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Live in Your World. Play in Ours.
Live in Your World. Play in Ours.
zackdezon


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Challenge: Product Shot (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Date: Sep 5, 2008
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30 sec.
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Date Uploaded: Sep 5, 2008

 The PS3 is a rather shiny system, and I wanted to do something with that. So I made up a mini-collage of some of the more exciting PS3 games out there and stretched it horizontally to compensate for the curvature of the machine, then projected it against a wall. I sat between that wall and the PS3, which sat on a glass table.

This is a combination of two exposures to attain proper DOF: one exposure is focused on the system/controllers, and the other on the projected game images.

I edited the hell out of this, but I'm pretty sure it's all legal. Couple of curves layers, dodge/burn through grey mask as well as some of the normal kind, darkened background to the near-black color you see here, added a blue photo filter at maybe 25%, and cloned out some dust/weird shadows.

Hope you like it! I see some issues I don't like it, but hopefully the voters won't notice/be rabid Xbox 360 fans.

I also took an outtake shot of a couple of 360s, but it just didn't turn out as well. I'll upload it afterwards, pending a score high enough for people to actually see it :P

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Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/12/2008 09:47:02 PM
Great reflection! Light around the controls is kinda weird though, halo-ish.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX10
 09/11/2008 10:35:46 AM
good picture, i realy like the idea of reflection of games on it =)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/09/2008 05:22:22 PM
Nice idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-1100D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 09/09/2008 08:53:50 AM
Love the sleek black theme.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 09/09/2008 02:14:37 AM
Great capture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 09/08/2008 12:41:45 AM
The controllers get a bit lost in all the other activity in the picture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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