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Breaking Free from the Shell
Breaking Free from the Shell
Azrifel


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Challenge: Exposed (Classic Editing)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S602Z
Location: Shed behind my house
Date: Oct 9, 2003
Aperture: F2.8
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/17s
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Oct 12, 2003

I had to inspect a roof and wall at a nice old lady's home. She knew my granddad so we had a chat and I got to know things I never knew before about who he was (died before I got born). She, being the doctor's wife was there when he died from a heart-attack before the age of 50.
Anyway, we also walked into her garden with old full grown trees that had completely littered the garden with their fruits / nuts.
Ping! I could use that for the exposed challenge. Most pics I made were Spanish/ Sweet Chestnuts in their just opened shell, but I didn't like the results much.
So I just piled some Sweet Chestnuts and a cracked open walnut on the leaf of a Canadian Maple tree. Exposed? Yes, of course, these nuts have been exposed to the world for the first time after breaking out of their shells today.

Location: Indoors, three lights from above, one from the side.

Cameratech: On tripod, manual focus, manual whitebalance, manual exposure, Macro mode, wideangle.

Post processing: Cropped the edges from 4:3 to 3:2 aspect ratio. Curves, channel mixing, resample, USM, save for the web.

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 110
Avg (all users): 6.1037
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 6.1194
Avg (non-participants): 6.0882
Views since voting: 1188
Votes: 135
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)


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10/19/2003 02:11:06 AM
The lighting and focus are just so marvelous here. 9
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10/18/2003 02:28:05 AM
wonderful macro...nice composition
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10/17/2003 07:22:13 AM
Full of live! I like this shot a lot! Wish you luck!
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10/16/2003 05:14:25 PM
YES! Now I'm hungry, between this and the food challenge I don't stand a chance! :)

This is a wonderful idea and having them on the leaf is a wonderful idea, a more natural setting as they say. The colors, the clarity and the balance are wonderful! The DOF also works well for this shot, I'm having a hard time finding fault with it so it must be a 10!
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10/14/2003 12:09:17 PM
Nice color and presentation. My personal preference would be more depth of field on this particular photo. Since all of your subject material is in close quarters, I can't see any real advantage in trying to isolate a single part of it.
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10/13/2003 09:01:00 PM
Nicely composed, great colors. Needs a little more DOF.
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10/13/2003 06:36:17 PM
Good idea but somehow the composition just dosn't sit well for me... I think it is the light source that is throwing me slightly but none the less its a good image :0)
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10/13/2003 04:26:08 PM
This is a really good shot I especially like the way the nut is cracked ready to jump out. 9 Sue
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10/13/2003 03:17:44 PM
Nice composition, detail and color, set off by good lighting and bright highlights.
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10/13/2003 02:16:06 PM
Lovely focus color and light....100% on the challege. This is very good. Congrats to you on a shot well done.
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10/13/2003 12:57:39 PM
nice walnut and interesting colors and textures
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10/13/2003 07:30:22 AM
Good Points: The quality of lighting and focus is the best seen today.
Bad Points:none at all (a first today)
Score:10! and good luck
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10/13/2003 02:50:40 AM
Very nice rendition of the challenge. The broken nut is in great focus, I also like the use of the leaf as background, keeps it nicely organic. The color of the chestnuts? against the green leaf gives it a bit more pop as well. Well done. 7
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