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Challenge: Empty Room II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Location: basement
Date: Apr 17, 2011
Aperture: 18
ISO: 100
Shutter: 25sec
Date Uploaded: Apr 19, 2011

 [Apr. 25th, 2011 03:43:00 PM]
Still in voting, just to leave a comment myself :). I'm glad this one is well received. The idea was to make the mouse trap look a bit camouflaged, or more like lurking in the shadow on the floor. There was a thought of leaving the color of the cheese (there is a bit of cheese in there), but I wasn't sure. The long shutter speed - well, no real explanation, I guess that would be some lasting impressions of the Weston challenge :). It's daylight of a not very bright Sunday. The windows are high near the ceiling.

Thank you Bear_Music for sharing (in another discussion), the processing ideas used here.
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Wow, top 10, thank you for your votes!

I was going to shoot a bonsai tree in this environment but as I was cleaning up, I almost stepped on this old mouse trap.

The pp - created a color image first with a layer of SEP in Luminosity mode. However, the color patches on the wall and pipes seemed distracting, so I applied SEP again. Combined with the Luminosity layer, this brought up the textures really nicely. Then, there was a touch of Gaussian blur on the shadows. Other than that, some curves adjustment, spot healing brush for cloning out some stains and Luko's sharpening on the final resolution. The idea of leaving color on the mouse trap or the cheese seemed too fancy :).

Statistics
Place: 9 out of 53
Avg (all users): 6.3278
Avg (commenters): 6.5556
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Avg (non-participants): 6.3697
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Views during voting: 467
Votes: 241
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 04/27/2011 01:56:40 AM
Love it. Congrats on the top 10
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Fujifilm X-T30
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 04/25/2011 11:46:39 AM
Ubiquitous. Good image.
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Fujifilm X30
Custom Made Pinhole
 04/24/2011 01:25:49 PM
Catches the mouse or bigger game.
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Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX100
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 04/24/2011 08:33:03 AM
Hey, an object that actually belongs in an empty room! Amazing!
Cheekiness aside, this was one of my faves from the challenge. No suggestions, really. Nice submission.
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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 04/21/2011 08:35:56 PM
critters in trouble!! great shot
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 04/21/2011 12:05:29 PM
You might need a bigger trap...

Great mood here.
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 04/21/2011 04:44:39 AM
this is a mouse trap
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 04/20/2011 03:45:54 PM
Funny. Good contrast and lighting. Wish their was a little yellow piece of cheese just inside. :-)
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Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 04/20/2011 02:18:37 PM
I like how the B&W conversion has really made the details stick out.
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Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
 04/20/2011 01:54:40 PM
Love the tones a lot. The mouse trap needs to be a little brighter to draw the eye to it more since it is a key element in this photograph. Currently I am drawn to the pipes in the background. Still very good image and it should do well. 8!
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 04/20/2011 01:00:30 PM
Love the texture in this but would like to see more empty room. Good luck.
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