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day 7 - nail clippers
day 7 - nail clippers
rachelellen


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Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Tamron AF 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 Aspherical XR IF Super Zoom for Nikon
Location: coffee table
Date: Jun 7, 2007
Aperture: f36
ISO: 200
Shutter: 25 sec
Date Uploaded: Jun 8, 2007

Viewed: 194
Comments: 11
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OH THE CONTORTIONS. It looks so easy. But being a total dork, I thought, I'll just take something really quick for the 30-day thing, and set some stuff on the coffee table and started messing around. Half an hour later I'm sitting there with my Bogen tripod convoluted into something that looks like a Star Wars prop so that I could get low enough to do table-level shots, while craning my neck DOWN and holding UP the white sheet that was tucked between the posterboard and my craft bag against which the poster board was leaning, and just generally making myself sore for the next three days. Instead of just moving everything to the kitchen table where there's better light anyway. Duh.

Anyway. I liked how this came out.

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06/08/2007 06:49:33 PM
You make me grin!! This is a wonderful, striking image of nail clipers. Great angles and colors. (pssst, this turned out better in your living room than if you set it up in your kitchen studio)
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06/08/2007 06:34:57 PM
Your extra effort paid off- Very nice image!!
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06/08/2007 04:51:05 PM
Oh, it's so nice to read your comments and realize I'm not the only one doing that! Was worth the effort though... you ended up with a nice shot!
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06/08/2007 11:55:45 AM
I had to laugh when I read your notes. Sunday I hurt my back taking a photo of a cream pitcher! Something about the way I was bending to peer through the viewfinder.

Anyway, I like your composition and lighting. I agree you should clone out the spots, and maybe clean your lens or sensor. It could also be the backdrop -- I learned this week how easily posterboard becomes soiled. :-{
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06/08/2007 07:26:50 AM
I had to look at this a looooooong time to figure it out. I thought it was a closed clipper in the vertical position, but now I figured out it's open and pointed away, so the handle ends are above and below near us. Excellent shot, perfectly lined up and focused.
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06/08/2007 07:20:41 AM
Open wide! Nice clean image. Nice.
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06/08/2007 05:16:52 AM
Very sleek looking clippers. Great job!
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06/08/2007 04:41:32 AM
Veryf cool, it does look sci-fi like. The reflection on itself really make this shot. I will agree that the dirt, which I belive is on you backdrop, should be cloned outso it doesn't take attention away from your subject. Well done!
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06/08/2007 02:06:34 AM
Not only does your tripod look like something out of Star Wars - your clippers do too ;) Good angle for an interesting shot:)
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06/08/2007 01:37:45 AM
My sensor is PRETTY clean, although it has one tiny spot that I know of, and at f36 against a white background it would certainly show. Most smudges, though (I cannot see any, perhaps because of the gamma calibration of my monitor and the fact that I have bright lights on right now?) would be on the backdrop, which is a piece of posterboard that has been none too carefully stored.
06/08/2007 01:28:16 AM
That is cool. This works for me, being centered. I can see a bit of dirt specks in there and a smudge of something. Is your lens or sensor clean?
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