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Challenge: Before and After II (Basic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Canton, NC
Date: Dec 9, 2008
Aperture: unk
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Dec 9, 2008

 adjusted brightness, contrast, saturation and sharpening in RAW

resized in PSP, played with the white balance some. maybe played with saturation, but I don't *think* so.

would have cloned out those spots at the top, but I couldn't remember if they are sensor dust (I don't think so) or pencil shavings.

[Dec. 14th, 2008 11:52:47 PM]

test

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Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/17/2008 02:55:08 AM
test. test. is this thing on? :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 12/16/2008 08:30:22 AM
Nice idea and well executed. I think the shot would have been better without the back of the pencil though.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon
 12/14/2008 01:01:22 PM
Good image
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Canon PowerShot A70
 12/12/2008 01:00:29 PM
I like the shavings in the background, and that you choose a bright color like green.
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
 12/11/2008 02:23:21 PM
love it, great shot 7
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 12/10/2008 07:31:58 PM
There is another entry similar to this. I think I like the burst of colour in this one better. Nicely done.
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Pentax K100D Super
Pentax SMC-F 50mm f/1.7
 12/10/2008 06:52:23 PM
Great set up and great blurred background. I like it a lot. The weird crack in the sharpened pencil is a bit distracting, as is the bottom of the cone? of the sharpened pencil (where the the green bumps up, right by the crack). I don't know if you left that in on purpose, but I may have rotated the pencil to get that out of the shot. Photo technique wise, great!!!!
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 II
 12/10/2008 03:04:32 PM
nice title! perfect dof
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 12/10/2008 12:16:35 PM
Solid macro, and a colored pencil shot I haven't seen before.
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Canon EOS-20D
 12/10/2008 09:10:34 AM
no docking here 7
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 12/10/2008 02:14:23 AM
Right idea, iffy set-up. I don't know enough about photographic terms to explain what I see, but the foreground position feels off-balance, and the background is too predominant.
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