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Black Pearl in Hiding
Black Pearl in Hiding
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Challenge: Hidden Treasures (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Middle Cove Beach, Newfoundland
Date: Oct 6, 2009
Aperture: F/4
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: Oct 6, 2009

 Tripped over this on a local beach early one morning - rare find indeed :). Some cropping, exposure adjustment and sharpening. The angle finder was a big help.

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Place: 14 out of 74
Avg (all users): 5.8413
Avg (commenters): 5.7143
Avg (participants): 5.6571
Avg (non-participants): 5.8786
Views since voting: 1000
Views during voting: 360
Votes: 208
Comments: 8
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/12/2009 04:51:29 PM
"my precious.."
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 10/12/2009 03:35:10 AM
a better composition would make more interesting this photograph, howewer in topic...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/09/2009 09:16:37 AM
I think this works well as a "hidden challenge" (unlike most of the shots I've looked through). It seems that the focus might be on the front of the shell rather than the pearl, though. I think if you had nailed the focus a bit better, this could have been good. As a side note, I might have experimented with different crops to see if a more horizontal version of this might have worked better. Having said that, you may have already done this and decided on this one. I know that I get comments about cropping, and I've already tried many different crops and they didn't work for one reason or another. :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/08/2009 09:10:09 PM
It looks like you ended up with a focus point on the lower front edge of the clam instead of the pearl.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/08/2009 05:12:56 PM
nice jb meeting the challenge a little unbalanced 6
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 10/07/2009 11:44:21 PM
Great idea, but pearl OOF, too much bokeh top 1/2 distracting me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/07/2009 11:03:55 AM
Nice set up, good idea, like the bokeh very much, but maybe a bit too much at the top. Square crop might have worked better. The pearl looks too artificial in shape and placement (kinda like a marble) and lacks some detail. 6
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 10/07/2009 03:02:13 AM
Neat concept... I think the pearl could have been sharper but a great shot nonetheless.
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