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Challenge: Stars (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Things
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Dec 14, 2008
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Dec 14, 2008

 I swore I wasn't going to take anything for this challenge and then I was unpacking some holiday stuff and here was this shiny, starry ribbon and ... I know, I'm hopelessly addicted to the Update button ;-)

Played with the light and the position of the ribbon to get some cool starry shadows. Background is the solid blue back cover of a book. Light was coming in from the window, I had a desk lamp directly above the ribbon, and used the on-board flash dialed down several stops with a Puffer diffuser for a little fill light.

PP - converted from RAW, cloned out wee bit of table in upper left corner, shifted/colored blues to be more uniform, white balance, increased contrast, slight burn on shadows, healed/touched up a couple of spots, blurred background a little more, resized, sharpened with slight noise reduction.

Statistics
Place: 37 out of 87
Avg (all users): 5.6410
Avg (commenters): 6.5333
Avg (participants): 5.4545
Avg (non-participants): 5.7143
Views since voting: 826
Views during voting: 314
Votes: 156
Comments: 16
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Sigma DP1x
12/21/2008 11:18:52 AM
Well composed and good lighting.
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Hasselblad Hasselblad H3D
Hasselblad HC 3.5-4.5/50-110 mm
 12/20/2008 06:47:39 PM
unimaginative subject but extremely well executed
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Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 12/20/2008 05:20:42 PM
Had this been a little sharper I think it would have been an amazing photo.
NVCO
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Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+
Canon TC-DC58B 1.5x Tele Converter
12/20/2008 10:09:45 AM
The photo is not very interesting to me but it's a very good photo nonetheless: 9
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
 12/20/2008 09:13:42 AM
great shot, love the star reflection 7
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 12/19/2008 08:36:41 AM
I like the reflection of the star....nice and simple
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 12/17/2008 11:55:14 AM
lovely studio effort - the shadows created by the ribbon really improves the overall appeal of the image to me - i just wish the top star and edge of the ribbon were not blown
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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 12/16/2008 03:25:07 PM
great idea... but i would have like to have seen the stars more closely, because the texture of the ribbon is gorgeous
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 12/16/2008 12:42:37 PM
Like the backlighting that makes the shadow a big part of this.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/16/2008 12:22:46 PM
good shot nice and clear
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Leica SL
Voigtlander Ultron 35mm f/1.7 Aspherical MF Wide Angle - Black
 12/15/2008 06:58:12 PM
Very nice, clean image. The star shaped shadow is particularly effective.
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 12/15/2008 02:24:18 PM
I really like your idea, so I hope you don't mind a touch of criticism. I think you should have cropped out the distracting gold star at the top. If you hold your hand over the top the lighting seems so much more subtle. Good luck.
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 12/15/2008 11:03:38 AM
Pretty, great choice of background colour.
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/15/2008 04:59:39 AM
I love the clarity of this image. Your exposure is perfect. The star-shaped shadow cast against the blue is wonderful. Bumping to 7.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 12/15/2008 01:02:08 AM
there is one little star in the upper left of the ribbon thats blown out a little bit, and thats the only thing distracting me. other then that, i like the choice of background and color.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 12/15/2008 12:12:52 AM
beautiful lighting and colours...I love the star shadow 8
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