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Challenge: Metal on Metal (Basic Editing)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Harwich Port, MA
Date: Oct 5, 2010
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 8 sec
Date Uploaded: Oct 5, 2010

 Processed from RAW in ACR, very low clarity setting and underexposed. No vignetting was applied. Topaz Detail was used to eliminate further detail, to simplify the image.

Curve settings in ACR were: +100, +52, -58, +4

It's these settings that produced the extreme corner/edge darkening, in conjunction with the fact that the only light is reflected light straight in front, so there's much less light reflected as we go off-axis. I'm worried, obviously, that this is going to be called vignetting; but I have double-checked my work and no vignetting, or other selection, was used.

Statistics
Place: 22 out of 127
Avg (all users): 5.6879
Avg (commenters): 6.8750
Avg (participants): 5.7167
Avg (non-participants): 5.6726
Views since voting: 864
Views during voting: 326
Votes: 173
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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 10/13/2010 04:57:22 AM
Thought this would place higher. Really like it. A 9 from me.
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 10/13/2010 12:01:31 AM
This received an 8 from me, it was seriously underrated, the composition is very fine art.
Loved the tones!
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 10/12/2010 10:53:42 PM
fork noir :). nice composition Robert!
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 10/12/2010 08:21:10 PM
Very different for you!! Just love this.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/12/2010 06:48:23 PM
I love the drama of this shot.
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 10/12/2010 06:24:31 PM
I like your use of lighting to bring the tongs out of the dark.=
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 10/12/2010 08:09:22 AM
I love the geometry in this. It definitely stands out from the million other fork images on this site. The light give this an almost religious feel, and I mean that in a positive way. Eating *could* be a religious experience when the food is prepared properly! One nit-pick: I wish the horizontal had been straightened.
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 10/10/2010 02:57:49 AM
Wonderful use of light.
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 10/07/2010 05:53:09 PM
very nice take on the challenge. i like the rendering of light and shadows. overall a very good image.
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 10/06/2010 05:24:45 PM
How amazingly elegant. Beautifully lit.
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 10/06/2010 11:20:21 AM
Really like this shot, nit picking, to the left of the fork appears to be a water spot.
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 10/06/2010 07:11:03 AM
The lighting is really neat. I like it!
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