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Color in the Dungeon
Color in the Dungeon
sarrobi


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Burst of Color (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Alpena, Michigan
Date: Jan 8, 2006
Aperture: f7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 8 seconds
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jan 8, 2006

 I'm probably taking a big chance entering flowers into this challenge. There will probably be quite a few.

Dragged the shutter to pick up the late afternoon light coming through the window (minimal) and used flash with cord attachment pointed straight down at flowers.

Editing Details
Rotate
USM 65
Patch tool to remove most distracting pieces of basement rubble
Edit, transform, rotate to straighten flowers a bit
Crop
Levels, 0, 1, 197
Saturation +25
Duplicate layer
Curves, 143, 112 to darken floor and background
Layer mask, paint back to first layer to lighten flowers and vase again
Flatten image
Resize, 570 px length, 72 ppi
Sharpen
Fade sharpen, 70 percent
save


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Views during voting: 315
Votes: 234
Comments: 4
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 01/14/2006 02:49:20 AM
great comp. Love the contrast. This seems like a great interpretion of the challenge. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Canon
 01/13/2006 02:17:02 PM
Nice contrast in color and textures here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 01/13/2006 12:22:40 PM
Very nice. Love the beautiful colors for such a dreary place.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
HP PhotoSmart 850
 01/10/2006 01:06:53 AM
Its so vibrant.:)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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