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Challenge: Spheres (Basic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Berkeley, California, USA
Date: Jul 12, 2010
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Science and Technology, Children
Date Uploaded: Jul 12, 2010

 Real weather data projected onto a spherical display at the Lawrence Hall of Science Science on a Sphere exhibit. The display is in constant motion leading to the slight blur. Isaac posing in the background.

Title and composition inspired by the similarity to the final scenes of Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

-Handheld, Manual mode
-RGB Curve
-Blue/Yellow Curve
-Crop
-Resize
-USM at 88%/0.8 dia/TH = 5 (applied twice)
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 8/10 = 240KB

Filename: StarKid_IMG_3222-DPC8.jpg

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Place: 88 out of 113
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Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
 07/21/2010 01:01:49 PM
I actually found this quite cool -- I gave it a 7.
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Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS
 07/18/2010 07:58:18 AM
I like the lighting on one half of the boys face, however it is a bit dark.
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Fujifilm x100
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 07/14/2010 09:56:18 AM
ha!
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