:13 AM
Lighting is nice. Good luck.
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 02/10/2006 01:48:11 AM
Nice lighting - makes you look twice to see what's wrong with it.
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 02/09/2006 10:23:53 PM
I played trumpet in HS band for awhile. This is exactly how it made me feel.
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 02/09/2006 10:49:32 AM
Found the lighting distracting as I like the idea behind the shot - personal taste thing I guess
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 02/09/2006 09:53:18 AM
nice but too dark... need some more contrast
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 02/09/2006 03:02:11 AM
Great lighting. Enough is shown to make out the instrument (trumpet?). The only comment I would make is that the white spots on the bottom are a little distracting.
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 02/08/2006 11:48:59 PM
to dark picture
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 02/08/2006 01:14:31 PM
That looks as though it's taken a battering....Maybe it's my monitor but image does look rather too dark
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 02/08/2006 05:48:23 AM
Beautiful - the colour of the metal blends in wonderfully with the green. Very subtle.
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 02/07/2006 08:00:39 PM
Nice. I like the lighting. Unusual and quite artful.
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