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Challenge: Apple II (Basic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Concord, California, USA
Date: Feb 10, 2009
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Family, Humorous
Date Uploaded: Feb 10, 2009

 Isaac pretending to shoot an apple off his mom's head -- we used a broken, unstrung bow to avoid "accidents." :-)

Intentionally shallow DOF centered on the arrow tip, trying to re-create the archer's sightline.

-Handheld, Tv mode
-RGB Curve
-Resize
-USM at 8%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5 (applied twice)
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 10/10 = 92KB

File: HoldStill_IMG_9384-DPC.jpg

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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 03/25/2009 12:02:52 PM
Oh...this is a very cool perspective!
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 02/18/2009 09:35:53 AM
See?! I told you some fletching would help, even if it was OOF it would help sell the story (for those not convinced it was an arrow). I really liked your approach on this - the OOF bg works great in this scenario.

Very creative!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 02/17/2009 06:23:15 PM
I like the creativity with this shot, I think alittle more DoF could have done allot more. Great concept.
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF Nikkor 24mm f/2.8D
 02/17/2009 04:52:07 PM
Great Idea, but IMO the person wit the apple should be a bit mroe in focus (stop down by probably 1-2 stops... and it would also be nice to see a sharp arrow head on the tip of the arrow, but great work!
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Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 02/14/2009 10:18:25 AM
honestly - I don't think this was executed very well. I think the apple should be more in focus and less on the arrow (I'm assuming it's an arrow by the title?) which doesn't have an arrow tip.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 02/12/2009 03:31:01 PM
Fun. :-) I think showing some fletching would have helped tremendously. Good luck!
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Polaroid Fun Flash 640
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon
 02/12/2009 09:57:52 AM
can't tell what's going on here.
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