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Time In A Bottle
Time In A Bottle
e10icus


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Constructed By Man (Basic Editing)
Camera: Olympus E-10
Location: Home
Date: Feb 16, 2010
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/50th
Galleries: Vintage, Studio
Date Uploaded: Feb 16, 2010

 Open with RawTherapee, adjust white balance, save as tiff.
Open tiff with Noiseware and auto adjust. Save as JPG.
Open JPEG in Gimp and:
Clone out hot pixels and dust.
Rotate and crop.
Add layer for HSV color saturation.
Scale to entry size.
Wavelet DeNoise.
Wavelet Sharpen.
Optimize for web.

Guesses:
I will be hit for blown highlights on top of glass dome, noise on right middle side, and clipped shadows on bottom of clock base. Prolly get some for composition, as well. (can't change perspective in basic rules)

Hoping for 5's...

Statistics
Place: 66 out of 133
Avg (all users): 5.4067
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 5.3636
Avg (non-participants): 5.4221
Views since voting: 935
Views during voting: 288
Votes: 209
Comments: 5
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AuthorThread
 07/04/2010 07:24:40 PM
Beauty of image: Low
Technical skill: Medium
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/07/2010 08:26:29 PM
Here's your critique and feedback from the DPChallenge Critique Club...

This is a very interesting shot indeed. First of all, your subject is great, no flaws there, and this could be done very well. The biggest problem I see is your background. Truthfully! It's just blue! I'd like to see something more interesting like a guy looking into the clock, or maybe just a plain white background. Second, I don't really feel that color ads much here, I'd love to see a high-contrast version of this in B&W if possible. And third, The dirty glass and the reflections on it just take all the rest out of the photo. if you could have captured that glass in a more pristine way, and found a background that better suits the subject, you would've gotten a MUCH higher score. Hope that was helpful! :D

- ColemanGariety
the DPChallenge Critique Club
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/23/2010 10:24:32 PM
Like the whirring motion of the lower mechanism on this. and a good clean image with good focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/19/2010 03:08:02 PM
hmmm; overall this is a good photo I think; well lite; nice blue; good contrast for the gold of the clock but I'm not liking the movement in the clock or that blue reflection there on the top of the globe
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/17/2010 09:10:35 PM
really like this pic...but i wish there wasn't the reflection of the windows in the glass
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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