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Challenge: High Contrast III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Indoors / Lightbox
Date: Jun 10, 2008
Aperture: 22
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Still Life, Textures
Date Uploaded: Jun 10, 2008

 Note to DPC/SC: My camera's date/time is set to UTC; I had this approved by the SC when I first joined dpchallenge.

A somewhat unusual/"artistic" shot for me, and I expect the voters will slaughter me for it, but I thought I'd try.

"Just submit it."

Shot handheld; off-camera SB-800 speed light (below and left); my first shot inside a new 24" lightbox. These are the Christmas trees atop an altered art project of my wife.

Shot handheld, off-camera flash, 50mm/1.8 lens, at iso 400, 1/60 and f/22.

RAW/NEF -> Lightroom
Basic:
WB custom (5100K, tint 0)
Exposure +0.70
Recovery -> 100
Fill Light -> 20
Blacks -> 20
Constrast -> +100
Presence:
Clarity -> 100
Vibrance -> -40
Saturation -> +60
Tone Curve:
Point Curve: Strong Contrast
Sharpening:
Amount -> 75
Detail -> 55
Masking -> 25
Crop (retained original 4x6 aspect ratio)
Export:
JPEG, 65 quality, sRGB, constrained 640x640


Statistics
Place: 280 out of 294
Avg (all users): 4.1818
Avg (commenters): 4.0000
Avg (participants): 3.8732
Avg (non-participants): 4.4149
Views since voting: 898
Views during voting: 238
Votes: 165
Comments: 2
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Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
 06/15/2008 03:04:01 PM
Not really sure if this counts as high contrast. That aside I dont find this image particularly pleasing.
Olympus C-2500L
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 06/12/2008 04:30:49 AM
You've contrasted a light foreground with a dark background, but there are essentially too many mid tones in evidence to call this a high contrast picture.
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