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Shades of Yesterday
Shades of Yesterday
mocabela


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Challenge: Orange (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: Home
Date: Mar 21, 2004
Aperture: F/2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/25 sec
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Mar 21, 2004

 Some time ago, after she suffered several debilitating strokes, my grandmother's beloved sewing box was passed on to me. I could never bring myself to actually use any of the things in it; most of its contents were really just scraps kept from important sewing projects, such my mother's wedding dress and my baby blanket - but among the treasures, I found this spool of thread and decided to set my original ideas for this challenge aside. As much as I love seeing orange in photos - it's such a rarely used colour - ideas came rather sparsely to me, and this at least provided me yet another chance to take and share a sentimental photo.

Editing: Resized, curves/levels tweaked, minimal sharpening, a little hue/saturation, and a trip through the noise cleaners (NeatImage) to repair the damage of bad lighting, ISO setting, and paper quality (which is what I used as a background for lack of any other white things). Soft focus was beyond fixing, but I liked the picture anyway.

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Views since voting: 969
Votes: 280
Comments: 12
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Fujifilm FinePix 3800
 03/30/2004 04:50:00 PM
The title throws off an otherwise great pic!
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 03/30/2004 12:39:33 AM
Very nicely done. This reminds me of my mom's sewing table when I was a kid.
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Olympus C-300Z
 03/27/2004 07:39:03 PM
What a pity the needle is out of focus, this is a v ery good image.
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Sony DSC-F717
 03/27/2004 05:02:24 PM
what a nice shot.....great job. wish the thread was a little more defined around the needle....but i still like it alot....!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Canon
 03/26/2004 08:26:25 PM
Very effective for the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 03/25/2004 05:01:38 PM
I really like the simpicity in your photo
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Pentax *ist DL
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 03/25/2004 04:49:35 PM
Nice arrangement - the spool turned out great. I'm wondering if a black background would have helped the single thread stand out better.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 03/24/2004 06:46:03 PM
Like the concept--just feel like that needle needs to be sharper to bring it into the composition more.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 03/24/2004 10:59:10 AM
nice shot
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Sony DSC-P32
 03/24/2004 06:53:35 AM
Looks nice.
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Minolta DiMAGE S404
 03/24/2004 05:47:32 AM
This is nice, especially that the accent is put on the orange and all the rest is blurred. Very good macro-focus!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/24/2004 03:16:09 AM
Not sure i like the soft focus effect of the needle and thread.
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