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Challenge: Six (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Studio, Camas, WA
Date: Jan 19, 2008
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Jan 19, 2008

 Really lost for ideas on this one. It was harder than you would think to line up the nuts. I did it with a yardstick on a mirror. The gradient comes from the background foamcore being on a slant away from the mirror and a remote flash firing up at the foamcore from under the mirror (sitting on a table). I also used a silver reflector to try to get some detail in the hex nuts. Finally, this is a compilation of six exposures with the focus changed to increase the DOF.

PP isn't that much after combining the exposures. Rotating the canvas, a few adjustment layers, etc. The blue was achieved with color temp on the RAW conversion and some saturation in hue/sat.

The over/under on comments which say "but I see twelve" is at six.

POST: Ahhhh...slipping into 4th like a comfy pair of slippers. :) I can't complain since I didn't think this would go anywhere at all.

Statistics
Place: 4 out of 134
Avg (all users): 6.4385
Avg (commenters): 7.4167
Avg (participants): 6.3750
Avg (non-participants): 6.4656
Views since voting: 3162
Views during voting: 367
Votes: 187
Comments: 24
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 01/28/2008 02:20:52 PM
The quality is unbelievable. Congratulations!!
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 01/28/2008 08:04:34 AM
Fourth of course!
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 01/28/2008 06:37:32 AM
great picture.well done,congrats
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 01/28/2008 04:36:08 AM
Originally posted by yanko:
I'm convinced if you went for the brown you'd still finish top ten.

Somewhere between 3rd and 5th... ;-P
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 01/27/2008 10:10:52 PM
Congrats on your 4th place, Doc, What else.
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 01/27/2008 10:08:37 PM
Naturally. :P

I wondered about the extreme DOF but multiple exposures didn't cross my mind.
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 01/27/2008 07:58:21 PM
I'm convinced if you went for the brown you'd still finish top ten.
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 01/27/2008 07:40:19 PM
Hey, nice breakout from your usual style, Jason. I like how you used the multiple exposures to increase DOF, too. I'm going to have to remember that technique when I next shoot macro. I know you're not nuts about 4th, but I'll say congrats anyway. :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/27/2008 05:26:18 PM
I love the blue but I cannot tell if you did a little too much oversaturation of it? The shadows look blue to me. Also, the reflections are slightly blurred like either from camera shake or someone hit the camera right at the wrong moment. Very interesting setup tho - I love the progression of larger to smaller nut.
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 01/27/2008 12:18:14 PM
wonderful simplicity. 9.
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 01/27/2008 04:46:27 AM
Great shot. Looks like you got camera shake though?
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 01/26/2008 08:24:42 PM
I like the cool blue tone. Nice symmetry. The reflections, being doubled, is a little distracting. I wish the reflections could of been a sharp as the hex nut. Still a good shot.
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 01/26/2008 06:09:32 PM
Superb. I think I could happily have an A1 print of that on my wall. The symetry, colour and toning are all damn fine work. The only thing that demotes it from a 10 to a 9 is the mirror - and that's not your fault.

Because the silver backing is throwint the double reflection which just spoils it a little but I know that a surface mirror or polished metal or using water is the stuff of commercial photography and not DPC
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 01/26/2008 09:20:44 AM
I like the colors of your image - good blues. Lighting is also good. I feel like there should be more to look at, but I'm not sure what.
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 01/25/2008 08:41:43 AM
I like the gradient aspect.
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 01/25/2008 05:26:52 AM
This shot is very unique in the fact of the objects are very small at the top of the picture and as you look down the picture they size increases as the objects increase so do the colors. It starts out with a light blue and then gradually gets darker. Very unique thought.
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 01/24/2008 12:59:37 PM
Minimalist and perspective at its best, well done
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 01/24/2008 10:19:43 AM
But I see 12 nuts????!! LOL - nice image - the reflections to create interest (and little eights) are great. Don't forget this idea when the 8 challenge comes up - it would be perfect
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 01/22/2008 06:32:15 PM
Clean and simple. Using three nuts (total of six in the image with reflections) might meet the challenge better, but the resulting image would not be as pleasant. Also I am somewhat distracted by the double edges on the reflections.
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 01/22/2008 07:54:27 AM
brilliantly simple and fantastically exposed.
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 01/21/2008 06:08:17 PM
Fantastic job with the lighting and the colors. This is a great photo
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 01/21/2008 05:06:28 PM
Very interesting
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 01/21/2008 04:42:16 AM
Great! Beautifully simple and beautiful color.
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 01/20/2008 07:36:46 PM
wonderful...a great idea, nice lighting...reflections are great
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