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Nightbulb II ... scalvert
Nightbulb II ... scalvert
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Deja Vu II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Crystal, MN
Date: Mar 23, 2006
Aperture: f8.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Humorous, Studio
Date Uploaded: Mar 23, 2006

 This was soooooo hard to get the colors right. Scalvert did it with BASIC editing!

I had to do color management on the bulb and stars separate from the hand separate from the bulb base.

Did it the same way as scalvert though. I went out to google and searched for a moon image. Ended up with the same one scalvert used. (Should have read his notes first).
Image by T.A.Rector, I.P.Dell'Antonio/NOAO/AURA/NSF - used with permission. Available at www.noao.edu/image_ gallery/html/im0650.html

Cloned in the bulb extension. Changed color to a yellowish hue. White balancing for flash color shifts the original white image on the monitor to a blue\cyan cast. Yellowish, comes out as very light blue\white under that white balance setting.

Opened lid of laptop flat on coffee table, set up tripod over laptop. Set up small soft box to light hands. Wrapped black fabric around tripod and camera to kill reflections.
Held bulb base in fingers and snapped away.

From there it was all about tweaking colors.

Hope you like. Hope it does justice to the original.

Statistics
Place: 27 out of 141
Avg (all users): 6.6716
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 6.4286
Avg (non-participants): 6.8727
Views since voting: 1994
Views during voting: 484
Votes: 201
Comments: 13
Favorites: 4 (view)

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AuthorThread
 03/30/2006 10:16:47 PM
Really nice job on a very difficult image!
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 03/30/2006 07:52:14 PM
Heh, people say it's so easy to use a monitor background, and now you know better, huh? The trick to the color is to concentrate on the hand ONLY. The monitor image will appear blue, but you can desaturate the blue channel to almost-gray and still get a realistic moon without affecting the hand at all.

Looks like you had trouble with scan lines, too- they were in many of my outtakes. The color of your hand looks really weird to me, and the glow seems confined, but I think you got a better bulb shape than I did. I'm glad someone tried one of my shots. Nice job! Interestingly, I got FAR more votes below 5 than you did. :-/
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/28/2006 09:33:42 AM
Very very well done. Looking forward to your notes post challenge to see if you copied Scalvert's method?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/27/2006 01:29:27 PM
Very cool good imagination.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/27/2006 02:20:39 AM
exceptional lighting! well done!
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 03/26/2006 09:18:03 AM
i was hoping some1 would do this,its maginificent as well!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/25/2006 05:32:24 PM
Another great tribute herein this image..... Well done....."WOW"...
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 03/25/2006 01:08:14 AM
Very Well done mimicry.
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 03/24/2006 02:58:08 PM
very nice..!!! 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/24/2006 02:01:15 PM
Nice recreation!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/24/2006 08:52:43 AM
returning for comments:
Shannon will be flattered. Bumping up.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/23/2006 09:13:08 PM
well done...hand is a bit flat lighting wise though
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 03/23/2006 07:46:22 PM
Wow that's pretty darn close!!!!
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