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Challenge: Playtime (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Olympus D-490Z
Location: Berkeley, California, USA
Date: Mar 26, 2006
Aperture: 3.2
ISO: 139
Shutter: 1/40
Date Uploaded: Mar 26, 2006

One of the staff at Lawrence Hall of Science demonstrating building with Kapla® blocks. I used the grainy Blue Channel to emphasize the difference between the smooth, machined wood and the gritty concrete walls in the BG.

-RGB Curve
-Blue Curve
-Copied Blue Channel to new grayscale document
-USM at 16%/64 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5
-Mode > RGB
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 8/10 = 136KB

Statistics
Place: 78 out of 207
Avg (all users): 5.3548
Avg (commenters): 5.7857
Avg (participants): 5.1176
Avg (non-participants): 5.4631
Views since voting: 966
Views during voting: 306
Votes: 217
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0


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04/04/2006 09:16:52 PM
Originally posted by facesastheycome:

nice idea ,not realy sure about the grain tho i think just B&W wold of done the job

As I mentioned, the graininess in the BG was intentional, to emphasize the difference between the structure and the surroundings, which are actually very blah otherwise. I "later" thought this might look good in a duotone.

I did get one shot later of blocks tumbling, but there was no "composition" to it. These were shot in a museum, so avoiding other people and exhibits is tricky. This one was composed by "dead reckoning" with the camera lying almost flat on the table -- no using either the LCD or the viewfinder.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/04/2006 04:59:42 PM
I like the tension. The perspective distortion adds to the drama. I also like that I can see the face of the builder of the tower. He seems very intent and focused which is good for the picture. The fact that it is b & w is probably a very wise choice with this since it gives you a stronger sense of the repetition with the blocks. There seems to be a fair amount of grain in this, but I don't think it matters too much for this particular shot. The prominent feature of this photo is the face of the tower and other than a nice repetition and good contrast there isn't anything there that keeps my attention.
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04/04/2006 10:29:09 AM
nice angle
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04/04/2006 10:07:13 AM
Great viewpoint and composition. Shame there's no action here - like tumbling blocks, but it's still quite strong.
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04/04/2006 08:07:40 AM
this photo is grainy and looks "over-copied." I love the subject material and the compostion is very good.
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04/03/2006 05:57:13 AM
Awesome angle.
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04/03/2006 05:17:50 AM
too grainy
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04/03/2006 01:37:25 AM
Very good! The only thing I don't like is, that the background is too noisy.
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04/02/2006 05:24:02 AM
Good idea and nice composition. On my screen the photo is grainy - intentional?
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03/31/2006 08:50:19 PM
Excellent...
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03/30/2006 02:02:20 PM
Interesting POV, nice B&W treatment, and nice composition.
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03/30/2006 02:59:39 AM
good perspective
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03/29/2006 10:31:53 AM
Very nice shot. Great viewpoint!
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03/29/2006 08:38:33 AM
nice idea ,not realy sure about the grain tho i think just B&W wold of done the job
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03/29/2006 04:17:37 AM
Lots of noise in this picture in the background. Good idea for the challenge though.
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03/28/2006 09:55:13 PM
Very grainy.
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03/28/2006 08:35:27 PM
This appears very grainy ... we call this game jenga here :)
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