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5:38 a.m., the day begins
5:38 a.m., the day begins
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Challenge: Begin (Basic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3
Date: Feb 3, 2009
Aperture: f/2.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.8 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Feb 3, 2009

 round 2 in my lumix lx-3 challenge. hand held at 0.8 second ... taken this morning - yep at 5:38 -- while the coffee was brewing using the macro setting on the lens. Amazed at how sharp this came out for a hand held exposure at that slow a speed.

Shot in RAW, processed in LR (WB, clarity, sat, tone curve), then exported as a TIFF for some neat image, resizing and a border in PSE. Would have liked to do some cloning to clean up those specks on the on/off dial and some dodge/burn to soften that hot spot down by the mug a bit, but this is basic editing. (Kinda like the hot spot,it reminds me of the morning sun)

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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 02/10/2009 03:23:39 AM
love the pink on the coffee maker ..
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Pentax K100D Super
Pentax SMC-F 50mm f/1.7
 02/04/2009 04:26:04 PM
Nice shot. Good thinking keeping "brew" in focus with the on/off- that and the out of focus mug help put the photo in context really well. The border feels a bit heavy too me- just because outside of the lit button, the next dominant element of your photo is the border. Overall nice concept and nice shot.

I have a coffee grinder/brewer with an auto start clock- love that thing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 28-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/04/2009 05:56:06 AM
Nice picture. I didn't realize that it was a coffee maker until I saw "BREW". I think it would be cool if you used a larger DOF and had some coffee already poured in that white mug.
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