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Stirring Greens
Stirring Greens
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Challenge: Green II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Sigma 50mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jun 6, 2006
Aperture: f/ 11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/8 sec.
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jun 6, 2006

 I got a catalogue from Pier One and that had a pitcher and glass stirrer set for $15.00 USD. My friend Bev and I were battery hunting and went to a shopping mall to a Best Buy. No Batteries for her phone nor for my Nikon. But next door was a Pier One. So I went in, saw some glass ware on sale and chose some items but did not see the Stirrer/Pitcher set. So I asked. They found them and I got one and it was on sale at 50% off....should have gotten two, but I don't know what I would do with the pitchers...oh yeah vases...for those things I always seem to be shooting.

Anyhow, I made a back ground fill in PS ELements 3.0 of 12 different hues of green and repeated it. Then I made a design using the shear filter. In shooting, I found there was some gold that was not working for me and the green blue I chose was too blue. So I used color replace to make them green.
I displayed final version of the background fill on my computer monitor and placed the stirrer in, of all things, vase. The angle work and shot head on. I though the refraction works well against the design to give sort of an illusion of the colors being stirred.

Post: Auto adjust in raw and converted to jpeg. Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. Sharpen. Rotate 180°. Resize. Sharpen.

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 453
Avg (all users): 6.5874
Avg (commenters): 7.5385
Avg (participants): 6.4060
Avg (non-participants): 6.7647
Views since voting: 1868
Views during voting: 417
Votes: 269
Comments: 18
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 06/17/2006 09:18:51 PM
Very exciting and inviting. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 06/14/2006 12:55:16 PM
Congratulations on your top 20 finish! excellent shot!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/13/2006 10:01:11 AM
Cool! (My best friend's parents had curtains in their vacation house just like this in the 60s except black and white! LOL) Love the effect!
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 06/12/2006 08:54:18 PM
very nice 9
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 06/12/2006 12:49:54 AM
Original and a great fit. Good job!
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 06/11/2006 10:45:47 PM
very trippy.
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 06/09/2006 02:19:51 AM
This looks like it could easlily make it into the top ten.
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 06/08/2006 05:01:38 PM
Cool, a lot like the red and blue ones I've seen in past challenges. Still good though.
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 06/08/2006 02:50:17 PM
Captivating.
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 06/08/2006 10:38:23 AM
This photo screams ART... very cool :)
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 06/08/2006 10:26:23 AM
This is amazing, the thumbnail of this caught my eye immediately. Very creative use of colors. Good luck! 10
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 06/07/2006 05:50:23 PM
My first though is that the thumbnail really "pops", but it seems a little to busy when it is the full size image...
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 06/07/2006 04:29:52 PM
Very cool
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 06/07/2006 09:38:36 AM
Very well done. Love the different shades of green. That glass thingy looks familiar tho...
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 06/07/2006 05:19:24 AM
I like the patterns and the ligthing in this shot. Great wall art for a modern decor.
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 06/07/2006 03:41:39 AM
a very good abstract
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 06/07/2006 03:31:59 AM
I don't know how you did this but WOW!
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 06/07/2006 12:07:23 AM
Simple but very effective. A little more contrast between the front piece and the background could be used imo, but I like the composition.
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