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Eliminate (tribute to deapee)
Eliminate (tribute to deapee)
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Challenge: Free Study 2007-03 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 24mm f/1.8 EX Aspherical DG DF Macro for Canon
Location: Studio
Date: Mar 31, 2007
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 11 seconds
Galleries: Abstract, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Mar 31, 2007

 This was originally just an experiment in lightpainting with coloured lights - i got hold of a pen with a built-in three-LED assembly which i can switch the colour of:

In the end though i decided to opt for the all-blue backlit one rather than any of my more complex versions, as it has the strongest composition. The idea of circling a light around a round object on a surface is of course a tribute to deapee's "Illuminate":

and the title is intended to ironically reflect this. I also tried modifying the colours in the same way deapee did for a flatter cyan look:

but decided to keep the original colouring.

The map area showing Dumfries is not chosen for any particular significance, but was simply the most interesting-looking page on the road atlas i had.

Editing: clone out pesky hot pixels, crop, bit of cloning to remove distracting minor elements on the map (specifically the word "Dumfries"), resize, sharpen.

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Place: 212 out of 561
Avg (all users): 5.7791
Avg (commenters): 7.5714
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Votes: 163
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/04/2007 10:06:37 AM
Love the title! Interesting image, too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/03/2007 07:10:08 PM
It's good to see a photo with an actual message, that seems to be a rarity these days on dpc. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/03/2007 07:09:11 PM
clever... is that Baghdad or Manhattan? No matter, people are people. 7 for sheer concept.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/03/2007 08:24:15 AM
Very good work! Nice blue and good setup. When I saw the thumbnail I was thinking you spelled the title wrong but now I see you didn't.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/03/2007 04:51:49 AM
Very nice
 04/03/2007 03:02:20 AM
Right then, joke's on me as I now have to plough through 564 images and bump them all (yes, all of them) up. There'll be a third run through for fine tuning. It's day two three now and I'm running late, sorry.

Who deapea? 5
 04/01/2007 10:42:34 AM
I like blue.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/31/2007 10:40:49 PM
Please let me know how you do the streaks. It's a cool effect I would like to learn.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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