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Challenge: Collections (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix 3800
Location: Florida
Date: Nov 25, 2005
Aperture: f/8.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/64
Galleries: Still Life, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Nov 25, 2005

 turned to b/w, gamma, contrast, clarified.

Smoke is from a ciggarette that was burning in the front of the subject matter but out of the way of the shot, giving it a bit of Sherlock pipe-smoking ambiance. Looks a little like the smoke is coming from the pipe of the small Holmes bust.

(Part of the collection is shown in the bust, one book in a rare-10 series, the deer stalking adult cap from England, and a real 400-pound solid-oak roll-top desk can be made out in the roll-top rail to the far right.

The collection was too vast to show it all, and to me, wouldn't have had the same flavor or impact. Magnifying glass is used as well, another symbol of Sherlock and to accentuate the profile of the bust and the name of Holmes on the book. The figurine stands on a mans old bed-side box, and an old lamp gives ambiance to the collection. (A very pridefull collection that my husband and I own.)

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Sony DSC-F717
 12/06/2005 09:22:48 PM
what a neat composition! a novel topic for this challenge, and the magnifying glass really adds to the photo, as does the smoke effect. nicely done!
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Fujifilm X-E1
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/04/2005 01:51:58 PM
a mishmosh here... unsure where to look
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 12/04/2005 11:08:48 AM
Is that a reflection of your ear in the shot?
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/01/2005 08:42:02 PM
Elementary, Kato.
A fine collection, I wonder if sepia would have worked here too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon MF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AIS
 12/01/2005 08:01:59 PM
Excellent composition and setup but I think it needs to have the contrast increased just a bit. There's too much middle grey and no true blacks or whites.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
 12/01/2005 09:19:47 AM
Nice collection, nice arrangement, lousy lighting. Disable the flash attached to your camera, and keep taking pictures!
Clever use of the magnifying glass, too!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/30/2005 11:52:30 PM
I like this still life, well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm FinePix 2800Z
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 11/30/2005 05:02:45 PM
4 - Good potential. Criticism; like to see more context (zoomed out) and at least 640 on one side if not both. Not sure on the b/w, works but needs some adjusting. I wonder whether color, coupled with slightly more 'depth' and a sharper angle/perspective, would have made this better in my opinion.
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