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Whatever happened to gumballs?
Whatever happened to gumballs?
CEJ


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Blue II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: Williamstown, MA
Date: Jan 27, 2006
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/4 sec.
Date Uploaded: Jan 27, 2006

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Levels:
Master - black 18/gamma 1.10/white 244
Blue - 7/1.16/223
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Sharpen - 10
USM - .5/150/0
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An old gumball dispenser that was in the basement (one of my daughter's boyfriends) filled with beer bottle caps. Found a few blue ones, placed them outside in the slot, shot away.

I liked how the blue reflected on the white background to give it a gradient effect so didn't remove it with levels.

Really worked with the lights to get the reflections to a minimum. The boom is triple diffused and the left hand light is reflected off umbrella and turned (you can see reflection) sideways to subject. The light on the right is faced to a wall with no reflector, diffuser or bounce. You can still see them but I don't think they are near as distracting as they were.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/06/2006 10:26:47 PM
cool idea
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 02/05/2006 11:21:18 AM
i like the idea however, the blue sturation is a little too high good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/03/2006 06:53:25 PM
Excellent idea.
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 02/03/2006 04:19:29 PM
hehehe ... this is a great use for the gumball machine.
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