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the organic underbelly
the organic underbelly
mycelium


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Image without Subject (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: South Royalton, VT
Date: Aug 27, 2006
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/15 sec.
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Aug 27, 2006

 i don't know what this particular type of fungus is - but this specimen was growing in the back yard of my apartment. it seemed like an obvious candidate for this challenge.

for the lighting, i bounced a 60W fluorescent clip-on light off of a white wall onto the fungus, and shot with a +2 macro ring on my 50mm lens. the conversion to b/w was relatively complex (using a gradient map and a channel mixer layer, as well as some burning), but little editing was otherwise done.

the border: always a toss-up, but in this case, compression was a pretty big issue. (filesize/compression considerations were also what pushed me into b/w.) adding a border allowed me to save it at a slightly higher quality, which even with the border was only 67%. plus, darn it, i like borders.

this was submission #143.

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since I got few comments and only one of them was at all critical, I can only assume that w4jzz's comment about DOF explains why this didn't score as well as I would have liked.

I guess I'm wide open to that criticism; looking at this now, I can see how the image would have been stronger had the bottom been sharp focus. I have no excuse for letting it get blurry. I was using a tripod and could easily have stopped down to f/8 or smaller - I just didn't think of it.

Next time!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 09/03/2006 11:22:18 PM
Like the black and white
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 08/31/2006 10:29:40 PM
nice focus and details.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 08/28/2006 06:58:18 AM
Good B&W study, very nice textures ...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 08/28/2006 06:22:33 AM
Now this I like very much.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 08/28/2006 05:26:38 AM
wonderful macro and excellent as a b and w...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Canon
 08/28/2006 04:30:36 AM
Finally, a good B&W study. Great texture but watch DOF. A little soft at bottom and just under the edge at the top. A little tighter aperture might have brought them in focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 08/28/2006 02:17:30 AM
Looks good in B and W
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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