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Challenge: Table Shot II (Basic Editing)
Collection: People
Camera: Canon PowerShot A620
Location: My Office
Date: Jan 24, 2007
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60s
Galleries: Emotive
Date Uploaded: Jan 25, 2007

 A friend of mine at work wanted to take some pictures of himself "dead" face down in a bowl of candy for a prank he's playing on a friend.

After we took this one and some others, I found out this week was the table top challenge. Finally, DPC timing works in my favor!

I have another one I like more, but it was with me standing on the table shooting down at him, and I figured I'd get whacked for not meeting the challenge. Besides, this one has the nice reflection in the table.

This is actually a good example of what I've learned from DPC. Without thinking too much about it, I managed to frame it well, not have distractions in the background, get the white balance right, and get him in focus. Oh, and the lighting was mainly a big window to the left of the frame plus the overhead fluorescents.

Editing was some tinkering with curves and selective color to increase the contrast and reducing the red saturation to make his face look better. A little sharpening and a little cropping completed the edit.The dark upper corners were a happy accident. Not sure why the camera did that, though.

Statistics
Place: 51 out of 180
Avg (all users): 5.8113
Avg (commenters): 5.8333
Avg (participants): 5.5362
Avg (non-participants): 5.9441
Views since voting: 917
Views during voting: 356
Votes: 212
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 02/07/2007 12:55:04 PM
I love it! What a great photo!

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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 02/07/2007 12:01:15 PM
Gotta love the comic relief. Good score to boot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
 02/02/2007 11:56:25 AM
This is hilarious! Very creative, and I like the emotion captured in the photograph as well. Nice job!
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8-4.0 Aspherical DG for Canon
 02/01/2007 10:44:49 AM
lol i like this alot good luck
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 02/01/2007 04:54:59 AM
You made me laugh and that´s an extra point always! But well done, like the reflection..
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Canon PowerShot SX100 IS
 01/31/2007 11:30:48 PM
this reminds me of my boyfriend... he eats untill he throws up; very much so like a puppy
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Nikon D40
 01/31/2007 01:04:49 PM
i like the candy idea
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 01/31/2007 08:55:20 AM
these must be alcoholic sweets. the chair top at right distracts a bit, otherwise well done
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/31/2007 01:07:02 AM
Sugar coma! Love it! 8
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