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Shades of Blue
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Challenge: Color on Color (Advanced Editing IV*)
Collection: Challenge Outcasts
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: My home at L.M.H.P. in Caloundra, Qld. Australia.
Date: Jul 24, 2006
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 0.5
Galleries: Abstract, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jul 25, 2006

 For my Project I spray painted five small boxes of one height, and four lower boxes to two shades of blue. Also spray paint pasta shapes, and arrange them on top of the boxes, in an abstract geometric pattern, in the same shades of blue. Finish with a metallic and pearl blue spray paint, to give a luster effect, re the blue highlights.
Photographed in the \"Raw\" format, and then processed in photoshop.

Shadow/Highlights
Sharpened/Unsharp Mask + Smart Sharpen
Hue/Saturation with the Cyan + Blue tones with slider, plus a small amount of Magenta.
Cloned out a few tiny spots re advanced editing.
Color Balance
Curves
Dust & Scratches
Noise Reduction
Brightness/Contrast
Add border
Adjust size & save for web.

Aperture 4.5
ISO 200
Shutter Speed 0.5

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/01/2006 11:00:14 PM
i didn't know noodles came in blue...how cool is that! heheheh...anyways, it's good to see something besides flowers and fruit in this challenge! way to be creative!
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 08/01/2006 06:44:11 PM
I don't know what kind of post processing you have done here, but I don't really like it. Was the pasta blue before you took the photo, or was all this done after? It is a cool idea, and a cool composition, though.
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 08/01/2006 01:57:17 PM
one of my favorites this challenge -- creativly different (and a lot of set up work I'll bet)
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 07/29/2006 11:53:36 PM
An edible work of art. 7
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 07/29/2006 05:29:23 PM
Although I am not sure if the apperance is due to post-processing or not, it looks rather intriguing... I like it.
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 07/28/2006 03:27:21 PM
great layout, but why is it so blurry? very appealing design.
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 07/28/2006 01:52:20 PM
Cool idea! I like this a lot!!
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 07/27/2006 02:56:50 PM
This is a very cool idea, and I like the way it turned out, but there is something about it that looks off to me. Either it's a bit OOF or too heavily processed for my taste.
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 07/27/2006 12:36:57 PM
never knew pasta could be so cool looking! 9!
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 07/27/2006 01:12:08 AM
Interesting. Would make a good cover for a greeting card. Seems like some of the pasta is a color on a different color...
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 07/26/2006 11:54:25 PM
I like the creativity. Good Job!
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 07/26/2006 07:38:08 PM
Very crafty work.A nice different take on the challenge,good luck.
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 07/26/2006 06:32:28 PM
hehehe. dinosaur pasta. :)
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 07/26/2006 04:35:28 PM
Beautiful blues in a sriking composition. Appealingly abstract. Wonderful!
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 07/26/2006 04:30:34 PM
interesting
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 07/26/2006 02:27:13 PM
This is an interesting entry. It's leaning a little more towards digital art than photography for me, just because it looks like it's been rather processed. I like the patterns and the arrangement. I also like the colors because I'm partial to blues and purples but I'm also kind of curious what it would look like in warmer tones (yellows/oranges, etc) since that's what we typically see for pasta.
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 07/26/2006 01:41:01 PM
Interesting image. A little bit too overprocessed IMO. Either that or I'm not imaginative enough to figure out how you pulled this off. in any case, I love the symmetry of the image as well as the texture of the noodles. Good job!
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 07/26/2006 11:57:07 AM
This is a nice idea. I don't care for the weird post processing effect and it is a bummer that the left side got cropped off. On the upside, excellent attempt at meeting the challenge. Going to crawl out from under my bridge and actually tack a 6 on to this.
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 07/26/2006 10:13:47 AM
pasta art, interesting
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 07/26/2006 03:02:11 AM
Unique coloring and composition, a lot of work in this setup....
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