Stuck different stones together with rubber cement. Placed them on a black tshirt background ;-)
Used a small light with a tissue over it to make it soft. Exposure was 4 seconds. Did not move the light at all during the exposure.
Editing in PS CS2 :
-Rotate 90* CCW
-Duplicate layer
-Shadow/Highlight Tweaking
-Curves Adjustment, including setting the black and white points
-Blend Mode set to Hue
-Merge visible layers as a new layer
-Levels
-Crop
-Resize
-USM 20,74.1,0
-Cloning to remove minor distractions at the base
-Save as JPEG
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This would certainly fit that Zen thread that was going on a little bit ago. Good use of light, fits the challenge to a tee. Actually reminds of some of the nudes in the challenge with the high contrast and smooth curves with a strong vertical format. Great job. 8
I like the composition as the stones form a nice gentle curve the way they are stacked. I would have liked to see a bit more texture though - maybe an adjustment in curves and a bit stronger USM would help out.
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