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Shooting for the Stars
Shooting for the Stars
HeiSch


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Challenge: Stars (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Date: Dec 12, 2008
Aperture: f 22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100 sec
Date Uploaded: Dec 13, 2008

 I used this dart for the macro puzzle challenge already.
Fishing lines to position the dart in front of a black paper.
punctured the paper with a needle right where the dart met the paper.
the set up was lighted using one flashlight behind the paper and one flashlight bouncing against a reflective umbrella.
The star came from an 8-star filter for the lens.

Processing:
cloning out the fishing lines
dodging burning
copied background layer in screen mode (35% transparancy)
desaturated the dart top (red)
levels, curves, brightness contrast
Smart sharpen, NI
prep for web (flatten, resize, USM, add border, save for web)

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 87
Avg (all users): 5.7647
Avg (commenters): 6.0769
Avg (participants): 5.5000
Avg (non-participants): 5.8716
Views since voting: 867
Views during voting: 309
Votes: 153
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/24/2008 04:24:57 PM
Should have scored higher ;) Great set up to get the shoot and a lot of work I'm sure.
I thought it was an excellent picture for the challenge
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 12/21/2008 06:51:10 PM
ah, took me a minute to figure out what i was looking at, very abstract and interesting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 12/21/2008 06:50:35 PM
your focus is dead on
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Sigma DP1x
12/21/2008 10:56:21 AM
Original concept, well executed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Hasselblad Hasselblad H3D
Hasselblad HC 3.5-4.5/50-110 mm
 12/20/2008 06:45:42 PM
classic composition, well executed shot, 180 from me!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
 12/19/2008 07:25:38 PM
nice one
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 12/19/2008 09:09:03 AM
Ooonnneehuundredaandeeeeeigghtaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy! Nice idea, gotta love the darts.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 12/16/2008 06:04:06 PM
Excellent effect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 12/16/2008 03:21:22 PM
ahhh, it's a dart!!! at first, i thought it was a pen with a box.......!

nice effort!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/16/2008 01:14:22 PM
good star burst...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 12/16/2008 12:24:18 PM
A little overprocessed for me. But thats just my personal preference
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/15/2008 04:47:06 PM
Cute title and a very good photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Leica SL
Voigtlander Ultron 35mm f/1.7 Aspherical MF Wide Angle - Black
 12/15/2008 03:24:41 PM
Technically, I think this is really good but its not an image I would want to keep looking at - 6.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R7
Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount
 12/15/2008 10:10:24 AM
oh that is a lot less sharpened, looks tons better. well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 12/15/2008 07:02:46 AM
i like the lighting effect - the crisp long lines of the 'star' really makes the shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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