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Con Calore
Con Calore
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Challenge: Rhythm III (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Date: Jul 22, 2007
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250 sec
Galleries: Black and White, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jul 22, 2007

I had a couple of ideas for this challenge, but they didn't pan out. Then I remembered the piano! The insides of our upright piano are quite cool looking, I think. One little shop light to the right.

Shot in RAW: adjusted white balance and exposure

PS:
No Crop!
NI
A little dodge and burn here and there
Curves
Selective Color (blackened up the blacks a bit)
Channel Mixer (for B/W conversion)
Brightness/Contrast (bumped the contrast a bit)
Photo Filter (warming filter 85 at 30%, preserve luminosity)
Resize
USM
Save for Web

Statistics
Place: 28 out of 159
Avg (all users): 6.2639
Avg (commenters): 7.4545
Avg (participants): 5.7903
Avg (non-participants): 6.6220
Views since voting: 899
Views during voting: 213
Votes: 144
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0


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08/02/2007 06:26:36 AM
Greetings from the critique club :)

I didn´t vote in this challenge but would probably have joined the majority and voted this a 6. I really like the tonal range in the shot, think you did a great job with the b/w conversion, nice work. The composition and DOF are also very good. Frankly the only reason why I wouldn´t vote higher is that I have seen so many similar photos that photos like this don´t really visually interest me as much as they used to do but technically speaking this photo is very well done.

I also would not have gotten what this was a photo off had I been voting as I don´t recognize the subject and "Con Calore" doesn´t mean anything to me :) Don´t know if this hurt or helped your score, just thought I´d mention it.

I think one thing about the composition could be improved if you cropped out the two pegs at the bottom left half, I put my figer over that part of the screen and the photo seemed much more clean cut and simple, think that would have improved the shot, but that´s it.

Kind regards from Iceland, Lárus.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/29/2007 03:02:27 PM
Back for comments:

Great DOF and the rich sepia tones really make this shot a 10 to me.
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07/29/2007 04:47:53 AM
Beauatiful tones and rhythm.
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07/28/2007 01:43:04 AM
Lovely! The kind of shot I like to take. Very nice use of DOF and monochrome.
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07/27/2007 09:28:15 PM
Nice contrast of shape and texture.
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07/25/2007 07:26:26 PM
Rhythm: 3/5
Picture: 4/5
Comments: Really like the composition & double rhythm, good job.
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07/25/2007 08:10:38 AM
goof choice for your DOF, b/w conversion works very well.
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07/23/2007 01:36:42 PM
Great tones, superb dof. I have no clue what the title means, but I don't care :)
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07/23/2007 12:39:41 PM
lovely details, great composition, subject makes me wonder what it is
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07/23/2007 07:33:19 AM
Nice focus and DOF
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07/23/2007 04:19:49 AM
Awesome DOF with this rhythm.....
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07/23/2007 01:16:36 AM
This is excellent in every way! The color, the composition and the rhythm all perfect. 10 from me.
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07/22/2007 11:07:15 PM
nice depth of field and b and w treatment
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