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Shattered Reality
Shattered Reality
jbeazell


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Challenge: Mirrors (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S602Z
Location: Backyard
Date: Sep 6, 2004
Aperture: 4
ISO: 1/280
Shutter: 160
Galleries: Abstract, Floral
Date Uploaded: Sep 6, 2004

 I got the idea from my broken mirror that I've been wanting to replace. I started by tearing the mirror apart to get to the shards. From there, I cleaned them off. This took a very long time, since most of the shards are tiney, and when I handled them, I left fingerprints behind.

After I assembled them together again, I took dozens of little rolled up pieces of paper to skew the angle of the mirrors.

Then came the fun part, getting the flowers to show up on different shards.

PP : Cropped, auto levels, color adjustments, hue adjustments to make the pink flowers more red. clonig to remove some specs on the mirror shards, then switched to lab mode, applied a 3% gausian blur to the a and b channels, and then switched back to RGB mode. Applied a slight USM, and then sved for web.

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Nikon D70
 09/15/2004 09:08:06 PM
Nice use of the theme, excellent use of colors.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
 09/15/2004 08:02:56 PM
very pretty colors ! ! ! (watch out the luck the next seven years) =P
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 09/15/2004 03:09:17 PM
Good job, strong colors.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/15/2004 04:43:55 AM
This is an interesting take on this challenge and the photo turned out very nice. My only complaint is that there is quite a bit of noise in the blue sections. Other than that, I think this is a very nice shot. Good job.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Panasonic Lumix G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6 ASPH Mega O.I.S lens
 09/14/2004 12:15:34 AM
Wonderful use of color in this. And it is a unique take on the subject. A favorite of mine.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/13/2004 12:13:25 AM
7 years bad luck for you! Sorry. Actually, a nice image. Lighting is just a tad harsh, but I like the composition and find it engaging and interesting.
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Theme: Classic / System / Light / Dark
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