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Challenge: Automotive Detail (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Lens: Canon 250D 58mm Close Up Lens
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: May 4, 2013
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/159
Date Uploaded: May 4, 2013

 The Schrader valve is found on virtually every automobile made in the world, most bicycles, and is used in a wide range of other pneumatic applications.

-Mini-tripod, timer, manual mode
-FL 432mm (35mm EQ) plus Canon 250D Close-up lens
-HDR merge of four re-sized images with EnfuseGUI
-Clone-in color over blown highlight areas
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5 (applied two times)
-Some local sharpening to valve stem and edge
-SaveAs JPEG at 100% quality = 162KB

File: Valve_IMG_5397-5400-rs25hdrusm.jpg

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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 05/10/2013 10:35:41 PM
nice macro considering the subject :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-5
Olympus 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0 Zuiko
 05/10/2013 08:43:12 PM
looks like the focus missed the actual point of the plug, nice idea and good use of negative space, like the title as well
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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