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ScottK


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Challenge: Garage Art (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: My Garage, Oceanside, CA
Date: Feb 3, 2004
Aperture: f/3
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Feb 3, 2004

 Taken at my work bench - in the garage. Nothing too fancy - used a flashlight perched on my lap to brighten the iron and solder, and shot in manual mode at 1/60 second to eliminate blur. Very little processing - levels, cropped and flipped, sharpened. Then saved and ran through Neat Image to get rid of some graininess in the smoke.

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 159
Avg (all users): 7.1712
Avg (commenters): 8.3750
Avg (participants): 6.6824
Avg (non-participants): 7.4128
Views since voting: 6508
Votes: 257
Comments: 38
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 12/21/2004 03:45:04 PM
Boy, is this image hot? A great capture and subject.
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 02/15/2004 08:01:21 PM
really excellent
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 02/15/2004 12:00:17 PM
nicely done.
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 02/13/2004 05:24:55 PM
Hi Scott,

Sorry that I didn't comment or vote but real life got in the way :). Nevertheless it is a great photo and fits the challenge wonderfully. Congratulations with your deserved second place.

Danny
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 02/13/2004 05:45:06 AM
Beautiful, another wonderful ribbon winner. The colours and textures in the droplet are really appealing and the "tick" shaped composition works so well.
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 02/11/2004 09:35:43 AM
Grats Scott!!
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 02/11/2004 07:48:31 AM
Great shot!! Congrats on the well deserved ribbon. :-)
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 02/11/2004 04:09:37 AM
Nice one Scott, this was one of my favourites!
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 02/11/2004 02:54:50 AM
Congrats Scott, nice picture, that G5 certainly works :-)

George
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 02/11/2004 02:08:14 AM
Congratulation Scott! Way to go with your G5!
Love the way you set the light and colour!
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 02/11/2004 12:54:00 AM
Guess that new G5 paid off: 1 challenge, 1 ribbon. :) Too bad my Shallow DOF entry won't follow suit. :(

Thanks to everyone who voted and took time to comment.
 02/11/2004 12:07:47 AM
Congrats, super job!
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 02/11/2004 12:02:20 AM
This was one of my top votes, congratulations on the red ribbon.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/10/2004 01:21:52 PM
beautiful shot, one of the best in the challenge.9
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 02/09/2004 11:04:39 PM
the colours in the drip are wicked
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 02/09/2004 04:15:33 PM
Wonderful - a top five - maybe a winner?
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 02/09/2004 01:59:46 AM
didn't know solder was so purpleish
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 02/08/2004 02:53:34 PM
Nice shot, well done
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 02/08/2004 07:45:14 AM
Orginality, great execution... 10! One of my favs, very nicely done.
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 02/08/2004 12:31:12 AM
my favorite in the challenge. great colors. I like the shape and texture of the solder blob and the long exposure, blurring the steam.
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 02/07/2004 01:26:11 AM
Very nice shot, great lighting and POV.
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 02/07/2004 01:06:39 AM
very well done very good detail
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 02/06/2004 10:20:09 PM
very cool shot. 7
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 02/06/2004 08:13:32 PM
Photographing the act of soldering is difficult in itself. It's a beautiful piece of work. 9
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 02/06/2004 10:35:54 AM
Oooohhhh! Great shot!
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 02/06/2004 08:36:37 AM
Very nice shot... Like the purple colour
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 02/06/2004 01:43:22 AM
very intense...beautifully done
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 02/05/2004 07:25:26 PM
Nice ! I like the smoke except the black background is a bit uneven at the top.
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 02/05/2004 06:00:42 PM
excellent photo - 10 from me
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 02/05/2004 01:54:25 PM
Good Idea and Execution! M.
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 02/04/2004 03:55:34 PM
This is going to be top 10 for sure. :) 9
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 02/04/2004 02:48:01 PM
Nice effect with fumes coming off the iron. Would like to see a closer crop on the to the left, but still a nice photo.
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 02/04/2004 11:10:04 AM
Excellent!
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 02/04/2004 09:56:41 AM
One of my favorites so far. Fits the challenge and I like the composition and the lighting. The lighting at the end and on the smoke, with the slight purplish tint is nice. Good luck in the challenge.
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 02/04/2004 08:22:09 AM
stunning image
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 02/04/2004 06:38:49 AM
Very good image.
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 02/04/2004 01:41:19 AM
this is so precise
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 02/04/2004 12:47:03 AM
Neat shot. Like this one....cool color and smoke. 8
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