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Movie Night
Movie Night
giantmike


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Home Sweet Home II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm IS USM
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Aug 17, 2011
Aperture: 5
ISO: 100
Shutter: .4
Galleries: Interior, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Aug 18, 2011

 Yes, this is my basement. Bonus points to anyone who names the three posters :)

When my wife and I were searching for homes, we happened upon this house that was priced at the same as some of the other houses around, but included a fully done basement with home theatre (all equipment included) and a hot tub. turns out that this house was on the market for a year before we bought it and we got it for $60k less than originally asking. We love this house, it was the perfect buy.

Movie nights are especially fantastic. There is full 7.1 surround sound hooked up to a 92" projector. Turn down the lights and you have a great watching experience. It was especially nice to watch the Packers win the Super Bowl with a group of about 15 people :)

Lighting: Technically there were 6 light sources for this photo. You can see three overhead recessed halogens. Behind the camera there are two more over two other posters. Then I also used a flash with a mini soft box from the upper left. I held the flash so as to splash light out of the side of the soft box which helped the light wrap around the bowl without creating too bad of a reflection. I also had a 1/4 CTO gel on the flash to get the light a bit closer to the halogen color and provide a more natural feel (instead of the blueish looking light that came out of the unglued flash).

Post Processing:
* Straighten
* Increase exposure and recovery
* Decrease black point
* Increase brightness
* Increase contrast
* Dodge and higher contrast for the popcorn
* Topaz DeNoise
* Topaz InFocus (I recently rediscovered how nice the "sharpening" effect is)
* Increase recovery
* Decrease black point
* Increase definition
* Increase saturation and vibrancy
* S-curve
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG

Statistics
Place: 37 out of 76
Avg (all users): 5.5738
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.3548
Avg (non-participants): 5.6484
Views since voting: 598
Views during voting: 240
Votes: 122
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 09/10/2011 06:08:58 PM
I knew I knew it, darn it, I would have never got it though...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/30/2011 08:11:06 AM
Originally posted by FourPointX:
ok i've been coming back all week...whats the third poster?


It's Star Trek First Contact, yet another geek poster :)
I'm surprised nobody else was guessing.
 08/30/2011 06:38:47 AM
ok i've been coming back all week...whats the third poster?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/26/2011 05:49:58 AM
i guess it was so nice i posted it twice lol. come on give, what's the third one? george of the jungle?

Message edited by author 2011-08-26 08:39:50.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/26/2011 05:49:34 AM
ESB and LoTR are obvious...but i can't place the third...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/25/2011 04:24:59 PM
Creative. I like it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/23/2011 04:29:21 PM
Great idea and nicely captured!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/20/2011 08:27:48 AM
Hmmm...either you have a wonderful home theater or the movie theater you visit has the best popcorn "buckets" ever!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/20/2011 12:13:38 AM
I love this shot. It's a bit odd that the bg is better lit than the subject, but somehow it all works.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/19/2011 07:33:54 PM
Nice popcorn, might want to change the title to fit "home" more. Right now it just looks like a movie theater.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/19/2011 12:38:10 PM
So you mean to tell me that you have a movie theater in your home? I'm so jealous! Cool bowl you have there also.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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