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Challenge: Still Life II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z10
Location: Bedroom, Milton Keynes, UK
Date: May 12, 2006
Aperture: f 3.2
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Still Life, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 12, 2006

 I wanted to do a B&W still life for awhile, so this was a good one for me. Tried to get maximum contrast using levels and curves, and wanted to give it a 'fine art fast B&W film grain' type effect, and I think it works. I think the film grain will get voted down because the trolls will assume it's digital noise and therefor not wanted!

PP in Photoshop CS:

Converted to greyscale
Adjust levels to improve contrast
Used curves to further improve contrast without clipping the shadows and highlights
Add noise: 2.75% to whole image.
Add border, re-size, and optimise file size for submission.

Statistics
Place: 67 out of 338
Avg (all users): 5.7220
Avg (commenters): 6.7143
Avg (participants): 5.5333
Avg (non-participants): 5.8496
Views since voting: 889
Views during voting: 299
Votes: 223
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 05/24/2006 07:39:43 AM
Congratulations on such a nice finish! awesome pic btw
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/23/2006 03:03:12 PM
Nice texture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/21/2006 11:53:12 AM
I think I'd like it better in color
 05/18/2006 02:54:13 PM
Meest challenge (blush). Bit more of a picture of a thing than a still life, and more of a thematic arrangement than a visual one. Better than mine though...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/18/2006 01:35:24 PM
so simple yet so effective. I think this is my favorite so far.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/18/2006 10:11:23 AM
love this...striking photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/17/2006 09:22:50 PM
Underexposed.
 05/17/2006 11:39:29 AM
Nice DOF, choice of B/W, & nicely composed. Can't think of any suggestion improvements! 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/17/2006 02:22:47 AM
Lovely! 'Tho I'd like to see the starfish in whole without it's bottom left end cropped off, the contrast looks good here coupled with the texture on the starfish.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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