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Oil on Water
Oil on Water
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Oil (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 50mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Aug 2, 2009
Aperture: f/ 2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/20 sec.
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Aug 2, 2009

 My vain, second attemt, at [user]ursula[/user] 's 'far, far away' [thumb]536461[/thumb] from the first Puzzle Macro Challenge. My esteem for the image has grown after trying this yet again. Some day, I may get it right....metallic paper....yeesh.

Post: Camera Raw adjustments in PSElements 6.0.
Crop...couple of them.
Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue saturation.
Color curves adjustment.
Adjust sharpness.
Spot edit minute dark spots on the two main bubbles.
Another color curves adjustment, used the Back Light default.
Resize.
Adjust sharpness.

Statistics
Place: 79 out of 113
Avg (all users): 5.0569
Avg (commenters): 4.3333
Avg (participants): 4.9487
Avg (non-participants): 5.1071
Views since voting: 691
Views during voting: 232
Votes: 123
Comments: 3
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/09/2009 11:05:54 PM
Too much noise, and subdued color.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/03/2009 06:35:15 PM
Everyone thought of this!
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 08/03/2009 12:19:09 AM
A bit underexposed. nice focus for a macro though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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