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Shooting for the Stars
Shooting for the Stars
HeiSch


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Stars (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Date: Dec 12, 2008
Aperture: f 22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100 sec
Date Uploaded: Dec 13, 2008

 I used this dart for the macro puzzle challenge already.
Fishing lines to position the dart in front of a black paper.
punctured the paper with a needle right where the dart met the paper.
the set up was lighted using one flashlight behind the paper and one flashlight bouncing against a reflective umbrella.
The star came from an 8-star filter for the lens.

Processing:
cloning out the fishing lines
dodging burning
copied background layer in screen mode (35% transparancy)
desaturated the dart top (red)
levels, curves, brightness contrast
Smart sharpen, NI
prep for web (flatten, resize, USM, add border, save for web)

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 87
Avg (all users): 5.7647
Avg (commenters): 6.0769
Avg (participants): 5.5000
Avg (non-participants): 5.8716
Views since voting: 770
Views during voting: 309
Votes: 153
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 12/24/2008 11:24:57 AM
Should have scored higher ;) Great set up to get the shoot and a lot of work I'm sure.
I thought it was an excellent picture for the challenge
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/21/2008 01:51:10 PM
ah, took me a minute to figure out what i was looking at, very abstract and interesting
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 12/21/2008 01:50:35 PM
your focus is dead on
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 12/21/2008 05:56:21 AM
Original concept, well executed.
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 12/20/2008 01:45:42 PM
classic composition, well executed shot, 180 from me!
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 12/19/2008 02:25:38 PM
nice one
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 12/19/2008 04:09:03 AM
Ooonnneehuundredaandeeeeeigghtaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy! Nice idea, gotta love the darts.
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 12/16/2008 01:04:06 PM
Excellent effect.
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 12/16/2008 10:21:22 AM
ahhh, it's a dart!!! at first, i thought it was a pen with a box.......!

nice effort!
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 12/16/2008 08:14:22 AM
good star burst...
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 12/16/2008 07:24:18 AM
A little overprocessed for me. But thats just my personal preference
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 12/15/2008 11:47:06 AM
Cute title and a very good photo.
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 12/15/2008 10:24:41 AM
Technically, I think this is really good but its not an image I would want to keep looking at - 6.
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 12/15/2008 05:10:24 AM
oh that is a lot less sharpened, looks tons better. well done
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 12/15/2008 02:02:46 AM
i like the lighting effect - the crisp long lines of the 'star' really makes the shot
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