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The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum
GeneralE


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Edgar Allan Poe (Expert Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Nov 3, 2011
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 80
Shutter: 2 seconds
Galleries: Humorous, Horror
Date Uploaded: Nov 3, 2011

Avocado pit, kitchen chopper and a bamboo backscratcher on a black cloth background.

-Tripod, timer
-Macro mode, manual focus
-FL 40.2mm (35mm EQ)
-RGB Curve
-Blue Curve
-Crop from left and right
-Resize
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 88%/0.8 dia/TH = 5 (applied twice)
-Cloned out some dust specks
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 9/10 = 267KB

Statistics
Place: 71 out of 88
Avg (all users): 5.2540
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 5.2444
Avg (non-participants): 5.2593
Views since voting: 876
Views during voting: 276
Votes: 126
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/09/2011 01:13:59 PM
Very cleaver! Love it!!
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11/08/2011 01:07:01 PM
I might be wrong, but judging by the light used natural light. I think a rear shutter sync would have been a better option here...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/04/2011 11:13:53 PM
For cleverness, I'm going to give this a GeneralE. Funny!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/04/2011 09:43:59 PM
A very slow and inefficient way to slice a fruit :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/04/2011 03:21:08 PM
very funny take.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/04/2011 01:51:24 PM
avocado... it finally hit me! Nice use of white plate for lift and distinguishing.
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11/04/2011 10:41:26 AM
Wish there was a bit more lighting on the pit. Is the pit on a unside down bowl??
backdrop looks a bit wrinkled.
Love the motion blue
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11/04/2011 12:33:01 AM
I would bump up that contrast just a bit to hide some of the spots on your backdrop. Nice idea though!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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