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Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 35mm f/3.5 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
Location: Lower Hutt , Wellingtopn, New Zealand
Date: Oct 30, 2007
Date Uploaded: Oct 30, 2007

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Comments: 15
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 OMG I AM SOOO PROUD OF THIS!!!!!!!!

Joayh found this birds eggshell on the ground. There is no trees nearby where she found it so we dont know how it got there!

Of course I had to take lots of photos! First of all it was early evening and the light was dim but I am getting much better at working in maual on this and was able to find a good setting ;) Then I had the brainwave of putting the shell on my windowsill which gave a nice white background.
I opened this in my raw viewer and started playing with some of the settings and noticed pumping up the exposure gave it a really nice high key effect which then made me think of one of my favourite photos form the challenge .
So I though I would try and make the bold move of trying to emulate snowflakejen's glorious photo.So i opened it in photoshop did the old gum thing adjusted some of the settings, Curves twice levels once and waalaa!
DID I MENTION HOW PROUD I AM OF THIS!!!!

Of course it is nowhere as good as snowflakejens but for me it's really good! Roz is helping me with the edit of another photo ma yet to post and I have leant alot which I have used here :)
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 11/02/2007 06:48:59 PM
This is fantastic, Charlie. It was great to see the work you did in the Oct SOL challenge. Hope to see you in December SOL!
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 11/02/2007 03:44:25 PM
Even though the lighting may be bright at the top of the egg, I like it that way! Gives it a cool feel and the grain with it..wow, this is very nice work. To me not everything has to be perfect. those imperfections really give personality to a persons photos. Makes them different, which this one is.
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 10/31/2007 08:32:21 AM
You did a fantastic job with this! Just eggcellent!
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 10/31/2007 05:24:42 AM
Nice color and grain.
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 10/31/2007 04:01:33 AM
I really like the differant effects that you have achieved with these
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 10/30/2007 09:43:28 PM
You should be proud of this lovely, softly shaded image!! You did it!!! The processing on this is steller! Wish I could do this. Lovely job, just lovely!!
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 10/30/2007 08:39:08 PM
Wow, you should be proud of this. It is a great picture. I love the texture it has and the delicateness that comes through. Fantastic job!
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 10/30/2007 08:35:05 PM
AWWW. I love the texture and grain. Something about a robin's egg.
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 10/30/2007 11:48:50 AM
AWESOME! Love the texture - you really brought out the color - yet it is very subtle at the same time. Beautifully done!
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 10/30/2007 06:57:15 AM
Charlie, I love this one. Congrats on the masterful playing. I was hoping I'd find eggs lying around like this so that I could use it for something young.
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 10/30/2007 05:25:33 AM
You should be VERY PROUD ! This is just awesome- simplicity, texture and muted grainy tone- all combine to make this image special !
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 10/30/2007 04:42:42 AM
Excellent processing! The color is fantastic, love the grain, you've turned a hohum picture into something special!
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 10/30/2007 03:27:43 AM
WOW charlie i love wot you've done with the poor little egg !! .. the colouring you've done is brilliant and the grain works so well .. it gives it a more abandoned feeling to me .. old and abandoned .. you should be proud of this coz its excellent .. :)
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 10/30/2007 02:24:31 AM
You should be very proud of it too! The texture has given it such a cool gritty feel.
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 10/30/2007 01:54:28 AM
You've done a really good job with this, though maybe you've blown out some of the detail on the top a bit much. ;-Þ
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