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Challenge: Gold (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Challenge Entries (most)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: My basement
Date: Jul 21, 2006
Aperture: 3.2
ISO: 50
Shutter: 3.2s
Galleries: Fashion, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jul 22, 2006

 This is the top of my wife's J'Adore perfume. We found it on our 10th anniversary cruise, and it's become her signature scent.

It was lying on a mirror to produce the double. The reflection wasn't perfect.

Shot in my basement at night with a dark blue sheet hung across two chairs over the mirror. The main lights were two small table lamps with 60W bulbs on top of a dresser a few feet overhead. I also had a flashlight shining on the top aligned with the main axis to light up the bulb.

I'm pretty sure this would look better with a blue glow behind the top bulb, but I couldn't make it work.

Editing steps: a mix, not necessarily in order, of cloning out dust and some reflection imperfections, burning several bright spots, rotating, cropping, noise reduction, USM, and curves

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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 07/30/2006 03:35:57 AM
whatever they are they are interesting...lighting is good as is the point of view
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Olympus PEN E-PL2
Olympus 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 M.Zuiko Digital
07/26/2006 01:37:28 PM
excellent choice in subject! wife has a bottle of j'adore - didn't occur to me to use it in the challenge. i love the viewpoint, and the suggestion from the title it might be a shot of an alien city. it works... i feel having a black background is a bit of a missed opportunity - a print of a galaxy, martian landscape or even lightning between the tops might have added it's sci-fi ness a bit. but still, great macro and great fun. 8.
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Canon PowerShot S50
 07/24/2006 12:33:37 AM
Great Job!
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