Studio lights left & right (no umbrella) white background
Most adjustments done in camera raw, recovery 14, blacks 49, briteness 50, contrast 45 & vibrance 16. WB flash
Curves, crop, resharp mask, frame & save for web.
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I thought those tube things were supposed to stop your wires getting twisted?! ;)
A nice clean image that fits the challenge well. The composition, colours and focus are good, my eye keeps getting drawn to the area of blown highlight on the yellow jack. It's difficult to deal with this in Basic Editing as it's such a localised problem, I presume it's something you would have tackled without these constraints. You may already do this, but I find the adjustment brush in Camera Raw really useful for locally recovering highlights, without affecting the image as a whole. (I suspect this is illegal for Basic Editing so don't use it there - just a general observation)
Overall a good image that might have lost a few DPC points for being a bit 'stock'!
I went back and forth on whether I liked this or not at first. I have to say now that I DO like this entry. At first it felt cluttered but now I can see that great length went into getting the correct spacing and flow in the combined pieces of this comp. It does have a strong stock/studio feel to it that may turn off a few "artistic" types, but in the end this should do quite well I think. Giving this a upward score adjustment at time of commenting. Good luck.
*not voting as I'm in this challenge-just commenting since I've seen requests for comments in the challenge thread*
LoL. Love the title. It really makes the shot. Not that it's bad on it's own. I like this a lot. Placement, lighting, concept...all great. I hope you are doing well in this challenge.
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