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Board and cone
Board and cone
BrennanOB


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Challenge: Off-Centered Subject II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Borges Ranch, Walnut Creek, CA
Date: Jan 28, 2006
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60th
Galleries: Nature, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 29, 2006

 Since a thread on the forums about getting true black and white out of your printer, I have been messing around with tring to reproduce classic chemical B&W styles. This quadratone is supposed to aproximate silver bromide printing, the colors present are black, deep blue, gold, and burgandy.

The subject was supposed to be a rff on origin/eventuality, the old birth and death thing, but maybe I just like pinecones.

Shot in RAW straight conversion with slight depression to contrast, sent to SC2 where it was converted to greyscale, converted to quadratone, curves, squeezed in levels, then saved for web, sharpened a tad, then NI.

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Canon PowerShot S3 IS
 02/04/2006 01:16:54 PM
Has sort of a metallic feel. Pretty neat! 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera
Nikon MF Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 AIS
 01/30/2006 12:18:18 PM
The composition is messy; IMO, lower left corner is the worst place you could have chosen for the cone in this frame.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/4.0 L IS USM Lens
 01/30/2006 10:00:36 AM
I don't think the vertical orientation helps this picture. I'd go with a square-ish format. Good use of monochrome.
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