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Challenge: Six (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Spare Room
Date: Jan 20, 2008
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800 second
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jan 20, 2008

 I have no good ideas for this challenge!!! As there is a high chance I'll still be in the Leage of Death I need to have an entry so this is it. One of my favourites is this shot:

It was my "inspiration" for this entry. The pins are stuck in a cardboard box. 430Ex flash was slaved to my ST-E2 and held to the right.

I didn't realise until it was too late that the new rules allow me to combine multiple shots to manipulate the DOF. If I'd known then I'd have expanded the DOF to include all the pins and their shadows.

Editing Steps:
Convert from RAW
* exposure -.30
* temperature 5050
Cloning to
* extend background in top/right where it didn't quite make it
* dust on pins
* extend a couple of shadows to make them the same lengths
Shadow/Hilight
Brightness +5
Contrast +10
Curves
Flatten
Resize
USM
Add border
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 134
Avg (all users): 5.9185
Avg (commenters): 6.6364
Avg (participants): 5.8036
Avg (non-participants): 5.9688
Views since voting: 1094
Views during voting: 334
Votes: 184
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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 01/28/2008 05:02:13 AM
I really liked how you used all of the same color.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/27/2008 04:31:36 AM
Very cool. Like the DOF and color.
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 01/26/2008 09:32:02 AM
There's a lot to be said for simplicity. Good composition and lighting. Nicely executed. Good luck in the challenge.
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 01/25/2008 08:27:46 PM
Cool shot and nice idea. I like the composition as well as the lighting and shadows. I do wonder though if this might have benifited from the front pin being in focus with the rest of the pins fading smoothing out of focus. nice job.
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 01/25/2008 05:20:41 PM
Interesting use of color, shadow, and tight focus.
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 01/25/2008 08:45:28 AM
Love the shadows!
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 01/24/2008 05:03:06 PM
I think I might have liked this better with more DOF
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 01/24/2008 04:38:17 PM
well done - i like the diagonal lines, the long shadows, and the blue pins - 6
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 01/22/2008 06:59:44 PM
Nicely done. I like this.
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 01/22/2008 02:07:35 PM
simple but effective
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 01/22/2008 04:31:33 AM
i like the composition and your use of depth of field! really nice!
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 01/21/2008 05:09:25 PM
The shallow depth of firld actually disturbs the full image I feel. The falloff really needs to be with all of them unless you are trying to single out a certain one because you want it too stand out. Since they are all uniform, they all really need to be in focus. Could have given this a much tighter crp as well. Fill that frame with this shot. Good use of lighting and shadows as well as color though.
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 01/21/2008 12:49:45 PM
I like this....however, would have preferred to see each of the blue pin heads in focus.
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 01/21/2008 04:51:01 AM
So simple...yet so worthy of framing!
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 01/21/2008 04:24:37 AM
Nice and simple. I like the image a lot. I think I would like it even better with a more neutral color for the pins. Then it would be all about the lines and form.
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