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Infinitesimal Planetesimals
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Circle II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Date: Mar 11, 2007
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320 sec
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Mar 11, 2007


Flipped the lid of my crock pot upside down, poured some water in, dripped some food coloring in, poured some vegetable oil in, stirred it up like crazy. One shop light bottom left (angled and diffused with tissue paper).

Shot in RAW: adjusted white balance

PS:
Crop
NI
Curves
Brightness/Contrast
Hue/Sat
Selective Color
Duplicate background layer, Hard Light blending mode, reduced opacity
Duplicate background layer, Color Dodge blending mode, reduced opacity
Duplicate background layer, lots of dodge and burn
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Statistics
Place: 58 out of 283
Avg (all users): 5.9167
Avg (commenters): 7.7143
Avg (participants): 5.8090
Avg (non-participants): 6.0909
Views since voting: 971
Views during voting: 236
Votes: 144
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1 (view)


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AuthorThread
03/19/2007 08:34:12 AM
A good photograph in any genre will score well in the right challenge.

Positives:
Overall general quality is good and the blue as a duotone works well. The viewer may not be able to figure out what it is, but it looks interesting and that is all that matters. It has a 'spacey' feeling to it.

Technicals:
As was said, quality and blue tones work well. Composition generally OK. Lighting and exposure are good. Nothing really bad here.

The challenge:
It fits the challenge and meets it in an unexpected way and probably contributed to the higher than expected score. And, of course, anything done well SHOULD get a good score even though they often don't. In your case you were not punished for DNMC and that is why you got a better than average score.

Suggestions:
You might consider cropping smaller to get rid of the lower right corner. That would add to it's overall 'spacey' feeling. Apply spot sharpening to the lower bubbles... they are on the soft side and incompatible with the rest of the image.
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03/19/2007 08:12:12 AM
Wow, that's a very cool shot. Good creative thinking! Your commenters certainly loved it. :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/16/2007 02:35:03 PM
With the simplicity of the subject and relative uniformity of color, this could have been a very boring shot, but I think the variety of circle sizes and asymmetry of the composition makes it effective. Although I like it as it is, I wonder if it could be improved by having more "happening" on the far right side of the frame - maybe it could have benefited from a slight crop on the right side?
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03/14/2007 08:26:51 PM
10
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03/13/2007 02:46:52 PM
Very cool abstract!
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03/13/2007 10:31:14 AM
Good graphic shot.:)
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03/13/2007 05:05:24 AM
very restless, but pulled me right in. very interesting composition, great shot (still can't figure out what it is)
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03/12/2007 10:22:59 AM
Very cool, love the colour.
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03/12/2007 09:46:22 AM
hey, it looks like there's a mandelbrot in there!!!
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03/12/2007 01:00:51 AM
Very abstract...6
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