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Cell [Culture]
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Challenge: The Work Place (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Laboratory X
Date: Feb 22, 2011
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/8
Galleries: Advertisement, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Feb 22, 2011

 Post-Processing

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Exposure +1.06
Brightness +19
Contrast +71
Clarity +100
Vibrance +20
Saturation (yellow) -100
Curves
Sharpness +100
Noise Removal
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[Feb. 24th, 2011 12:27:58 PM]

Update 2/24/2011
Been getting a few comments regarding the color of the "water". Just wanted to clarify that what you see is neither water, nor is it merely colored for photographic effect. It is actually a very defined tissue culture media used to feed the cells being grown. Cells in pure water do not good bedfellows make! Regarding the red, it is a specific dye (phenol red) that is used as an indicator of the pH of the media, thus providing a visual readout of the viability of the cells. If the media is red, your cells are happy. However, if it turns from red to yellow, you have some very unhappy cells on your hands.

Anyway, lesson over..hopefully someone learned something interesting today :)

~~~Post-Challenge~~~
Special thanks to Bear_Music Yo_Spiff VaWendy for editing suggestions and recommendations pre-challenge! Really appreciate your help!

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 43
Avg (all users): 6.4833
Avg (commenters): 7.9000
Avg (participants): 6.3889
Avg (non-participants): 6.4921
Views since voting: 1656
Views during voting: 452
Votes: 209
Comments: 14
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 03/07/2011 04:38:36 AM
Congrats on the top 10!
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 03/05/2011 04:31:52 AM
Great job...for the capture and for your job! A very interesting profession. Congratulations on your PB and top ten.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/02/2011 07:15:21 PM
Congrats on your top 10!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/01/2011 07:17:55 PM
Congrats on the new PB and your first 6+! Now the addiction starts.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/28/2011 07:25:30 AM
I love the colors in this picture and how everything is so clear.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/28/2011 06:42:44 AM
Good comp, colors and perspective, should be in the top. Oops, get the disinfectant, a drop escaped the pipet.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/28/2011 12:30:58 AM
Or making plastic beads for little girl bracelets?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/26/2011 06:33:59 AM
Overall I really like this. May have been slightly more effective if the petri plates in the back left were not truncated: either by pulling back slightly to get them in, or removing the excess plates from the top to get them in the frame. At the same time, shooting in a hood means having to work with confined space.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/24/2011 06:04:10 AM
Do the colors pink and blue have anything to do with this experiment? Maybe a little mad science going on? This is a very clean and clear picture - nice lighting and balance. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/24/2011 04:57:26 AM
good concept and delivery but the colored water always bothers me in science shots
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/23/2011 08:46:11 PM
I like the colors
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/23/2011 02:42:58 PM
I like the stark difference in colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/23/2011 09:26:17 AM
Best in the challenge!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/22/2011 10:49:31 PM
Come on, stop cloning around and get to work. :P
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