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giantmike


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Challenge: Love IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Feb 14, 2012
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: Feb 14, 2012

 I was totally caught off guard with this. Last year I had been planning a Valentine's photo (likely because I was doing the 365 project then), but this year when the speed challenge came up I didn't know what I would do. After a fantastic dinner with my wife I thought of the super cliché, yet fun Scrabble style shot. Starting out with Love and Valentine, I worked my way through a number of lovey-dovey words.

Then came the photo. I haven't used my 50mm much lately, so I was hell bent on using that. I came up with a composition I liked, so next was the lighting. I used a single flash shot through an umbrella. The flash was camera right, just a little higher than the camera and slightly pointed down. I used the built in diffuser to really spread out the light.

Post Processing;
* White balance
* Increase black point
* Increase definition
* Decrease saturation with higher vibrancy
* Topaz Adjust 5
* White balance
* Sepia tone at 18%
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 53
Avg (all users): 5.9587
Avg (commenters): 8.4000
Avg (participants): 5.5185
Avg (non-participants): 6.0851
Views since voting: 574
Views during voting: 256
Votes: 121
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/20/2012 07:06:19 AM
really like this, and thats a cool scrabble board :)
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 02/18/2012 03:34:09 AM
Love this one!
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 02/16/2012 04:32:01 PM
very creative, love the thought that has gone into it, and its a very nice shot. Keeps the interest as I read all the words, well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/15/2012 08:52:49 PM
I have a feeling this will be earning you a ribbon. Very well done and very creative. I wonder how many comments you are getting about the upside down O in TOGETHER. Not voting...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/15/2012 01:49:26 PM
Well thought.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/15/2012 04:00:38 AM
Scrabble is my favorite game, and I LOVE how all the worlds are related to love/valentines. Great image. My favorite so far!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/14/2012 11:08:46 PM
In my top 3 - great shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/14/2012 07:03:18 PM
LOL! Brilliant... well.. IF one of the one-pointers is on a double letter score.

Otherwise, you can't count. LOL!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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