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I picked a peck of pretty pixels
I picked a peck of pretty pixels
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Challenge: Macro V (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Canon
Location: Tonawanda, NY
Date: Jul 3, 2005
Aperture: f/11.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 6/10 sec
Galleries: Macro, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Jul 2, 2005

 This could compete for the brown, or... dare I hope?! Alas, I'm afraid that the subject won't be obvious to many people here, and you'll just think I've taken a shot of some polka dots on my wife's bathing suit ...or something.

These are actual pixels from a blank white screen on my PC monitor. It's hard to believe that when you get enough of these RGB pixels together the result is white. What you see here are 88 (11 X 8) of the 786,432 (1024 X 768) pixels.

I reverse mounted an old Minolta 50mm lens on my Sigma 105 macro to get a 2x magnification (60 X 45 pixels) from about 1/2 inch of the monitor, then cropped a small section from that. With the long exposure (necessitated by the loss of light with the reversed lens), I used my TC-80N3 to trigger the shutter (w/mirror lockup).

Some saturation, selective color, and usm was applied.

Thanks for looking, commenting and/or voting.

Statistics
Place: 353 out of 374
Avg (all users): 4.2686
Avg (commenters): 3.2222
Avg (participants): 4.1515
Avg (non-participants): 4.5195
Views since voting: 1045
Views during voting: 387
Votes: 242
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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Nikon D90
Nikon AF Nikkor -S DX 18-105 f3.5-5.6
 07/11/2005 08:34:41 PM
wow this is amazing too ba you couuldnt tell without the description
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/10/2005 08:45:33 PM
good contrast, but perhaps a little over-saturated. Subject is not interesting at all.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 07/07/2005 04:39:37 PM
Looks like one of those color blindness test patterns. I am color blind so I am sure I am under appreciating this image.
Canon PowerShot S3 IS
 07/07/2005 05:53:40 AM
ACK...now I'll be seeing colored spots when I close my eyes. While it is nice to see some originality in a challenge full of bugs and flowers, this is just not pleasing to the eyes.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 07/05/2005 06:11:13 PM
Hmmm, I don't understand this...
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/05/2005 01:29:56 PM
pretty interesting take on this challenge...I like.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot G6
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 07/04/2005 07:59:06 PM
Not voting. Just had to let you know that it made me laugh. Might get low votes because there isn't anything to compare the size with. I'll give you a temp 10. Don't count on it staying.
edit after the forum post: This is the only one I voted for. It will be washed at the end. Sorry for the distress this has caused you. Did I mention before that I am not voting? But I do love that title! Should I change it to a neutral 5?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 07/04/2005 11:36:01 AM
This hurts my eyes.
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/04/2005 09:39:24 AM
Base: 5
Tech: +2
Subj:+2
Chln:

Total: 9
It's been a long long time, but I remember getting way up close to the tv when I was little and wondering why these little lights were hidden in it! :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic DMC-FZ20
 07/04/2005 03:29:22 AM
This is tought to look at but if I focus on one Pixel then I can see how in focus this is - I imagine that this was a tough shot to take - arrgh I am getting a headache.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2005 12:48:13 AM
ouch, eyes...bleeding
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