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The Bulova Watch Co
The Bulova Watch Co
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Design & Engineering (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: My back yard - San Diego, CA
Date: Mar 1, 2004
Aperture: f/13
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125th
Galleries: Architecture, Macro
Date Uploaded: Mar 1, 2004

This is my high school graduation watch (1955) and is my first ever macro effort.
I cropped tightly, enhanced the saturation on the gold lettering, and added a blue tint using the levels adjustment.

Statistics
Place: 64 out of 126
Avg (all users): 5.5270
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 5.3200
Avg (non-participants): 5.7397
Views since voting: 1157
Votes: 148
Comments: 13
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03/15/2004 12:05:24 AM
And, in regard to the lettering, I did boost the saturation on the letters to bring out the more golden tones.
03/15/2004 12:04:15 AM
I appreciated the feedback from people who observed that the area by the watch stem needed more work. I learned from that thanks. I was too quick, and too careless. However, I love the general end result.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/13/2004 07:35:08 PM
Nice macro. Did you have to touch up the lettering or was that the natural appearance?
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03/13/2004 07:09:54 AM
I like the color and the composition, not sure what you did to the botom left but it is distracting
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03/13/2004 07:04:43 AM
good detail
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03/11/2004 09:03:44 PM
nice macro shot, although there is a distracting "circle" around the winding stem
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03/11/2004 07:20:10 PM
I don't like your use of back as the background as it seems to dominant, also the to bit of text would have been better if it was cloned out
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/08/2004 11:31:11 PM
Cool subject but the background is hosed. You shouldn't have tried to mess with it because it ruined the outline of the watch. And the blue is very extreme.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/08/2004 07:40:01 PM
Something happening near the watch stem in the black; part of post processing?
Anyway I like the "blue steel" and clarity of the movements and jewels. Nice macro.
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03/08/2004 12:10:30 PM
The subject does not appeal to me as interesting...
03/08/2004 10:05:45 AM
Nice composition and color choice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/08/2004 03:05:06 AM
Another watch's details... great colors and details again.
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03/08/2004 01:46:44 AM
well i thought it was a scratch on my screen but it is a scratch on your image.. i guess this isn't the only time you will hear that. it looks like you could improve on your blackening your background... a 'feather' technique works well... i think it is over sharpened.
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