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Challenge: Led Zeppelin (Advanced Editing VII)
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Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: basement
Date: Mar 1, 2008
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 0.3 seconds
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Mar 1, 2008

 Challenge-wise lately, it's been bad times. I'm not sure if this will make them good again. I doubt it.

I was fiddling around with an old broken watch the other day and thought I could do some macros with it. I know that a Led Zeppelin song is a stretch, but the word 'time' is in the title - twice! The in-focus part is the good times, the out of focus is the bad times. I guess. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

This is just the face of the watch. I took it apart. Shot with 50mm lens and a 31mm extension tube. Red cellophane underneath, a desk lamp for light, a little basket between the light and the watch (for shadows) and a piece of red cellophane in the basket (for a reddish tint).

Post Process-
Open in Adobe RAW and set white point, open in Photoshop, crop, resize, shadow/highlight, levels, hue/saturation, brightness/contrast, photo filter, curves, noise ninja, sharpen, resize canvas


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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 03/10/2008 10:49:27 AM
I like this a lot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF
 03/09/2008 10:52:38 PM
What's so bad about a blurry time. I love getting blurry...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-5
Olympus 7-14mm f/4.0 Zuiko Digital Zoom
 03/09/2008 08:35:38 PM
Good capture.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM
 03/07/2008 08:39:12 AM
Effective use of DOF for the title of the song, nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 03/04/2008 09:26:58 PM
The DOF and angle are great and this is one of the few times I think the border works. I don't care for the way the watch/clock is cut off along the top edge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Kodak Easyshare C180
Canon EF 50mm f1.2 L
 03/04/2008 05:11:15 AM
Good take on the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 03/03/2008 09:46:32 PM
crop is a little weird. all in all good picture though
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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