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Smokin' Sixes
Smokin' Sixes
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Challenge: Six (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: my basement
Date: Jan 20, 2008
Aperture: f16
ISO: 100
Shutter: bulb/flash
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Jan 20, 2008

 My first somewhat successful attempt at photographing smoke. I did it last week in natural light outdoors and it was an abysmal failure (I deleted every shot). This week, I went to my basement and set up my worklights and that wasn't so good either. So I turned out all the lights, set the camera on bulb, fired my flash manually and VIOLA! I have smoke photos. My basement stinks from the incense, though.

I really didn't set out shooting for the "Six" challenge. I was just trying something new, but I found this in one of the shots. The '6' is on the edge of the photo, or I might have gotten a better crop. It will probably score really lousy and if it goes too low, it could be a self-DQ. Who knows?

Cropped, resized, levels, hue/saturation, Noise Ninja, USM, clone, resize canvas.

Predicted score - 5.2

Statistics
Place: 83 out of 134
Avg (all users): 5.2865
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.9455
Avg (non-participants): 5.4308
Views since voting: 792
Views during voting: 325
Votes: 185
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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Nikon Coolpix L6
 01/28/2008 09:43:25 AM
Smoke or steam make great movemnet and forms in photography.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 01/27/2008 04:00:31 PM
i finally got it!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 22-55mm f/4.0-5.6 USM
 01/26/2008 02:18:22 PM
I like the green coloring of the smoke against the black background. For me, a bit of a stretch to "trick" the viewer into seeing the 6's, but not bad.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Canon
 01/25/2008 01:49:20 PM
This is really cool!! Another fave!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 01/24/2008 07:54:09 AM
I don't see it i'm afraid.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 01/23/2008 08:40:22 PM
Very cool
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 01/21/2008 11:08:58 PM
not really feeling this,as far as the challenge goes 5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/21/2008 10:46:43 PM
very cool shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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