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Challenge: Photoshop Terms (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D5000
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Date: Feb 12, 2011
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 0.6 seconds
Date Uploaded: Feb 13, 2011

 Thank you very much for the votes and comments. This was a fun shot, and yes, I hate the border also. Unfortunately, by the time I sharpened the image (no pun intended), the file size was approximately twice the allowable limit. As a result I had to keep shrinking the image and adding border until the file size was allowed. While I think it is a bit awkward looking, I didn't have a better alternative. In this case, the credit for the shot goes to my brother-in-law who provided both a dull axe and a hand-held grinder that we mounted to one of my tables in the garage. The only tricks to the shot were setting the wheel up so that the sparks and metal fragments were thrown into the frame instead of out of the frame and figuring out how to light the wheel and axe without taking away from the brightness of the sparks. For those that asked, it was not a complicated exposure, it was just over half a second, and did not require much editing. Thank you very much again, I truly appreciate every ribbon and every comment

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 58
Avg (all users): 7.0837
Avg (commenters): 7.2941
Avg (participants): 6.3750
Avg (non-participants): 7.2164
Views since voting: 4379
Views during voting: 354
Votes: 203
Comments: 23
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 02/24/2011 11:24:13 PM
I almost can hear a sound from this photo
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 02/23/2011 07:16:24 AM
Congrats on the ribbon.
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 02/23/2011 06:59:49 AM
So glad this ribboned. Awesome shot. Would you really have lost noticeable quality had you just gone big with it? Genuine question, as I go big regardless of the quality percentage. Maybe I shouldn't.
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 02/23/2011 05:14:46 AM
One of my 10's loved it, very simple but amazing to look at
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 02/22/2011 10:21:10 PM
You made sparks fly with your border, LOL! Congrats on your ribbon.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/22/2011 10:48:01 AM
my 2nd most favourite :D
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 02/20/2011 09:38:00 AM
Great shot! Rather see more of the picture and less of a black border, but the picture still speaks for itself.
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 02/20/2011 09:10:09 AM
Awesome!
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 02/20/2011 05:36:57 AM
awesome kinetic feel of the image - but I am not a fan of the border at all - I want to see the picture not the overdone border
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 02/19/2011 07:28:09 PM
Great idea, made me laugh
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 02/19/2011 03:52:15 AM
Photo should be a bit bigger but it's excellent.
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 02/17/2011 05:24:56 PM
i like this
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 02/17/2011 10:40:45 AM
Don't have a clue how you accomplished this but it's great!
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 02/16/2011 09:24:51 PM
You know i'm not a big fan of borders. But without it I like how it is "framed"
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 02/16/2011 07:30:41 PM
Awesome
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 02/16/2011 03:10:22 PM
The title works well with this. Nice shot.
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 02/16/2011 11:58:56 AM
Great image... great interpretation
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 02/16/2011 08:20:13 AM
Nice capture.
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 02/16/2011 03:26:22 AM
Frames don't always work for me, but it sure did in this one - It's a wonderful photo.
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 02/16/2011 02:42:05 AM
Great take on the challenge, love the photo...but I'm conflicted since I hate the border.
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 02/16/2011 02:03:08 AM
very good shot that suffers from the small size/huge border
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 02/15/2011 09:58:17 PM
Classic!
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 02/15/2011 07:44:18 PM
This is the first time I don't care for a border, I think this picture is so good, it deserves to take the whole frame. still no points taken away because of that.
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