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Glitter and Gold
Glitter and Gold
giantmike


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Challenge: Holiday Decorations (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Dec 22, 2011
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Dec 22, 2011

 I have been itching to do a shot in my make shift studio for a while. Since Cody was born, I haven't had the time to do anything with it. Luckily, we are starting to get him on more of a night time routine, which made this shot possible.

Setup for this is all DIY. I have PVC based light tent, with a big white sheet. The white sheet isn't quite bright enough for my needs in this shot, so I used two sheets of styrofoam (on above and one behind) to help reflect more light. I then used my flash (wirelessly triggered) with a diffuser held up and pointed to the top of the setup. This allowed light to bounce all around and give this a nice even lighting. I purposefully used higher flash power to eliminate reflections of the setup as best I could.

Post processing:
* White balance
* Retouch out various specks in the ornament, tape holding the ornament in place, and part of the setup that still reflected
* Increase exposure
* Increase black point
* Levels to darken the dark spots of the ball and make the white brighter
* Levels to bring out the reflection a bit more
* Dodge the ball to make it even whiter still
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG

Statistics
Place: 20 out of 78
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Votes: 110
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/01/2012 08:10:47 PM
I love the elegant reflection that shows so nicely against the white.
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 12/29/2011 11:31:07 AM
simple. great. 8
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 12/26/2011 02:21:14 PM
Nice and simple, pretty.
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 12/26/2011 08:02:26 AM
I like the simplicity. Nice one. ;)
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 12/26/2011 01:41:29 AM
Oh. Well done.
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