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Challenge: Square Crop (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: My living room
Date: Feb 28, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Still Life, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 28, 2006

 I have no idea why I'm titling this as I am, but so be it. Maybe it's a tribute to a great composer, not sure.

Anyway, this was done in RAW, converted with RawShooterEssential, and cropped and tweaked with GIMP. Minor cloning was done, and contrast was boosted with a radical USM setting. Can you tell I like free software????

How will this score? I'm guessing 5.2, hoping for 5.5. Hopefully the punch of the diagonals will help, but there's limited interest. I've got some other ideas for the challenge that I may use instead, but here we go. I've got almost a week to change my mind...

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Statistics
Place: 136 out of 369
Avg (all users): 5.6618
Avg (commenters): 5.7692
Avg (participants): 5.6279
Avg (non-participants): 5.7179
Views since voting: 753
Views during voting: 272
Votes: 207
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-70D
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
 03/12/2006 09:53:30 PM
Nice shot. Clean and simple.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D50
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
 03/12/2006 09:50:18 AM
Great composition here. I didn't really notice the glare near the top until I went back and saw the thumbnail for this one, it seems more apparent there? Just something to keep in mind since it seems like people bump scores from the thumbnail pages sometimes. Nicely done! :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 03/11/2006 02:47:34 PM
Nice light and details! I'd have given it even a higher score with the frame would have been full instead of the tiny triangle in the bottom right corner!! Well done none the less!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 03/10/2006 12:31:36 PM
beautiful shot - clean and elegant
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 03/09/2006 07:07:14 PM
Nice shot. You either need to clean your lens, or the piano. ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 03/09/2006 04:00:18 PM
great pic
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic DMC-FZ20
Panasonic DMW-LTZ10 1.5x Teleconverter
 03/08/2006 11:21:02 PM
Interesting picture, are the keys worn or just dirty? (thinking worn)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 03/08/2006 07:30:39 PM
Nice macro
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D50
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 03/07/2006 01:58:45 PM
sorry, but no good
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/06/2006 06:03:31 PM
In such a very clean graphic composition (and it's nice that you've understood the comkpositional demands of the crop), a bit of cleaning of your subject would go a long way - the fingermarks and dust are a shame, and easily dealt with in advanced editing. Lacks the real fizz of good soft lighting to give the shot impact, I think.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
 03/06/2006 04:02:53 PM
Good idea... perhaps a piano vs. organ might have come off a little better for this title?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF
 03/06/2006 02:52:18 PM
Very sharp. Not enough "spark" in the picture to push it to a top score. All imho obviously. Good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 03/06/2006 01:17:35 AM
just lacks a bit of inspiration to me...while it's a nice shot, it doesn't really jump
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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