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Great Grandfather's Watch
Great Grandfather's Watch
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Something Old II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Olympus E-1
Lens: Olympus 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Zuiko Digital Zoom
Location: Tigard Oregon
Date: Apr 12, 2006
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: .8 sec
Galleries: Vintage, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Apr 12, 2006

RAW
In RAW - vignette, curves, saturation
Curves, Smart Sharp, Noise Ninja, burn
cloned out distractions
duplicate layer and set to "soft light" style
adjusted curves and levels
Duplicate Background Layer
Applied Filter>Find Edges
Changed layer to Soft light mode
Erased area over inner watch works on upper layer to expose bottom layer.
Cloned, blurred and Dodged to minimalize background distractions

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 402
Avg (all users): 6.3285
Avg (commenters): 7.4286
Avg (participants): 5.9681
Avg (non-participants): 6.6283
Views since voting: 5046
Views during voting: 302
Votes: 207
Comments: 17
Favorites: 4 (view)


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04/29/2006 06:03:29 AM
Awesome image! congrats on top 20
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04/27/2006 12:05:07 PM
Beautiful. I am AMAZED it did not place higher.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/25/2006 11:56:30 PM
Effective use of depth of field. Wonderful colors, and great composition!
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04/25/2006 09:25:23 PM
I'm a watch freak, nice lighting and warm tones.
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04/24/2006 12:42:44 PM
Wow
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04/24/2006 10:49:38 AM
Great lighting, nice background, and of course, beautiful timepiece!
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04/23/2006 10:56:12 PM
wonderful shot...great colour and composition...well done...hope you do well with this shot
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04/22/2006 11:07:54 PM
I really like this, i am no expert, but the clarity of the watch and combined with the patterns and colours of the background makes a great combination, well done 10 from me, the best i've seen so far. Puts my entry to shame!!
I've now voted on every submission, and i still think yours is the best, theres some really good entries but this stands out. Congratulations, if you don't get at least top ten... (preferably first) i'll be arguing!
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04/22/2006 01:42:21 PM
I love the warmth in this photo, and the interesting choice of background, but the highlights on the watch ar a little too bright.
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04/22/2006 05:07:04 AM
Bit overdone with the confusion of elements in composition, but this has a patina of age about it which meets the challenge well IMO.
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04/22/2006 01:56:34 AM
great lighting - hope you will give details on how you set this shot up.
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04/22/2006 12:19:52 AM
Poppin' color; I especially like the way the background complements the subject. Nice lighting and good crisp focus.
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04/21/2006 04:39:38 AM
Beautiful! Great angle and idea on opening up the watch! Cant tell what the background is but it adds interest to the whole shot.
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04/20/2006 07:02:47 PM
Your photographic technique is great on this shot. I also like the background which is very complimentary to the colors in the watch.
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04/20/2006 12:06:38 AM
Nice shot, looks very old. Lite the DOF and contrast too.
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04/19/2006 12:16:26 PM
Beautiful shot. I love the way you've presented the old watch.
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04/19/2006 04:53:31 AM
wonderful still life composition and use of colors.
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