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Camera: Canon PowerShot SD300
Location: Virginia Beach, Va
Date: Jan 24, 2006
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/5 sec
Galleries: Black and White, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jan 30, 2006
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This was the re-edited version of my submission for 'Tribute'. It was a tribute to Rod Dresser. I really enjoy his work. I learned, just after submitting it, how to properly save images to avoid losing significant quality.
Rod Dresser Gallery: //www.oswaldgallery.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.26/.f
There were very few changes that were different than the original submission. I properly darkened the background. Before, I tried to clone everything out. This time I applied curves and adjusted brightness/contrast to get a black background. I also cropped this one closer, so I was able to make the actual flower a tad larger.
I think this would have scored higher if it had been my submission. :)
Overall Changes:
Curves
Brightness/Contrast
Very little Dodging/Burning
Greyscale
Sharpen
Crop
Resize
As for set-up:
I did this in my living room. I stole a T-shirt from my boyfriend, put it on a huge plastic lid from one of those big tubs. I taped the arms together behind it to get rid of the wrinkles. Then, I taped the flower to the side of a barstool (with electrical tape), and just started snapping. I wrapped a flashlight in a white pillowcase for some not-so-intense light, and held it on the flower. Each image I took, I changed where I pointed the flashlight.
My family thought I was nuts for a few days, because I had flowers taped all over the house, and t-shirts dangling from any surface that would hold electrical tape. The night before, I was in the living room jumping back and forth, turning the lights on and off, trying to take some shots with longer exposure. :) |
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