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Blowing pipe under the candle
Blowing pipe under the candle
yjoshi


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Challenge: Night Shot III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Sony DSC-T7
Location: Home, Hyderabad, India
Date: May 3, 2006
Aperture: -
ISO: 400
Shutter: -
Galleries: Urban
Date Uploaded: May 5, 2006

 The Day this challange was announced, there was a big strom in my city (Hyderabad, India) and the lights went off for 30 mins. So we had placed the candle on our old candle stand. Thought it might serve as a good pic.

Edits: small amount of crop. Thats ALL

Statistics
Place: 277 out of 287
Avg (all users): 3.5897
Avg (commenters): 3.1000
Avg (participants): 3.1786
Avg (non-participants): 3.7725
Views since voting: 701
Views during voting: 367
Votes: 273
Comments: 13
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AuthorThread
 05/21/2006 09:48:42 AM
(¯`·._.·[Critique Club]·._.·´¯)

Well, where to begin... The idea for this photo was a good one and I think that with a bit more careful technical expertise, it could have been a winning shot.

The first problem is the grain in the image. This is commonly found when a digital camera takes a night shot. They tend to over-compensate and the result is a lot of 'noise' in the image. To avoid this you can either just shoot in lighter conditions, or you can use a much longer shutter speed.

The next thing is the camera shake. Always brace the camera when taking the picture, even if it's just on a pile of books or someone's shoulder; one has to do it to obtain a nice clear image.

I think that once those two pointers were undertaken, you'd end up with a lovely crisp, clear shot that would have at least doubled the place you received.

Good Luck for all Future Competitions!

.·´¯`·->Lucien<-·´¯`·.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/16/2006 09:23:49 AM
The candle is a bit blown out and more sharpness would greatly improve this, I think.
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 05/15/2006 07:47:40 AM
very noisey and not in focus.
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 05/12/2006 08:37:41 AM
Ow... the noise hurts.
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 05/11/2006 02:23:17 PM
Too blurry
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 05/11/2006 12:45:24 PM
very grainy and out of focus
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 05/11/2006 08:06:49 AM
seems a little grainy.
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 05/11/2006 01:30:41 AM
cool idea and nice composition but very grainy
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 05/10/2006 03:19:53 PM
Unfrtunately too much noise. Night shots are so difficult. Tripod will help a lot. I'm planning to buy myself one very soon :)
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 05/10/2006 01:20:52 PM
To grainy
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 05/10/2006 11:40:02 AM
Too grainy for me, and there looks to be some camera shake. But I like that the bottom portion of the candle holder looks like a cast shadow rather than just a silhoutte.
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 05/10/2006 09:17:08 AM
The candle-holder seems out-of-focus to me.
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 05/10/2006 12:45:41 AM
focus let's it down
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