DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Cross-Polarisation
Cross-Polarisation
Tallbloke


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Refraction of Light (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
Location: The Pit
Date: Apr 3, 2006
Aperture: f8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100th
Galleries: Still Life, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Apr 3, 2006

 This was fun to do but a bit of a hit 'n miss affair

Set up was a small light pointing directly at the camera with a polarising filter in front of it, then a layer of theatrical frost, the ruler in front of that and finally the camera looking back also with a polariser on it.

I tried diffrent plastics and just couldn't predict which plastics would work and which wouldnt. Even the shots which looked good on the camera's screen looked rubbish on the PC and two throwaway shots that I didn't think worked eneded up being the two contenders for the submission. This being one of them.

Up against Dust Devil in this round of the MS Charity Tournament so had to come up with something decent.

Post Processing

All Adjustment levels, Hue/Sat boost, Curves tweak, Brightness/Contrast tweak....Sharpen, resize, sharpen, neat image.


Steve

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 161
Avg (all users): 6.1170
Avg (commenters): 8.2222
Avg (participants): 5.8310
Avg (non-participants): 6.2216
Views since voting: 1311
Views during voting: 391
Votes: 265
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 04/11/2006 02:35:50 PM
Nice polarisation shot!

It looks so crispy and black edged that it almost becomes a graphic art image!

Very interesting saturated colour

Hope you do well
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 04/09/2006 08:16:46 PM
what an interesting shot! great colours and lighting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/09/2006 07:07:59 AM
Unusual but appealing.....Look forward to finding out more about it.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSLR-A550
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 04/08/2006 03:36:45 AM
great example of it as well
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 04/07/2006 09:29:41 PM
I don't really get it, but it sure is purty. 10.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/05/2006 10:44:56 PM
This should be in the ribboning position!!! 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D40
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 04/05/2006 09:54:22 PM
This is different :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 04/05/2006 09:59:23 AM
VEry nice colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 04/05/2006 06:39:41 AM
Very cool - nice work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Theme: Classic / Light / Dark
Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2026 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 10/11/2026 02:50:58 PM EDT.