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Garage Gold
Garage Gold
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Challenge: Garage Art (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: bedroom
Date: Feb 3, 2004
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 7
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Feb 3, 2004

 Whole bunch of computer screws I borrowed from the physics lab. Setup was easy, lighting was hard.
It all comes down to how you light these damn things. Realized the best way was the make the shutter really slow and the aperture really small and have a tiny bit of ambient light. Then, you very quickly swing by a spotlight from three differenct angles, carefully calculating your path and exposure to get the perfect glow.
I actually went out to buy a star 6 filter which doesn't seem to do anything. I tried everything ;(
Would have been nice to have some glowing stars to simulate that cartoon-gold glow; but I think it looks pretty good anyway.

Post Processing: Grayscale, ColorBalance for gold, brightness down, contrast up, intensity up, unsharp at radius 7, border.

Statistics
Place: 27 out of 159
Avg (all users): 6.0320
Avg (commenters): 7.4500
Avg (participants): 5.7927
Avg (non-participants): 6.1488
Views since voting: 1479
Votes: 250
Comments: 22
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/10/2004 09:14:35 AM
Interesting idea. I really love the colours. The focus is good, too... 8
 02/09/2004 10:12:40 PM
wow, love it. so gold so shiny i'm absorbed
 02/09/2004 05:48:12 PM
This out of focus framing is catchign on (see 2nd place Things that go together). This photo works for me. gorgeous colour and just theright focus.
 02/08/2004 11:00:32 PM
nice! If only it were real gold, huh?
 02/07/2004 08:37:45 PM
Well done. Nicely composed. DOF is right on. I even like the border.
 02/07/2004 01:21:48 AM
I have a screw "collection" just like this, because I work as a computer technician. Nice coloring and lighting.
 02/06/2004 09:04:36 PM
I like it. It would make a great puzzle.
 02/06/2004 01:06:08 PM
in my oppinion this would've look nicer in black and white.
 02/06/2004 04:55:08 AM
I Don't like the srews. They are from computer, not from some greese engine.
If they were in more shapes, and so "new" maybe that would "soul" to the picture, here I just se bunch of screws from my computer case.
 02/06/2004 02:17:41 AM
ANOTHER collection of bolts. Pretty, I suppose, but not much in the composition to hold my interest, sorry!
 02/05/2004 10:08:25 PM
This is really cool! i love the DOF and the color, reminds me of gold nuggets.
 02/05/2004 01:13:15 AM
Good job!
 02/04/2004 11:44:33 PM
Wow, this rocks!
 02/04/2004 05:44:19 PM
Nice idea, well executed.
 02/04/2004 02:21:48 PM
Nice colour and good DOF.
 02/04/2004 11:56:47 AM
Cool lighting and I've always been a fan of filling frame with similar objects.
 02/04/2004 11:05:28 AM
Nice Tone. (8)
 02/04/2004 10:36:18 AM
great color, title and contrast - 6
 02/04/2004 09:48:23 AM
I like this shot. I think it meets the challenge very well. I also like the choice of the border.
 02/04/2004 12:41:42 AM
how much is one these worth????
 02/04/2004 12:27:37 AM
Do they let you take pictures at ACE Hardware???
I thought maybe it was against company policy. LOL
Good shot. Nice Frame. :-)


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