Shot with Nikon 50mm f/1.8 reversed on the front of a Nikon 55-200mm VR lens @66mm thus creating a magnification of slightly more than 1x. Add to that a little cropping and the magnification from DX sensor to screen, and you're looking at a kitchen sponge at perhaps 20x magnification!
The subject was lit using an off-camera SB-600 speedlight diffused with some tissue paper.
Post-processing: tuning in Adobe camera raw, open into photoshop at 2x final size, halve down once more, expand canvas to add border, levels + color balance, a little unsharp mask sharpening and finally save to web.
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Place: 85 out of 273 Avg (all users): 5.5681 Avg (commenters): 6.8462 Avg (participants): 5.4444 Avg (non-participants): 5.6347 Views since voting: 934 Views during voting: 374 Votes: 257 Comments: 16 Favorites: 1 (view)
Well, well, I hoped for a personal best, but the votes were just too spread out this time. Three ones?? But, on the bright side: One fav, four tens, six nines and fifteen comments!
I don't think I would have ever guessed kitchen sponge on this shot. Very cool abstract shot of an everyday item. Great lighting and focus, one of my favs of this challenge, well done!
Even with the title I can't visualize what this is so I see it just as abstract shapes. That said, it holds up well with no title. The irregular shapes, shiny surfaces and depth catch my eye.
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