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Contemplation
Contemplation
prperold


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: High Contrast IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: Strand, Western Cape, South Africa
Date: Jun 29, 2009
Aperture: f/18
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/4 sec
Galleries: Emotive, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Jun 29, 2009

 The original was all right, but little things irritated me a lot, like the white stripe down my pants :) So I thought, why not flip it, crop out everything but the reflection in the pool, and see if the dpc crowd appreciates my attempt at originality. Holding thumbs!

O yes, and it was done with a self timer.

Processing:
- Flip vertically
- Crop
- Recovery
- Fill light
- Blacks
- Down with exposure
- Up clarity a bit
- Contrast
- Levels
- Noise reduction
- Resize
- Sharpen
- Save for web

Most of the processing was done globally in raw conversion

Statistics
Place: 16 out of 216
Avg (all users): 6.2806
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 6.1633
Avg (non-participants): 6.3444
Views since voting: 1043
Views during voting: 213
Votes: 139
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 07/07/2009 08:14:39 PM
I thought this was beautiful and creative. Loved the use of the reflection like this. I gave it an 8.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/06/2009 03:38:56 PM
very nice, wish it was bigger... 640x480
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/06/2009 01:29:51 AM
So amazing........
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2009 08:09:17 AM
Challenge Relevance:7 Impact/Emotion/Mood:6 Technicals:6 Processing:6 Creativity:7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2009 07:04:25 AM
Excellent composition and use of contrast.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2009 05:00:09 AM
Very nice colors & contrast!
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 07/01/2009 09:56:23 AM
very little complete light. great deal of dark.
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