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Everyday Objects: Pinned by strangehost
Everyday Objects: Pinned by strangehost
giantmike


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Challenge: First Entry (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Jul 13, 2010
Aperture: 11.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Black and White, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jul 13, 2010

 I wanted to do something from someone in the Madison area. Upon doing a few searches, I realized by selection was small, but I did like this simple yet interesting photo captured by John Rummel.

Some key differences: I didn't have a clear pin. I was in the shade, so didn't have as much shadow happening, I didn't like the amount of noise, so I reduced that, and my deck wood is a bit grainier.

This was taken with a 23mm extension tube, so even though it's at a small f-stop, the depth of field is tiny.

In post, I cropped, increased sharpness, reduced noise, increased shadows while also increasing mid contrast, adjusted levels, desaturated and reduced brightness of yellow, converted to black and white (R 30%, G 59%, B 11%), and dodged the stem a bit. This was all done in Aperture (first photo I have edited in Aperture).

Here is the inspiration:

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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
07/25/2010 10:19:02 AM
Nice take on the original - great detail and dof.
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Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 07/20/2010 08:08:14 PM
I like this better than the original, the ground texture is more interesting, and the subject is a lot sharper (nice depth of field).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 07/19/2010 11:44:55 AM
excellent clarity...I like your DOF on this as well (and the position of the focus) well done
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