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Challenge: Red II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Kodak Z650
Location: My living room
Date: Mar 1, 2007
Aperture: F 7.73
ISO: 80
Shutter: 2.5 seconds
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Mar 1, 2007

 Lighting: 2 point incandescent/halogen with fill from two 5 bulb incandescent ceiling fixtures and some sunlight from window.

Aperture: F 7.73
ISO: 80
Shutter Speed: 2.5 seconds
Focal Length: 117 mm

Auto levels. Auto contrast, Curves, Levels - darken midtones and pull back on white output levels, Colour balance - midtones +30red, highlights +20 red, shadows +30 red, Brightness +8, Contrast +8, Crop to 1.25:1, USM, Resize to 640 X, USM again.

I will probably get beat up in the scores for being similar to the last Red Challenge blue ribbon entry ... but this is the only collection of red stuff I could find around my house that was somewhat related to each other.


Statistics
Place: 310 out of 434
Avg (all users): 4.8462
Avg (commenters): 5.3333
Avg (participants): 4.6863
Avg (non-participants): 5.0215
Views since voting: 739
Views during voting: 252
Votes: 195
Comments: 7
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Canon PowerShot S95
 03/17/2007 08:11:40 AM
I think this same shot with a different colored background would have brought out the textures much better.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 03/16/2007 03:20:34 PM
This looks cluttered, as the lines made by the sewing needles, the spiral thing, and the pen, all lead away from the image. It also looks a little flat. Given those materials, I might have made a nest with the ribbon and that other ribbon-looking thing in the upper left, placed the smaller items inside, and took a shot "peeking in".
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Canon EOS-D60
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 03/14/2007 03:49:06 PM
I think your entry suffered some of the same issues as mine. Not quite sharp enough and the red background took away, rather than added. We'll know better next time!! LOL
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 03/14/2007 12:49:35 PM
This is a nice idea but I think that the lack of sharpness hurts a little. You met the challenge well but it just needs to be fine tuned a little.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/07/2007 06:32:56 PM
Interesting still life. Everything certainly has a red tilt.
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 03/07/2007 01:50:53 PM
I like your concept here. The tape or ribbon??, seems to get washed out and looks over saturated for some reason.. It may be my monitor.. overall a 6 for me. Nice Job !!
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR
 03/07/2007 11:35:35 AM
I think the red background is overdone. Black would make all the red objects stand out. They tend to disappear against the red.
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