Challenge:Something Old (Classic Editing) Camera:Olympus D-490Z Location: San Juan Capistrano Mission, Ca Date: Aug 1, 2002 Aperture: 1:7.8 ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/400 sec Galleries:Still Life Date Uploaded: Aug 2, 2002
Prehistoric Mortar & Pestle of the Juaneno Native Americans. Saturated + 30 (more or less) Unsharpened 250 / 4 Pixels. I thought I might be oversharpening, but I've learned to trust Carol's judgement.
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If you could have gotten this at a different time of day or when it was more overcast so the lighting wasn't so harsh, then taken it at a different angle than from straight above...I think I might have liked it better.
Good subject and background. Not sure about the *strong* shadows, though. They become more of a focus of attention than the mortar and pestle. Nicely captures the grain of the stone.
I can't argue about the old part. I even like the way it matches the background, but the shadow is overpowering to me and draws my eye away from the main subject. Autool
Simple, yet effective. I think this could have been a 10, with more of a story behind this shot. Some grain in the bottom, maybe some ground up would have told this story more completely. The background could be more effective for showing off the subject if it contrasted more. 9 Swash
This is a neat artifact... I don't like the straight-down angle of this shot and the shadow on the right offers a little too much contrast in this image... this particular artifact is definitely worthy of a photo experiment with some lighting... - jmsetzler
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