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Downward Spiral
Downward Spiral
loz1


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Challenge: Abstract (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Olympus C-5050Z
Location: My Bedroom in Melbourne, Australia
Date: May 2, 2004
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 64
Shutter: 1.3 sec
Galleries: Abstract, Still Life
Date Uploaded: May 2, 2004

 OK this image took me awhile to do. I realised that slinky's are not a photoraphers friend lol

To take this photo I had to tape one end of the slinky to the camera and the other end to the surface, so prevent it moving (and blurring). I then used the remote of the camera to take the photo once the slinky stoped moving completely (which would take a while).

I tried to use the lighting I had available but it didn't work so I had to use the natural sun light to take it.

The background is actually a black jacket.

After many many many failed attempts, this is the image that I came up with.

The edits that I made were you normal things:

*curve (to darken black background)
*burning
*cloning to get rid of some annoying bits
*saturation
*brightness/contrast
*sharpen

Anyway no idea how this will go. Its my first members challenge and its also my first entry in months. I know the image is not prefect but I think its a good welcome back for me :)

Statistics
Place: 52 out of 208
Avg (all users): 5.7545
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 5.6139
Avg (non-participants): 5.9697
Views since voting: 1201
Votes: 167
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 06/15/2004 07:15:31 PM
Intriguing.
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 05/16/2004 04:39:35 PM
*** Greetings from the Critique Club ***

Hi Loretta, my thoughts on your Abstract submission:

Challenge
The shot fits the challenge, although you can see that the subject is a slinky. It's not terribly original as there were several slinky shots this week, but it's a fun subject and a good angle on it.

Composition
Your composition is great, centering the subject is appropriate here to emphisize (spelling...?) the form of the slinky. Having no ring evenly touching the frame also underlines that the spiral. Good job.

Lighting
Lighting must have been a paine in this setting, but you did a lovely job. The pink light gives the image more life, and it looks great.

Camera work
Good job on camera work. I would guess f/8 is the minimal aperture on the camera, giving the maximum dof for the shot. Maybe the focus point could have been a bit further away showing the bend in perfect focus?

Post processing
Good job here as well, I would think the original was a bit hard to deal with considering the subject. It doesn't look like it is processed alot, which is great. Background nicely darkened out.

Title and info
Title is good, plain and simple. Your info is superb, all basic info and the comment field is put to good use, good to see how you set up the shot and what you did in PS. Would love it if everybody filled these fields out like you did (I really appriciate good info on DPC for my own learning)

Overall (my opinion)
Nice shot, not terribly interesting at first but grows on you when you take a closer look. This could be a nice desktop photo. All your hard work produced a good looking shot you can be proud of. Keep up the good work.

Hope this helps, excuse my spelling (I'm icelandic)

Tyrkinn
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/09/2004 07:46:53 PM
I think I would have prefered a slight angle, but other than that a great photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/08/2004 10:35:07 PM
So THAT'S where my scores from dpc go!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/07/2004 12:25:39 PM
Very Cool.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/03/2004 11:00:43 AM
Wonderful lines and colors. Should finish high.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/03/2004 03:02:53 AM
Cool.........
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/03/2004 01:03:01 AM
Nice. Doesn't look like a slinky. I like it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/02/2004 10:24:07 PM
It's subtly got quite a range of colors; "dynamic" composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/02/2004 09:02:19 PM
Great shot, and great lighting, you managed to capture the essence of the downward spiral in this shot simply with your wonderful use of lighting. Great job10
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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