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Eggsactly The Wrong Tool for the Job
Eggsactly The Wrong Tool for the Job
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Challenge: Absurdity (Expert Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Lens: Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Feb 14, 2013
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/79
Date Uploaded: Feb 14, 2013

 -Handheld, manual mode
-FL 432mm (35mm EQ)
-Clone out stray grass blade and dust/dirt
-RGB and Blue Curves
-Resize
-USM at 88%/0.8 dia/TH = 5 (applied twice)
-Duplicated edge of egg; Gaussina Blur; fade to 50% opacity
-Crop
-Enlarge Canvas to make border
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 10/10 = 293KB

File: Chock_IMG_4361-DPC

Statistics
Place: 38 out of 47
Avg (all users): 5.0732
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 5.0313
Avg (non-participants): 5.0879
Views since voting: 654
Views during voting: 286
Votes: 123
Comments: 2
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 02/21/2013 02:28:20 PM
I like this. It's nicely creative.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/18/2013 09:18:22 PM
Would like to see the tire pop or maybe roll over the egg like a marble stone.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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