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The Golden Key
The Golden Key
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: The Brothers Grimm (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
Location: Melbourne Australia
Date: Oct 6, 2008
Aperture: F4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Oct 5, 2008

 The Image: I had this picture in my mind's eye. I really wanted a different border, but that would have been illegal. I had a sandstone tile in the driveway that I bought inside and I used window light and a reflector. I really like the texture of the tile. Hand held, 50mm lens.

The Edit: Selected and saturated the key, desaturated and tinted the background, USM, contrast, dodge and burn, layers for increasing contrast...not in that order as I work intuitively.

The Prediction: I reckon this might bomb or do well...not sure these days :)

Post Challenge: A little disappointed, but there were some great images in the top 10-20

Statistics
Place: 27 out of 82
Avg (all users): 5.9948
Avg (commenters): 7.1111
Avg (participants): 6.1538
Avg (non-participants): 5.9545
Views since voting: 1316
Views during voting: 373
Votes: 193
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 10/12/2008 11:49:28 PM
Love the textures and the simplicity in this, Enzo. Great shot, should have placed higher.
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 10/12/2008 11:12:21 PM
loved this shot, should have been ranked much higher!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/12/2008 04:00:26 PM
Clean, simple - the textures are outstanding - back for a bump
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/11/2008 07:12:19 PM
Simple yet bold shot. Nicely done.
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 10/09/2008 01:58:15 PM
LOVE the texture in this shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/08/2008 04:44:38 PM
Love the simpleness to this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/08/2008 08:27:33 AM
Nice and simple.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/07/2008 04:55:44 PM
The Golden Key

In the winter time, when deep snow lay on the ground, a poor boy was forced to go out on a sledge to fetch wood. When he had gathered it together, and packed it, he wished, as he was so frozen with cold, not to go home at once, but to light a fire and warm himself a little. So he scraped away the snow, and as he was thus clearing the ground, he found a tiny golden key. Hereupon he thought that where the key was, the lock must be also, and dug in the ground and found an iron chest. If the key does but fit it! thought he; no doubt there are precious things in that little box. He searched, but no keyhole was there. At last he discovered one, but so small that it was hardly visible. He tried it, and the key fitted it exactly. Then he turned it once round, and now we must wait until he has quite unlocked it and opened the lid, and then we shall learn what wonderful things were lying in that box.

--The End--

I Like the simplicity of the photo to the story, well done...
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 10/06/2008 07:38:30 PM
Singles in well on the subject matter and fits the challenge well, but the grain is quite high (I'm sure purposely done for effect) and personally, I find it rather distracting
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 10/06/2008 11:05:11 AM
I like the simplicity and the contrasting colours.
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 10/06/2008 09:15:31 AM
My favorite in the bunch!
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