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david_c


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Challenge: Single Light Source III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Niagara Falls, ON. My basement.
Date: Nov 4, 2007
Aperture: f/2.7
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/2
Galleries: Macro, Studio
Date Uploaded: Nov 5, 2007

 Lit with a Home Depot $8 special (just one!), aluminum foil snoot. Processed from RAW, warmed up the colours a bit. In Photoshop: resized, unsharp mask, a bit of the highlight/shadow routine. Then, levels, curves, photo filter, (all on normal layers), Neat Image. Border, save for DPC. Oh yeah, I sent a shot from our Halloween fog machine at the scene, too.

post-challenge

Yes, I do wish I had a real studio, thanks. The white balance was a struggle, I dunno why I couldn't get rid of the cyan cast. :-/

Thanks for your comments, and I'd especially like to thank whoever gave me that 1 that didn't scrub.

Statistics
Place: 64 out of 199
Avg (all users): 5.6214
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/13/2007 11:41:35 AM
It seems as if the WB is off.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
 11/12/2007 11:52:27 AM
color seems a bit off, and reflections/ shadows hint at 2 sources. not accusing you....
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 11/10/2007 10:21:51 PM
Beautiful color and perspective.
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM
 11/10/2007 06:32:49 PM
nice perspective.
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Sony DSLR-A700
Sony DT 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Aspherical ED
 11/10/2007 06:02:22 PM
Dnmc two sources of light reflection of the chess board and the orginal source
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 II
 11/09/2007 10:29:52 PM
Nice DOF and lighting
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Sony DSLR-A100
Sony DT 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Aspherical ED
 11/09/2007 08:58:18 AM
Could so with a slight cw rotation to squure up you main focal point. The highlights on the black pieces are stronger than on the whites and are a little distracting. Would have been better to prevent the specular highlights occuring and then you could have pushed the tonal range of the whole image without blowing anything out. A high contrast duotone would have been great to see
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 11/09/2007 12:02:40 AM
hmmm, seems like chess pieces are popular this challenge... one of the better ones, a bit too neat imaged... and the corner angle isnt really working imo.
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Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/08/2007 04:20:36 PM
The shallow depth of field works well but I'm not sure about the position of the rook as the main subject.
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Canon PowerShot S70
 11/07/2007 10:02:52 AM
neat idea
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