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Challenge: Camera "Self Portrait" (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Aug 15, 2006
Aperture: 2.7
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Humorous, Macro
Date Uploaded: Aug 15, 2006

It reminded me of part of Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" ... the ship's renegade HHeuristically-programmed ALgorithmic computer was disabled by the pilot floating down a narrow service passage, and it's on-screen avatar was a close-up of a lens staring out from whatever wall you happened to be looking at.

Shot into the lens at super-close range, as reflected in the facing of my Mac G4 at work.

-Mini-tripod, timer, flash
-Tungsten WB, Fluorescent lighting(?!)
-RGB Curve
-Resized for DPC
-Cropped from top to 3:2 ratio
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0 (second application)
-USM at 88%/0.8 dia/TH =5
-Save as JPEG at quality 9/10 = 145kb

Complete EXIF:

File: IMG_2144.JPG

Make - Canon
Model - Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Orientation - Top left
XResolution - 180
YResolution - 180
ResolutionUnit - Inch
DateTime - 2006:08:15 18:41:24
YCbCrPositioning - Centered
ExifOffset - 196
ExposureTime - 1/60 seconds
FNumber - 2.70
ExifVersion - 0220
DateTimeOriginal - 2006:08:15 18:41:24
DateTimeDigitized - 2006:08:15 18:41:24
ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr
CompressedBitsPerPixel - 5 (bits/pixel)
ShutterSpeedValue - 1/60 seconds
ApertureValue - F 2.71
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
MaxApertureValue - F 2.71
MeteringMode - Center weighted average
Flash - Flash fired, auto mode, red-eye reduction mode
FocalLength - 6.00 mm
UserComment -
FlashPixVersion - 0100
ColorSpace - sRGB
ExifImageWidth - 2816
ExifImageHeight - 2112
InteroperabilityOffset - 2772
FocalPlaneXResolution - 12515.56
FocalPlaneYResolution - 12497.04
FocalPlaneResolutionUnit - Inch
SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor
FileSource - DSC - Digital still camera
CustomRendered - Normal process
ExposureMode - Auto
WhiteBalance - Manual
DigitalZoomRatio - 1.00 x
SceneCaptureType - Standard

Maker Note (Vendor): -
Macro mode - Macro
Self timer - 20/10 sec
Quality - Superfine
Flash mode - Auto + red-eye reduction
Sequence mode - Single or Timer
Focus mode - MF
Image size - Large
Easy shooting mode - Manual
Digital zoom - None
Contrast - Normal
Saturation - Normal
Sharpness - Normal
ISO Value - 16464 (other)
Metering mode - Center weighted
Focus type - Manual
AF point selected -
Exposure mode - Program
Focal length - 600 - 7200 mm (100 mm)
Flash activity -
Flash details - Internal
Focus mode 2 - 8
White Balance - Tungsten
Sequence number - 0
Flash bias - 0.00 EV
Subject Distance - 11
Image Type - IMG:PowerShot S3 IS JPEG
Firmware Version - Firmware Version 1.00

Statistics
Place: 98 out of 143
Avg (all users): 4.9438
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 4.8788
Avg (non-participants): 4.9672
Views since voting: 1095
Views during voting: 392
Votes: 249
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/22/2006 02:38:06 PM
Nice pic. The title really makes it work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/22/2006 06:45:10 AM
The red is a nice touch. It turns a boring image into something more threatening - you pull in 2001 in your title, but there's something far more 1984 here. Good work!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/17/2006 10:53:26 PM
good eye...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/17/2006 08:01:36 PM
Its a reflection shot...
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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