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Challenge: Painting With Light II (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: Harwich Port, MA, USA
Date: Feb 28, 2006
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 50 seconds
Date Uploaded: Feb 28, 2006

 RAW Conversion — nearly straight from camera: selective color layer used to mute the bright reflection and color it, using the white channel, -11/+100/+99/-35; hue/sat used for a slight bump in the yellow range to pop the green stem; resize, USM.

Illuminated with small, hand-held hi-intensity "blue" light. Pepper standing on upended black portfolio in front of an upended translucent white cutting board. A version was done with backlighting through the board, but this one worked better.

The reflections drove me crazy. No way around them. The colors are just as the camera saw them, including the area that looks blocked up on the left. The light was moved around from left through bottom to right. This is one of the straightest shots I have ever submitted. It has flaws, but it has power and impact too so the hell with it. I never tried anything like this before and I am tired :-)

Statistics
Place: 88 out of 187
Avg (all users): 5.2448
Avg (commenters): 6.4545
Avg (participants): 4.9348
Avg (non-participants): 5.3621
Views since voting: 1135
Views during voting: 472
Votes: 335
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 03/08/2006 07:53:31 AM
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
It has flaws, but it has power and impact too so the hell with it


Agreed, especially on the power and impact. The simplicity, the subtle lighting and the colours made this a potential winner for me. However, the imperfect pepper made the perfectionist in me drop the mark to a 7 ;)
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 03/08/2006 03:00:11 AM
I LIKE the marks! It kinda gives the hotspot a raison d'etre...
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 03/08/2006 12:48:30 AM
The voters have spoken... but they were wrong.
Deserved much higher finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/04/2006 04:14:35 PM
Very nicely painted. Bumping up.
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 03/03/2006 12:56:45 PM
This would have been even better if it werent for the bad pepper. I catch myself focusing on the marks in the pepper.
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 03/03/2006 01:49:56 AM
Very sharp and a lovely lighting!
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 03/02/2006 08:36:36 PM
Now that's one sultry pepper!
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 03/02/2006 06:14:54 PM
Nicely done, good shading and shaping with your light source.
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 03/02/2006 05:04:34 PM
what's with the dent on the bell pepper? :)
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 03/01/2006 07:20:28 PM
Too bad the highlight hit the blemishes perfectly...6
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 03/01/2006 04:20:53 PM
You need to find a pepper in better shape.
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 03/01/2006 03:17:27 PM
very, i think rich is the word, excellent (10) hope you go on to win!
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 03/01/2006 11:31:53 AM
Nice! One of the best shots os a pepper I have seen.
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 03/01/2006 05:28:13 AM
would have been better with an undamaged pepper
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 03/01/2006 03:29:00 AM
now that's one 'hot' pepper !
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