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Kicked the Habit
Kicked the Habit
Jacques123


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Old Ways (Basic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Lens: Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di for Minolta
Location: Indoors, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Date: Jan 28, 2008
Aperture: F8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Macro, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jan 29, 2008

Kicked the Habit

A photo of a cigarette on a copper and wood ashtray. Soft light from the right of the subject. Strong lighting from the front on the smoke. A large golden reflector from the top.

Camera settings:

Taken in Raw Format
1/125s,
F8,
Ex. Correction +0.0Ev
ISO 100
Fill Flash -0.6Ev
WB Daylight

Using Image Data Converter SR

Adjusted the .ARW file under the following tabs:

Sharpness:

Sharpness +30
Overshoot 0
Undershoot 0
Treshold +20


Saturation: +15


Tonecurve:

Brightness = adjusted


White balance:

Colour temp 7300K


Colour Correction: +10


Ev Adjustment: +0.05Ev


Contrast: +20


Hue: +5


Saved in JPG.

Opened in Photoshop CS2

Adjustments:

Levels:

Input levels: 10; 1,30; 235
Output levels: 0; 255


Colour Balance:

Shadows: -40; -10; +10
Midtones: -10; -10; +5


Cloned out some dust


Unsharpen Mask

100% ; 10px ; 25 levels


Canvas Resize

X 20px – black
X 75px – White


Resize image

640 X 433


Saved for Web

148,4k Quality 100

Statistics
Place: 71 out of 159
Avg (all users): 5.3887
Avg (commenters): 6.3529
Avg (participants): 5.3621
Avg (non-participants): 5.3968
Views since voting: 731
Views during voting: 351
Votes: 247
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/05/2008 04:33:01 PM
good for you
02/05/2008 02:32:08 PM
I hope you did. Good picture.
02/05/2008 01:49:34 PM
The ash should be pin sharp - the focus seems to been on the side of the tray bottom right hand corner.
02/05/2008 10:14:19 AM
I like the caption but i also like the position of this picture and the capture of the smoke very impressive.
02/04/2008 04:20:09 PM
Very effective commentary!
02/04/2008 07:37:42 AM
Nice smoke. Not quite focused right. Ideally, the end of the cig would be in focus, and a little behind. Man, smoking is horrible. I can almost smell this photo. ;)
02/02/2008 08:31:54 PM
Nice capture of the smoke swirling.
02/02/2008 07:55:52 PM
i like the detail in the picture
02/02/2008 04:36:38 PM
To me the image seems to contradict the title. I'd also have preferred the cigarette at least partially in focus. Great ashtray and beautiful smoke.
02/01/2008 10:11:17 AM
the smoke from the cigarette looks amazing. fills the space very nicely. also how the cig. is balenced on the edge of the ashtray is nice.
01/31/2008 02:41:44 PM
You better put that cigarette out then. :) Nicely done.
01/31/2008 08:42:24 AM
This is a very interesting take to the challenge, i like your ability to think out of the box.
01/30/2008 10:38:06 PM
Great smoke, great lighting, nice old ashtray. I like the close up so we have a very limited view. I'd love to know how you got such great smoke.
01/30/2008 11:21:24 AM
I think the focus is not exactly where it should be ... IMO it should be on the cigarrete ...
01/30/2008 11:21:09 AM
Nice idea but unfortunately the focus should include the burning end of the cigarette as I think that's where the attention is drawn.
01/30/2008 10:37:30 AM
The contrast of the ashtray and ciggerette against the black backdrop is really interesting. I like that the smoke is floating up into the black.
01/30/2008 09:25:50 AM
interesting take on the challenge here, the ciggie is not in focus though which is a great shame, , lovely rich colours to the ashtray though
01/30/2008 12:51:45 AM
Focus needs to be very sharp right on the ash end of the cigarette.


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