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Foolish Ice


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Challenge: Power (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: My coffee table
Date: Sep 3, 2007
Aperture: f1.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/20
Date Uploaded: Sep 3, 2007

 Shot with a 50mm prime at F1.8 in order to maximize the bokeh. Used a 430ex flash shot into a flash diffuser to soften the light and reduce the harsh shadows.

The set up was fairly simple, the power cord was suspended with a fishing line. You can see the line on the cord in the upper right corner. If it was advanced editing I would have cloned it out, I don't think that it is extremely noticeable but I couldn't get the line further back and keep the plug where I wanted it.

The editing was straight forward, a levels and curves adjustment to bring out the black in the cord and whiten up the background. I tried it with a brighter background but I thought that it took away too much from the plug. Used Unsharp Mask to bring more focus on the plug. Resized, and Save for Web.

Statistics
Place: 49 out of 151
Avg (all users): 5.6952
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.2045
Avg (non-participants): 5.8253
Views since voting: 806
Views during voting: 282
Votes: 210
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 09/12/2007 03:00:41 AM
Oh come on, this deserved better! I can't stand it when nice images get dumped in the 5.5 range while not-so-good images get great scores. Oh well. :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/11/2007 07:35:04 PM
cool picture...how?
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 09/11/2007 03:45:56 AM
Nice concept, good bokeh
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 09/10/2007 08:02:28 PM
Haha, that thing has no power!
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 09/10/2007 01:06:04 PM
Nice work!
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 09/07/2007 05:31:44 PM
I think this one is really neat. It's a humourous take on the idea. I think it could've benefited from a greater depth of field, but otherwise it's pretty good.
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 09/06/2007 11:23:30 PM
funny!
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 09/06/2007 10:55:47 AM
Clever and well executed - the focus is perfect! It could perhaps use a little bit of a levels adjustment, to make the background whiter...just a thought. Good photo, and neat take on the challenge!
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 09/05/2007 12:48:34 PM
Basic and to the point. well composed.
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 09/05/2007 07:58:13 AM
nice dof work. would have worked in the bokeh challenge too :) 7
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 09/05/2007 05:57:39 AM
Creative....
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 09/04/2007 08:48:32 PM
nicccccccccccccce
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