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Two Reams of Paper
3rd PlaceTwo Reams of Paper
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Paper (Advanced Editing V*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Front Room
Date: Jul 17, 2007
Aperture: f29
ISO: 100
Shutter: 20 seconds
Galleries: Black and White, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jul 17, 2007

 This is two reams of A4 paper fanned out.

Editing:
Converted from RAW.
Cropped.
Cloned a small small section where the paper didn't line up smoothly.
Duplicated layer and added a High Pass Filter set to overlay mode.
Added a Levels layer for a little more contrast.
Added a Hue Saturation layer to remove any colour (although the original image had no colour).
Resized.
Added a little sharpening.
Saved for Web.

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 129
Avg (all users): 6.7837
Avg (commenters): 8.0909
Avg (participants): 6.2000
Avg (non-participants): 6.9730
Views since voting: 8956
Views during voting: 392
Votes: 245
Comments: 39
Favorites: 16 (view)

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AuthorThread
 04/03/2008 12:53:31 AM
You have a great knack for streamlining to the most simple and graphic elements in an image in many of your shots.
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 11/10/2007 05:54:11 PM
WOW

Message edited by author 2007-11-10 22:57:56.
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 07/28/2007 06:49:26 PM
nice work
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 07/26/2007 01:51:05 PM
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
See you on the front page :-)


damn I'm good :-D
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 07/26/2007 05:16:01 AM
Nicely done...congratulations on winning the yellow ribbon!
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 07/25/2007 11:30:02 AM
I was the first to comment and i was right! This did ribbon! congrats!
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 07/25/2007 05:37:38 AM
This was by far the strongest paper photo should have placed higher.
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 07/25/2007 04:18:03 AM
Great lighting, good job
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 07/25/2007 12:20:56 AM
nice abstract, really hard to guess how-why and stuff but nevertheless great photo and execution
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 07/24/2007 11:04:53 PM
many congrats on this fantastic shot and the yellow!
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 07/24/2007 09:44:21 PM
Beautiful - I didn't vote, but had seen and loved this one. Congrats on your placement!
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 07/24/2007 08:29:48 PM
again, this was a last minute voting effort for me, and this image jumped off the page; I kept bumping the score whil eI lokoed at it, then would go back & look at it again! Strong work! I love it, the lines, ighting, the POV and compaition, it is so sleek, and man, I mean, it's PAPER!!

Who knew it could be so sexy!!
Way to GO!
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 07/24/2007 08:26:56 PM
Great image, great b/w. So fantastically perfect for the challenge. Congrats on your well deserved ribbon, Darren.
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 07/24/2007 08:16:15 PM
Beautiful, monumental abstract.
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 07/24/2007 08:08:15 PM
Congrats on a wonderful study of contrast and form.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/24/2007 04:43:56 PM
Perfectly splayed. 8
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 07/23/2007 08:25:17 PM
NICE geometry, texture and lighting... the title is direct and simple but being a poet, i think "Flow" or "Fanned" would have given it a little more pizazz. i love this photo. adding to favorites. good luck in the challenge! 9
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 07/23/2007 03:47:59 AM
I love the almost organic shapes you have created here. The tonal range is just right for the image, and contributes to the effectiveness of the abstract. Without any doubt, my favourite of the challenge.
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 07/22/2007 06:54:24 PM
Awesome. You've taken a common, every day thing and presented it in a wonderfully unique way. Great choice on the B & W - it really helps this photo work. Great tones, DOF, lines and curves.
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 07/20/2007 05:55:04 PM
A simple idea, an excellent shot. It's a 10 (IMHO)
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 07/20/2007 02:02:17 PM
I like the visual form your image creates along with the texture. Well done.
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 07/20/2007 07:33:43 AM
Lovely !! Well done.
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 07/20/2007 04:22:45 AM
nice one
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 07/20/2007 03:03:21 AM
Nice pattern
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 07/19/2007 11:48:39 PM
I like it but would like to see a little sharper focus. Good Luck
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 07/19/2007 10:58:26 AM
incredibly good lines and lighting here - fantastic vision to create a work of art from this mundane object 10
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 07/19/2007 07:25:10 AM
Oh, wow. Very little abstract art does much for me, but this is beautiful! The way those nearly straight lines make a curve from the twisting is lovely, and you cropped it exactly to fit that upper left corner.

Your lighting is also superb - the greys look neat, and I especially enjoy the negative space contrasting with the highly textured areas of the paper edges. I'm sure you know all this already, but hey, I'm delighted to see it!
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 07/19/2007 05:40:00 AM
Excellent.....
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 07/18/2007 06:25:59 PM
reminds me of layered sandstone.
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 07/18/2007 03:37:57 PM
one of the bests in this challenge.
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 07/18/2007 03:01:48 PM
good, i like it. good the idea with the black on the right and the white on the top. 7
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 07/18/2007 12:16:12 PM
I love abstract photos that are well done and this is definitely one of those. Excellent work!
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 07/18/2007 11:18:54 AM
Wow this is brilliant, amazing lighting, amazing pattern AMAZING
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 07/18/2007 07:39:52 AM
Nice light and composition
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 07/18/2007 05:20:08 AM
Wow! That's very, very nice! Love the clarity! The b + w works very well. Great DOF! Good luck!
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 07/17/2007 10:40:59 PM
fantastic lines
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 07/17/2007 09:39:07 PM
nice lines and tones, composition too
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 07/17/2007 08:34:54 PM
See you on the front page :-)
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 07/17/2007 08:25:41 PM
wow, i love the lines..haha. Im suspecting this wil ribbon, and if not a ribbon, it'll score very well. good job.
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