12mm and 20mm extention tubes on
SB-900 bouncing off of my white closet door for the background.
Macro flash from what is now the top. I don't know if this one even showed up. It was pretty far away.
Diffused macro flash from what is now the right side.
Rotated from horizontal to vertical orientation
Rotated a tad to straighten the pencils
Hue/Saturation to take out some blue/cyan hue
Light gradient from the right, dark gradient from the left in Lightroom
Cloned out 3 pieces of sensor dust around the white pencil
Healed some white spots on the black pencil
Neat Image
Smart Sharpen
Brightness/Contrast
Dodged the white pencil and highlight on black pencil
Resized
Smart Sharpened
Selectively sharpened a couple bits with the sharpen tool
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Place: 20 out of 110 Avg (all users): 6.1598 Avg (commenters): 6.7692 Avg (participants): 5.9388 Avg (non-participants): 6.2500 Views since voting: 1689 Views during voting: 297 Votes: 169 Comments: 17 Favorites: 2 (view)
Initial impression: A very simple, cleanly executed shot of a 'family' of pencils that cover most of the bases on the grayscale. I would've given this an 8.
Technical: The composition is great, all the varying heights of the pencils adds flow and interest to the shot; the lighting is wonderful and offsets the pencils to advantage. No pencil is lost against the b/g. I would have liked to see more dof. That f1.8 is a great lens; I love it because it makes me to work so hard to get a good shot.
Artistic: Love the idea of a family portrait, the clean lines and flow here, such a simple idea and very well done. Obviously the dpc crowd agrees. Can't argue with a top-20 finish!
FWIW: Apart from the dof, I wouldn't change a thing. A perfect example of a shot showing the KISS principle at work. Well done!
I like the idea of the family portrait, and I think the composition works quite well, but in the same vein of the idea, I think that it would work better if "everyone" was in focus.
The image meets the subject. A couple of minor detail problems as the image appears to be less than sharp. The DOF could have been used more effectively. A good solid entry into the challenge.
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