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BeckyT


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Challenge: Free Study 2007-08 (Expert Editing)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
Location: stainless steel kitchen sink
Date: Aug 27, 2007
Aperture: f8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Macro, Water
Date Uploaded: Aug 31, 2007

 I was inspired my IreneM. Mine didn't come anywhere near her fantastic drops but I like the result that I achieved. I did not do any expert editing because I am still not a pro at photoshop. My setup was a wine glass full of marbles sitting in my stainless steel kitchen sink with faucet on slightly. Used the flash to catch the drop. I can see why IreneM shoots so many. You have to in order to get just one. I know people are tired of drops but each drop has its own personality and I have been wanting to try this out for a while.
curves
selective color
levels
noise ninja
healing brush (to get rid of some distracting spots)
saturation
crop (using the rule of thirds)
resize
usm
save for web
I had fun doing it and realize I need to have more patience. Some will say it is too dark but I like it dark. My husband thought I should have had a white back ground instead of the granite background. Well, I worked with what I had. He is probably right but I didn't have time to redo.

POST:
Wow considering this was expert editing I did really good in the challenge because I only used Basic Editing. I am very pleased. Thank you all for your wonderful comments.

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Place: 152 out of 503
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Avg (commenters): 7.1667
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Views since voting: 963
Views during voting: 198
Votes: 147
Comments: 8
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AuthorThread
 11/05/2007 11:10:04 AM
This is beautiful! It does look like a beautiful silver. I hope you are planning on doing more of these for the water challenge!
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 09/08/2007 10:51:53 AM
Nice finish Becky!! You have the knack for making the ordinary lovely! This is one beauty of a photo!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2007 09:09:26 AM
For a water drop picture, this is really quite good, and you managed to get some of those shiny bokeh circles in, too! (Sorry, I can't help myself. I've been voting on the bokeh challenge.)
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 09/05/2007 03:41:13 PM
interesting capture.
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 09/05/2007 06:08:17 AM
Although I have seen photos like this hundreds of times, this is still pretty well done, gave a 6.
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 09/04/2007 08:38:52 AM
Great focus and capture.
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 09/01/2007 07:25:51 PM
Hey, it's the t2000 from the terminator. Anyways, great focus and a bit of a new way to do an old shot. Nicely captured.
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 09/01/2007 06:39:11 PM
Nice capture - Like the glassyness of it - I think some more cropping could add some more impact.
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