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Midas' Touch
Midas' Touch
3eyedcrow


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Gold (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Desloge, Missouri
Date: Jul 23, 2006
Aperture: f6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/3 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jul 23, 2006

 Curves
Extensive burning to background to suppress hazing from 8 pt. star filter relecting off the gold paint
Dodging on red roses to bring out a little more detail
Crop
Cloned out small blemish on one of the red roses
Increased Red saturation +15
Increased Yellow Saturation +20
Resized
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After the Challenge:

This is the way it should have looked. Adjustments were made selectively instead of the the entire image.

Statistics
Place: 140 out of 296
Avg (all users): 5.3505
Avg (commenters): 6.4444
Avg (participants): 5.1468
Avg (non-participants): 5.6118
Views since voting: 925
Views during voting: 308
Votes: 194
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/26/2006 11:48:25 AM
I really like the left of the picture, but I think the hand spoils it for being too obviously human. Maybe a bit more mysterious?
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 07/25/2006 04:10:10 AM
I'm not to fond of this shot mainly because the hand model as an aged hand and there is something under the thumbnail. The gold also doesn't look very golden but more washed and pale. Good luck in this challenge. <5>
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/24/2006 10:57:42 PM
Good idea but I'm not sold on the execution. The rose could have been a more robust goldtone instead of being so washed out for my taste. The gold point of light is surely your intended focal point but my eyes immediately traveled left to the rose as I started to assimilate the story behind the image and the hook you had used with the light just slipped away without the strong flower color to set it. Good try, tho.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/24/2006 01:54:01 PM
Neat effect, assuming you did it for real and not in PS.

Unfortunately, the effect overwhelmed the golden flower for me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/24/2006 04:12:45 AM
Beautiful
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/24/2006 01:25:00 AM
Well done! 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/23/2006 10:12:51 PM
Meets Challenge:2
Aesthetics:2
Technical:1
Wow:0
Originality:1
Total Score: 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/23/2006 09:01:47 PM
I like the picture but would like to have seen the hand with a more natural tone to it. The hand appears too pink. Otherwise, a great shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/23/2006 08:52:51 PM
Great Job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/23/2006 08:27:12 PM
my favorite 'midas touch' gl 9
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 07/23/2006 08:22:30 PM
clever idea and nicely done...
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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