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A Gray Garden's Harvest
A Gray Garden's Harvest
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Black and White Still Life (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Omaha, Ne
Date: Aug 15, 2010
Aperture: f18
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Aug 15, 2010

 A gathering of items recently harvested from my gardens. Taken on a black comforter draped over a wooden chair outdoors in the shade.

Edited in RAW: Brightness, Contrast, Shadows.
Converted to JPEG.
Edited in Photoshop: Cloned out a flower and a few specks of white in the background. Cropped the shot. A little dodging and burning to make a few items pop a little. Added a border because without it something was wrong.

[Aug. 18th, 2010 10:59:16 PM]

I have a feeling my border hurt my score pretty bad. I know my shot isn't the greatest, but I think I did pretty good for a first time still-life and B&W submission.... and I did it on the quick.

As for the dark background, the comforter I shot this on was pretty ugly so making it all black was a major improvement!

Statistics
Place: 66 out of 151
Avg (all users): 5.4737
Avg (commenters): 5.8333
Avg (participants): 5.3934
Avg (non-participants): 5.5660
Views since voting: 688
Views during voting: 238
Votes: 114
Comments: 7
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/22/2010 09:17:49 PM
Nice grouping; the lighting looks a little flat
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/22/2010 12:15:50 PM
I'm liking everything (a lot) except the border, which I feel draws the eye out of the frame instead of drawing you in.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/20/2010 08:01:24 PM
so well composed and lit and processed but such boring material i am not crazy about the border really great job on technicals here 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/20/2010 07:41:45 PM
Likes: sharpness, well exposed, placement of subjects. Dislikes: all black background, some background lighting or textured wall or wood would have made this photo pop some more
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/16/2010 03:11:55 PM
you have the right idea, just a couple of things that bother "me"...your border (and I like borders) is to heavy and your shot is very dark IMO and that combined make this feel very heavy
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/16/2010 03:05:23 PM
Nice autumnal composition. But I find that the lighting is too even over everything, making everything very close in tonal and textural qualities.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/16/2010 09:10:16 AM
Nice arrangement but looks a bit flat to me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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