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seed pods
seed pods
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: High Contrast (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix A340 Zoom
Location: dining room
Date: Aug 31, 2005
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/7 sec
Date Uploaded: Aug 31, 2005

Two dried seed pods place on a black backer board on a table with light from above and through a window, reflected by a mirror placed behind the pods. Increased levels to almost max, used curves for contrast, unsharp mask, converted to b&w, then cloned out a light area at top right and cropped image.

Statistics
Place: 301 out of 343
Avg (all users): 4.7125
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 4.5000
Avg (non-participants): 5.0543
Views since voting: 628
Views during voting: 324
Votes: 240
Comments: 5
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09/17/2005 11:05:02 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club.

THis is a very interesting shot. The almost x-ray quality of it makes it interesting to look at and without the title would make one wonder just what it was.

The lighting on the left is a bit harsh and the post processing made it blow out, while offering a contrast to the black background doesn't really pull off as white as much as a really bright silver.

The grain would normally work with a shot like this but this one it ends up being more of a distraction to me in the end. I like the crop and the sizing, but maybe if it was smoothed out a bit, not so much texture. Hope my comments help.

Deannda
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/10/2005 01:45:15 PM
Fit Challenge Criteria: 2/2
Contrast/Color: 2/2
Composition: 2/2
Photo Quality: 1/2
My Subjective Affinity: 1/2
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09/10/2005 12:19:43 AM
Good contrast and interesting subject.
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09/07/2005 09:06:16 AM
nice one i like it.
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09/05/2005 07:48:44 PM
For me, while there is contrast the seed pods now appear almost...metallic and overly done in a photo editing program. I do like the offset composition however.
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