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She Who Holds the Purse Strings Holds the Power
She Who Holds the Purse Strings Holds the Power
banmorn


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Battle Of The Sexes (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Sigma 50mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jan 14, 2007
Aperture: f/ 16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 10 seconds
Galleries: Emotive, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jan 14, 2007

 $ store tank and ceramic(well not porcelain). Taped two pieces of contstruction paper together. Lit overhead with two small white LED flashlights. Used a pre-set white balance. Camera on tripod with manual remote. Bought the items without remembering the maxim title. Glad something sort of worked out. Shots of this little scenna were the first I've taken in a week due to being bogged down at work. I know this will do horribly but I gave it a try.

Post: Converted from raw in PSElements with a +0.67 exposure compensation. Skew to staighten the line between the colors of the background. Cropped the right in and then cropped from the top down to maintain the aspect ratio. Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. Layer of curves. Sharpen. Layer of High Pass sharpening and merged in soft light mode. This left the image a little darker than I wanted so I did another layer of curves to brighten a bit. The background was very noisy due to the sharpening. Selected the background and added a layer of gaussian blur to it. Spot edited for dust spots, a thread and some aberrations on the butterfly she is holding and in the background. Resize. Sharpen.

Statistics
Place: 37 out of 90
Avg (all users): 5.5267
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.3061
Avg (non-participants): 5.5775
Views since voting: 1094
Views during voting: 556
Votes: 262
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/21/2007 07:21:42 AM
Creative set up.. good use of colours..
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/20/2007 04:40:20 AM
so true
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/20/2007 12:46:02 AM
Brilliant shot, the lighting and the dual colour backdrop really make this shot stand out from the rest.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2007 12:46:48 AM
Fabulous.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/16/2007 01:28:21 PM
This is great. I love the change in the background color; it really drives the point home - although I would suggest more lighting sources to get rid of the shadows especially with the fairy to give it a softer feel.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/16/2007 01:47:36 AM
I love this. Such a simple studio shot but it works very well here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/15/2007 09:19:40 PM
Great concept!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/15/2007 05:31:11 PM
This is why you don't buy them purses.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/15/2007 08:38:39 AM
A great image, concept, crop, coloration - a bit of noise that would have benefited from Neat Image, perhaps a wide pixel USM as well. Still a third place in my book

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  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/14/2007 08:58:52 PM
Muahaha blow up the Ferrie!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/14/2007 07:26:25 PM
Great idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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