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Everything But The Kitchen Shears (c.f. 130550)
Everything But The Kitchen Shears (c.f. 130550)
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Challenge: First Entry (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Jul 18, 2010
Aperture: 3.19
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Macro, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jul 18, 2010

 Bear_Music offered up the use of his first entry in this thread:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
If you are a cheffy-type person, mine would be easy to recreate, and to do better with.



Take a lot of pepping up to score well, but if you have kitchen scissors, a garlic press, a cutting board and some garlic you got the essentials :-)

R.

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I don't know if I "pepped it up" any better (though I added some ginger and onion), and odds are it won't score better than Robert's, but I was unable to get back to the location to shoot my own first entry within the time constraints. :-(

-Mixed incandescent and CFL lighting, Auto WB
-Handheld, SuperMacro mode
-RGB Curve
-Blue/Yellow Curve
-A little local Dodge/Burn on reflection on the onion
-Saturation Layer -27 on master channel
-Rotate/Crop
-Resize
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5 (applied three times)
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 9/10 = 300KB

File: GarlicP_IMG_3411-DPC9.jpg
Resized original:

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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
07/25/2010 10:07:36 AM
nice take on the original. I like the elements you chose with all the different textures and color.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM
 07/24/2010 03:16:09 PM
An improvement on the original composition, although the lack of DOF on the garlic is perhaps distrating
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/21/2010 03:30:59 AM
Nice, could be better composed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/20/2010 04:19:43 PM
Bear_Music's first entry, the tighter framing makes this more engaging than the original
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSLR-A900
Sony E 16mm f/2.8
 07/20/2010 08:46:38 AM
Interesting subject matter... the lighting could have been much better. The luxury of still life is that you get to control everything.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSLR-A200
Sony 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6
 07/19/2010 09:55:35 PM
The lighting is a bit harsh but, the image tells a story.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 07/19/2010 12:02:43 PM
I would have to say a marked improvement...and that's one shiny knife!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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