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Challenge: Knife Fork Spoon (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Wokingham
Date: Nov 28, 2005
Aperture: 36
ISO: 400
Shutter: 5"
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Nov 29, 2005

 struggled a bit with this assignment but I gave it ago anyway. The crackled effect is achieved by having the objects in a crackled glass vase. I've done a bit of editing to increase the contract and the brightness of the general image but I struggled to adjust a central somewhat over exposed area. I'm new at this editing stuff but I was determined to have a go! Please feel free to leave tips!

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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Olympus 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6 M.Zuiko Digital ED
 12/09/2005 08:14:22 AM
Nice idea, but not very good technically. The light is not good, there are burnouts and washouts...
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 12/07/2005 11:54:19 PM
Wow this shot reminds me of the frozen Canadian baby shot. Good work, I love the distortion through the ice.
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Nikon D70s
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Nikon
 12/07/2005 01:54:38 AM
Interesting idea. The bright highlight going through the middle of the shot is a little distracting to me. Maybe softer light and a slightly darker exposure would bring out some interesting details
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/06/2005 07:19:58 PM
A very good study.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 12/05/2005 10:50:00 PM
i think this could have been better achieved with more controlled lighting
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/05/2005 07:10:42 AM
the thumb nail looks more interesting than the image
HP PhotoSmart 315
 12/05/2005 01:08:02 AM
A spoon and fork in ice? A little difficult to see. The lighting in the center is harsh, with some blown out areas creating quite a distraction. Looks like you may have tried to tone it down a bit post processing, but instead, it kind of gave it a greyish look. Not sure how to recover from that, other than try different lighting. I wonder, if this were frozen in ice, would a backlighting have made an interesting effect? ~Heather~
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