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.
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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".
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
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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