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Tinkering in Portraiture
Tinkering in Portraiture
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Challenge: Children's Toy II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: My kitchen
Date: Aug 7, 2007
Aperture: f/14
ISO: 100 ofcourse
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Aug 7, 2007



Yes, I own Tinker Toys. They are an original set from the late 1960's that I found in an old house. They were unopened from Sear and Roebuck. Cool find, huh?

Fairly simple lighting setup:
Strobe behind umbrella as key light to left of frame and Sunpak 333 from above as background/effects light. Both are gelled (red and blue respectively). The nice thing about grey paper is you can turn it any color you want easily.


Post processing:

Convert from Raw
Noise Ninja
Smart Sharpen
Resize
Smart Sharpen
Gaussian Blur and Fade
Save for Web

There is a blemish on the b/g I wish I could make go bye bye.. but alas Basic Rules say no :-(

Statistics
Place: 43 out of 213
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Avg (commenters): 6.5000
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Views since voting: 1200
Views during voting: 276
Votes: 205
Comments: 7
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08/14/2007 08:40:57 PM
I'd like to say that isn't sensor dust, it's a blotch on the background and I REALLY wanted to make it go away in PP, but couldn't.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/12/2007 10:44:45 PM
well done technically - but the sensor dust in the upper pink area should have been cloned out (it is legal to remove sensor dust in basic editing).
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08/11/2007 05:20:49 AM
Love the use of the Tinker Toys. A creative photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/08/2007 09:11:32 PM
There appears to be dirt on your sensor in the upper left. You could've cloned that out. Otherwise, nice lightning.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/08/2007 05:52:58 PM
well lit image, layed out nicely. white spec on right is distracting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/08/2007 02:58:33 PM
I love tinker toys!! Have great memories of my childhood playing with those.
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08/08/2007 09:49:11 AM
Creative - meets the challenge!
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