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Challenge: Red II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX APO Macro EX DG HSM for Canon
Location: Tempe, AZ
Date: Mar 2, 2007
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500sec
Galleries: Abstract, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Mar 2, 2007

 Affixed to a stucco wall on the outside of a commercial building, it's not uncommon to see the fire hose connections like this -- along with exterior mounted fire alarm bells, of which there is one about 6-feet above this pipe bib -- on newer buildings here in the Valley ... and they make for excellent minimalism subjects.

The wall here is between a brick red and sort of rusty orange, so I used RAW conversion (ACR 4.0) to push it deeper into the reds and away from the orangish tint.

Little post processing beyond RAW conversion: Crop, shadow/highlights adjustment used to kick up contrast, Selective Color adjustment layer to further enhance the reds (Red channel - Cyan + 15, Black +40), smart sharpen, resize, final sharpen, border added, convert to 8-bit sRGB, save for web.

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Place: 87 out of 434
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Avg (commenters): 8.2500
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Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 03/13/2007 11:36:52 AM
Nice Composition! Interesting in its simplicity & side-lighting while being packaged/framed in diptyche format... Good job! :)
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Nikon D40X
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 03/10/2007 05:25:46 AM
Very minimalistic. Beacuse there is no context it's hard to say what size it is or where it is. It makes the picture even more interesting. Looks like a pice of modern art. I love it.
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Nikon D50
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 03/08/2007 06:34:11 AM
love the light (and shadow), and minimalist feel to this, 9. good luck!!! :o)
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 03/07/2007 07:31:52 PM
Nice and bold, good job
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 03/07/2007 01:54:43 PM
Beautiful shot and very simplistic. I like the crop you chose.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 03/07/2007 10:06:55 AM
well composed, crisp and clear. the thin red line distracts a bit
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Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 03/07/2007 09:54:33 AM
simple and red. I like it.-9-
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/07/2007 09:39:52 AM
nice 7
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