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Challenge: Low Key (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Olympus D-490Z
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Mar 20, 2006
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30
Date Uploaded: Mar 20, 2006

 Worm castings outside the door at work.

Handheld, macro mode, daylight.

-RGB Curve
-Channel Mixer -> monochrome
-Reduce for DPC
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 7
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 9/10 = 139KB

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Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)
 03/30/2006 03:35:54 AM
Originally posted by Claya:
Think focus at front would have worked better.

I agree, my Oly does a lousy job selecively focusing on the foreground, and I have no manual focus option -- macros are always a challenge.

For those who thought it was just dirt, these are earthworm "castings" or excreta -- one of the most important components in the constant recycling of nutrients. I believe it is estimated that most of the topsoil found in the world today has passed through the intestines of at least one earthworm ...
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Samsung Digimax A6
 03/28/2006 02:07:32 PM
instering
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 03/28/2006 10:18:18 AM
Think focus at front would have worked better.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 03/27/2006 07:31:43 PM
LOL. I get it. I wish it had more DoF, but funny none the less.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 03/26/2006 08:42:52 PM
"Cast Of Thousands?" Enough said.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 03/26/2006 02:31:35 PM
Can't really figure it out what this is. I miss the shadows, there are too much dominant midtones without dark tones. Ant whatever this is, the 2/3 part o the photo is out of focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/25/2006 11:09:48 AM
3/4 of the picture is out of focus. It would be better if the front was in focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot G6
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 03/24/2006 12:56:13 PM
I'm not usually against an oof foreground, but in this picture 1/2 of the frame is oof. Would have been better with the background oof.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot S1 IS
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 03/23/2006 05:07:43 PM
the depth of field is awkward here, having the front two thirds of the frame out of focus makes this photos less compelling than it could be...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 03/23/2006 03:54:40 AM
??????? looks like an out of focus clump of dirt
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 03/23/2006 12:35:04 AM
Hard to decipher the subject.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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