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Sweating For Safety
Sweating For Safety
Jon_H


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Macro VII (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Home, Liverpool
Date: Oct 3, 2010
Aperture: F19
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Oct 3, 2010

 If this browns it will be my own fault. I was taking different shots for the metal on metal challenge and this was one of them albeit a heavily cropped version.
I saw the work of someone with far greater talent than myself on this site and decided to have a go, to say it was difficult was an understatement.

Safety pins, Soap dispenser, coffee cup, sun glasses holder for height, mister and water all got to play their parts for this one.

Raw process.
Crop a lot
High Pass filter.
Hue sat adjust
Burn highlights.

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Sony SLT-A57
Sony DT 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 SAM
10/09/2010 05:47:58 AM
I think for this sort of shot to be successful, you really need a larger water drop in which to get the reflection. As it stands it's really hard to see the definition reflected in the droplets that you were aiming for. Also, I'm not sure about the crop... I think if you go for a narrow image like this, just sticking a "letterbox" border on it can help flesh it out a bit. Finally, I think the lots of little drops detract the eye from the couple of larger drops in which the reflections are. Maybe instead of using a mister, you could have used an eyedropper or similar?
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Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 10/04/2010 09:26:23 AM
Such an odd crop.
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