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Salt of the Earth?
Salt of the Earth?
briantammy


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Granular (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE E323
Location: San Bernardino CA
Date: May 23, 2005
Aperture: 4.9
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/11
Galleries: Macro, Political
Date Uploaded: May 23, 2005

 Close-up of a dime with a grain of salt. Taken with my point-and-shoot camera and a 45mm slr lens hand-held in front. The nearness of the lens prevented good lighting so I couldn't show accurate coloring. DOF was very shallow, less than the diameter of the salt. Very difficult shot. I would like to try this with a good camera.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lensbaby 1.0 (The Original)
 05/30/2005 09:48:49 PM
Nice macro
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Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3
 05/29/2005 02:42:31 PM
Very creative! Love the placing of the grain so it seems that the eye is focused on it! (Was that deliberate?)
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Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 05/28/2005 10:14:17 PM
Kind of gives the impression that the guy on the coin is looking at the grain itself.
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 05/28/2005 03:28:54 PM
Impressive macro. It's not quite super-sharp, but it's impressively closeup.
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Panasonic DMC-FZ20
 05/27/2005 10:31:47 PM
nice concept going with the single grain and showing the perspective of size...good luck
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 05/27/2005 01:51:03 PM
I really like the focus of this photo. I think it might have looked better on a darker background, though? To bring out the copper tone and emphasize the single grain of salt.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic DMC-FZ20
Panasonic DMW-LWZ10 0.8x Wide Conversion
 05/27/2005 01:45:12 AM
i like how I can reference the size of the speck using the coin.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z5
 05/26/2005 02:45:13 PM
why is that man staring at it?
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
 05/25/2005 06:36:02 PM
nice macro. just a little hazy
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 05/25/2005 03:33:50 PM
A very sharp tac image with great economy to startled the senses.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-F717
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Nikon
 05/25/2005 10:44:07 AM
Sure.
Sony DSC-RX100 VI
Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di for Nikon
 05/25/2005 08:58:11 AM
Wow, what a macro. Unbelievable detail. Very cool, the one grain there by the E. Very nice work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon
 05/25/2005 02:45:29 AM
Nice macro shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 05/25/2005 01:27:39 AM
Nice macro
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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