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Challenge: Low Tech (Advanced Editing II*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Olympus D-490Z
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Nov 24, 2004
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 144
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Vintage, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Nov 24, 2004

Shot a blank at my local key shop; handheld, macro mode, ambient lighting. Chose to invert this to an "Xray" look partly as a pun on the title/subject, partly because it ended up looking a lot better witht he black background.

Tone curves for contrast and inversion; then selected out the Green Channel as the grayscale basis for a Duotone with black and cyan; converted back to RGB. Cloned out some small shadows and nicks, Applied USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH=5; JPEG=10/10.

Statistics
Place: 100 out of 177
Avg (all users): 5.2471
Avg (commenters): 5.8000
Avg (participants): 5.0297
Avg (non-participants): 5.5479
Views since voting: 2497
Views during voting: 219
Votes: 174
Comments: 5
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/05/2004 12:08:32 PM
Unsure if this is galvanized, green paint, or silver. Very interesting texture to the whole and well framed. Something in the depth of the subject on the head of the key is casting greyish shadows on the side and in the holes. This is very distracting. I see no real technology in a key or in current key use/design, but can see the implied technology of advancement in security and find that with some interpretation that this subject fits the challenge artistically. Average marks on all levels: challenge, composition and cleanness of image. Extra points for a subject that has an interesting texture and form.
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11/30/2004 05:18:28 PM
I dont care for the blue tint, maybe a white b/g otherwise good lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/30/2004 03:46:01 PM
Good photo but no pizazz
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/30/2004 07:33:48 AM
Nice! Great idea!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/30/2004 12:43:02 AM
the boarder is kinda strange (i'm not a boarder hater eigther) this 1 is just bugging me.
and theres a weird after shadow that i know u did intentionaly but i'm still adjusting to it.
the overall shot is nice though. and the title fitts so-GL
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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