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Challenge: Duotones II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 EX DG for Canon
Location: My Livingroom
Date: Feb 21, 2006
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 5.0 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 21, 2006

All of these cameras are Brownies. This is the first time I've ever photgraphed a camera.

Photoshop Processing:
- RAW Conversion
- Slight crop
- Curves Adj. Layer
- Flatten
- Channel Mixer Adj. Layer (Monochrome)
- Flatten
- Change to 8 Bit
- Grayscale
- Duotone
- RGB
- Curves Adj Layer
- Flatten
- Resize
- USM
- Add Border

Statistics
Place: 72 out of 631
Avg (all users): 5.8846
Avg (commenters): 8.1111
Avg (participants): 5.8516
Avg (non-participants): 5.9423
Views since voting: 1159
Views during voting: 373
Votes: 286
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)


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AuthorThread
03/02/2006 11:08:51 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Terrific image here. I'm delighted to have drawn it from the Critique Club files. And I swear that camera on the right looks way too familiar!
;>)

As many of your commentors said, duotone works well in this image. IN trying to see just exactly why it works well, I see more technical excellence. There is the deep, pleasantly rich color tone. And then the contrast between the slight background woodgrain and the smooth machined finish of the cameras, and finally the nostalgic effect of portraying 'old' cameras using 'old' film techniques.

All in all, everything clicked (pun not intended, but I'll take it) and you were rewarded quite well for your work. Frankly, I think it should have scored higher, but still your score is at least respectable, and you have an image that will fit well in your portfolio.

I shall look forward to seeing more of your work in future Challenges.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/26/2006 09:11:07 PM
Nice choice in background. Don't really have anything else to add except this is really good. This works perfectly as a duotone. Gets a 9 from me.
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02/26/2006 02:27:46 PM
Sepia suits this shot well. You have some great relics in this one and the fallen over camera adds to it too.
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02/26/2006 12:49:53 PM
An oldies family portrait. Nice use of brown tones. 7
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02/25/2006 06:29:15 PM
Great clarity on the detail-laden subjects, nice coloring, only complaint is a little dark on the left, kind of lose the trio there.
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02/25/2006 02:59:00 PM
Great tone - Never usually score photos of old cameras very high - but this has atmosphere, tone and more. I think your choice of duotone colours are right on the mark here. Great idea using the wood texture for background.Easy 10. Thanks for sharing
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02/24/2006 01:57:46 PM
nice tools! You tried something "casual" by arranging them ad various angles.. but it looks strange and doesen't make much of a composition in my opinion; nice contrast though
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02/23/2006 08:01:04 PM
excellent choice of tones
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02/22/2006 06:51:21 PM
Excellent execution. Superbly sharp, well lit, great highlights and contrast. Really neat warm tones.
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02/22/2006 12:44:16 PM
Excellent tonal range. Nice clear sharp details.
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02/22/2006 10:24:45 AM
well done - the sepia adds to the nostalgic feel
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