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Challenge: Pattern (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: Nieuwendam, Hoorn, NL
Date: Dec 24, 2005
Aperture: f/1.4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: Dec 24, 2005

 I'm in a B&W mood and like it how the bright spot in the wall coincides with the section of the wall that is in focus. This is partly caused by the way the wall is in real life and partly because of lens vignetting.
I chose f/1.4 because I remembered a portrait where a young lady stands next to a brick wall. Only her face and a small section of the wall are in focus. Wanted to use that for the shallow dof challenge, but no girl no photo.
The wall is yellow/orange red. The black stones are the most red stones. They turn black because I used a channel mix to monochrome with a negative red value.

Nothing spectacular.

Editing:
- Nikon Capture 4.4: Color mode to Adobe RGB, Tone compensation to High Contrast, whitebalance to 5500k
- no cropping
- PS6: Channel mixer (color balance), curves, channel mixer (to monochrome R -50, G +100, B +60), curves, contrast +9, resampeled, USM in Lab Mode 180%, 0.3px
- sftw

1844c

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 01/03/2006 10:46:24 PM
Great textures and tones...almost did this myself.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
 01/03/2006 12:29:40 PM
Odd, but good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Tamron AF 100-300mm f/5-6.3 for Canon
 01/03/2006 11:03:22 AM
Simple, yet grasping. Nice portrayal of something that would normally seem so trivial
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 01/01/2006 03:17:27 PM
Nice pic, but I think in a case like this, the dof should be changed so the the whole wall is in focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a6000
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 01/01/2006 12:42:16 PM
nice shot. love brick, dont know why. My only issue is the blank space at bottom right.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Canon
 12/31/2005 06:38:41 AM
nice b/w and sharp composition
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/31/2005 03:00:40 AM
So simple but so nice!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/31/2005 01:04:36 AM
Great capture!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-60D
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 for Canon
 12/29/2005 01:47:20 PM
Very nice...wonderful tonality and the texture is so pleasing. The shallow DOF really enhances this picture...very nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 12/29/2005 03:40:32 AM
simple but effective! 8
I love the DOF
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm FinePix 2800Z
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 12/28/2005 11:15:54 PM
7 - Nice. Toning is good. Criticism; crop variation, to 'cut' that bottom right 'dark' area would have made this better in my opinion.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
 12/28/2005 09:30:41 PM
I was going to use idea myself, much more appealling in black and white
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Tokina AF 28-70mm f/2.8 ATX Pro-SV for Nikon
 12/28/2005 11:47:58 AM
Great texture. This is perfect in B&W. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Minolta DiMAGE F200
 12/28/2005 10:18:57 AM
Nice simple pattern and texture. I'd like focus on the entire image, however, and the triangle of black at the bottom right corner should be cropped out.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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