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08/16/2006 05:56:02 AM · #1

For those of you who said "WTF" when they looked at my picture I wanted to post something redmoon said that sums it up.

"the way the trolley glows with a yellow halo makes it seem, well, almost holy in a biblical manner. i can hear choirs of angels going 'laaa!'."

When I saw the grocery cart in the parkinglot of my apt building I knew what I had to do. I parked it and then laughed all week at the comments I got, heh.

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

08/16/2006 12:59:27 PM · #2

_eug

Nikon D50

08/16/2006 01:04:29 PM · #3

Originally posted by aliqui:

Aw, what so sad, punkin?

08/16/2006 01:07:00 PM · #4

Originally posted by _eug:

Aw, what so sad, punkin?

No one replied to my thread. No one wanted to laugh one last time with me. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

08/16/2006 01:08:49 PM · #5

Originally posted by _eug:

Aw, what so sad, punkin?

...and I just bit into a stem on a raisin.. in my Cheerios.. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Message edited by author 2006-08-16 17:15:01.

_eug

Nikon D50

08/16/2006 01:16:18 PM · #6

Oooooooooh, well then. Lemme give you the attention you need.

I didn't vote on this challenge, but I did read your post. I like the sureal aspect to it, but I's crop out the 2 vehicals. If the parking lot were full I'd leave the, but they seem to compete with the cart.

Very cute. And sorry about your Cherrios. :(

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

08/16/2006 01:30:51 PM · #7

Originally posted by _eug:

I had roughly 20 versions of this shot. It came down to this one and basically the same shot with no vehicles. I debated.. cars won, because without them it's not quite as obvious that it was a parkinglot and I think it made it seem more average.. then the person goes "hey wait.. that's a shopping cart! Ahhh hahahahaha."

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

08/16/2006 01:48:02 PM · #8

I love the picture, but I'm still waiting to hear how you got that halo in basic editing! (be careful how you answer, the Pharisees are watching...)

fotomann_forever

08/16/2006 01:53:08 PM · #9

Originally posted by posthumous:

I love the picture, but I'm still waiting to hear how you got that halo in basic editing! (be careful how you answer, the Pharisees are watching...)

I'm guessing this has a lot to do with it:
Unsharp Mask (Amount 150%) (Radius 12 pixels) (Threshold 5 levels)

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

08/16/2006 01:55:06 PM · #10

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by posthumous:
I love the picture, but I'm still waiting to hear how you got that halo in basic editing! (be careful how you answer, the Pharisees are watching...)

I'm guessing this has a lot to do with it:
Unsharp Mask (Amount 150%) (Radius 12 pixels) (Threshold 5 levels)

Dang, I'm gonna have to try that some time!

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

08/16/2006 02:04:24 PM · #11

Originally posted by posthumous:

I love the picture, but I'm still waiting to hear how you got that halo in basic editing! (be careful how you answer, the Pharisees are watching...)

I did the same thing here, with somewhat more extreme USM settings of 88%/16 dia/TH = 0