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Sugar, We’re Going Down
Sugar, We’re Going Down
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Challenge: Song Titles, 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: Edinburgh
Date: Jan 9, 2007
Aperture: 3.2
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Macro, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jan 9, 2007

 ok, bit of an imaginative use of the title, it will probably get slated for being too weird... but quite frankly both the songs on this list and their titles were all a bit nasty :P

I originally had the idea of trying to show some kind of bag of sugar literally (perhaps a pair of bags of sugar in a lift), but I decided to go with the end result of a nasty fall (as I didn't have any suitable lift to hand).

Anway, I had to take about 100 shots of this to get one I liked. I was toying between a macro shot which is what I wanted, and a more general overview, which might be clearer what I was getting at. Thing is I wanted to show the grains in sharp focus but have the writing just visible - a low angle was really called for but it was hard to arrange everything and be able to see through the viewfinder... Anyway I went for this in the end, still not sure about the idea and the composition, but I quite like the colours in retrospect.

The background is tinfoil. The scene was lit with two desk/spotlights with a diffuser, and a torch for the back lighting. I think this was hand held with me lying down...

Editing - just some basic shadow/highlight to bring out the grains, a tiny bit of burning and curves (all with layer masks), reduce noise, smart sharpen, add border.

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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III
 01/16/2007 08:31:34 PM
great use of light on this one, awesome compostion!!
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 01/15/2007 01:26:20 PM
I can't figure this one out. The perspective is at an unusual angle and I can't tell what's really going on here.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 01/14/2007 01:24:49 AM
Kinda tired of sugar in this challenge, but the sparkles and colors in your entry is refreshing. Good job.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 01/12/2007 03:29:36 PM
pretty good. higher DOF would be recomended
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/12/2007 11:28:33 AM
very nice
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 01/11/2007 09:27:49 PM
The space in the bottom right is distracting, pulls my eye away from the subject. I'd try cropping of the right side up to the tear in the bag.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/11/2007 10:48:20 AM
The subject doesn't come through strongly enough. Maybe the crop is a bit too abstract.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D40X
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
 01/10/2007 09:18:58 AM
yay! sugar
it could use better lighting
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