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Colourful Music
Colourful Music
dwoychuk


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2009-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Calgary
Date: Jun 5, 2009
Aperture: f/13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 8sec
Galleries: Still Life, Music
Date Uploaded: Jun 5, 2009

Taken in my makeshift home "studio" (AKA Spare Room)

Due to lack of experience, I wasn't able to make the camera see the same colour intensity as I was seeing. The following were done to try and bring them out a bit.

-Black Level
-Vibrancy
-Saturation
-Contrast
-Spot healed - Unfortunately I live in a new construction area so dust is on everything and for the life of me I could not get all the dust off the cd's.
-Cropped

Statistics
Place: 391 out of 407
Avg (all users): 4.5433
Avg (commenters): 4.8333
Avg (participants): 4.4468
Avg (non-participants): 4.8182
Views since voting: 795
Views during voting: 189
Votes: 127
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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07/13/2009 11:15:29 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

I can see what you are trying to do with this image, only sadly, I don't think it works too well. If this was for a different challenge I'm sure you would have scored much higher. Technically the image is OK, although I might be tempted to boost the midtones a bit with a levels adjustment. I took the liberty of tweaking it myself in Photoshop and did manage to make it pop a little bit more.

I think the main reason you didn't make it to a 5, is the subject matter. This is the Free Study and typically there is an incredibly high standard of excellent images every month. To score well in a free study, you do really need to have an image that will wow the voters, sadly this does not do that, even if it is a perfectly competent photograph.

Sarah
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/07/2009 06:02:49 PM
Not so colorful image...
07/05/2009 04:20:23 AM
good stock image
07/04/2009 01:09:04 PM
I'm so sorry, but this holds absolutely no interest.
07/03/2009 07:51:33 PM
a strong image, very creative
07/03/2009 08:07:39 AM
like your band of colors but this just doesn't wow me...sorry
07/01/2009 05:58:16 AM
I realised recently I talk about CD's the same way I used to talk about LP's. Nice reminder of them but not really an outstanding shot for a free study.


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