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Challenge: Fire IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2009
Camera: Canon PowerShot SD400
Location: My Carport
Date: Oct 4, 2009
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1000
Date Uploaded: Oct 4, 2009

 A lot of things were burned before I got to this one.

Editing: Curves, dodging and burning (the other kind), noise reduction, hue/sat, a little sponging (desat)

[Oct. 5th, 2009 01:21:38 AM]

Grrr - just looked at the image on a brighter monitor and see some crap around the skull. bummer.

[Oct. 11th, 2009 02:17:20 PM]

I kick myself for not finding and removing that noise everyday this is in voting. >:-(


[POST CHALLENGE]
My original idea:


I liked the uncropped version the best (below), but couldn't think of a good title and also thought it would really incriminate me and get me into trouble with SPEW.



Ultimately I went with the flaming skull which came out pretty good even though I f'd up on doing some noise cleanup. Oh well. Here's the aftermath...


Statistics
Place: 12 out of 96
Avg (all users): 6.2149
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 5.8864
Avg (non-participants): 6.4026
Views since voting: 1794
Views during voting: 304
Votes: 121
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 12/02/2009 04:14:38 AM
Great capture...great movie! What noise?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/11/2009 10:51:24 PM
Good finish mate !

I also couldn't see the noise until I changed my angle to the monitor and there it was. Only one person commented ont the noise though so it may have got past many people.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/11/2009 10:08:18 PM
Yep, looks great on my monitor I use every day and I was wondering whatchootalkin'boutWillis but on my too bright monitor, you can see the editing noise on the right. Still a darn fine shot and way cool flame shape. And I'm assuming the carport is still standing?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/11/2009 08:48:43 PM
Aww Art !! This is my favourite even over my own shot.. Should have finished in the top 5 easily.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/11/2009 08:21:30 PM
What a shame this didn't finish higher. This is wickedly cool. It's freaky and fascinating. Excellent capture of the flames. Congrats on 12th place!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/05/2009 02:16:44 PM
Neat picture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/05/2009 02:13:09 PM
When I first saw this photo, it was on my blackberry and I thought wow, but then I came home to vote on my computer and saw the noise. :( If I'm understanding your post-processing correctly you brightened the right side to see the skull and more of the flame, but it looks really bad with all of the noise. It would have looked so good if you left it black... Yeah, I looked at it again on my blackberry and it looks pretty good. I wonder if you can see the noise or if your monitor is too dark.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/04/2009 10:01:11 PM
I Love this , brilliantly done , 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/04/2009 08:20:06 PM
well done! I really like this idea and your composition
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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