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Off to Fight the Dragon
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Challenge: Ducky II (Basic Editing)
Collection: Challenges - 2008
Camera: Sony DSLR-A350
Lens: Konica Minolta AF 24-50/4
Location: Basement Studio
Date: Aug 9, 2008
Aperture: f13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 8s
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 9, 2008

 My wife has hundreds of these rubber ducks. I went with the medieval theme. Painted with light using a flashlight and an 8 sec shutter.

Raw PP
Set WB
Adjust Sat

PP in Gimp
Crop
Level to blacken backdrop
Curves to brighten colors
USM

Statistics
Place: 121 out of 151
Avg (all users): 4.8883
Avg (commenters): 4.7500
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Views since voting: 946
Views during voting: 273
Votes: 179
Comments: 4
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/19/2008 08:47:05 PM
Nice clarity, I don't care for the black b/g, lighting is good too. 6
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 08/16/2008 06:56:39 AM
This is a bit uninteresting. A shame as there are great colours available here and you could have done soething with perspective and DOF>
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/13/2008 06:12:53 PM
Nice collection of ducks
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 08/13/2008 03:45:05 PM
Like the ducks I want some :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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