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Time to Pay the Bills
Time to Pay the Bills
WLU07


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Challenge: Shallow DOF III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 35mm f/3.5 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
Location: My room
Date: Jan 29, 2007
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Jan 30, 2007

 This shot was taken in my room with only my bedside lamp providing light. I happened to notice my watch and my dirty glasses sitting on a bill and decided to take a few shots with my macro lens.

I adjusted the contrast a little and sharpened, otherwise it is as is from the original exposure.

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Sony DSLR-A100
Sigma 35-135mm f/3.5-4.5 for Minolta AF
 02/05/2007 04:27:00 PM
7 for the composition
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 02/02/2007 03:49:18 PM
Shallow DOF - at last! Nice shot.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/01/2007 11:47:13 PM
Aren't watches always supposed to be set to 10:10 for photography? ;-) Joking aside, it would enhance the image, IMO, if the hands on the time piece were in-fram versus just the second hand. The fact the watch and dollar figures are in the same focal plane keeps drawing my eye back and forth between them (which might not be such a good thing, though your image is aptly titled!). When landing on the watch it feels "cut off" because the hands are cropped out of the framing. Still, nice execution of shallow DOF.
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 01/31/2007 01:27:21 PM
Clever conception & well done. I like this.
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