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In the Midnight Hour: an Homage to Street Artists
In the Midnight Hour: an Homage to Street Artists
jamesgoss


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Macro Without Bugs or Flowers IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Oakland, CA
Date: Jul 15, 2011
Aperture: f22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/5
Galleries: Black and White, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jul 16, 2011

 First of all, I need to say thank you to all the people I harassed in the making of this photograph. I think I edited this 10 different ways, and for the life of me couldn't make up my mind.

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Expectation:
Around the middle of the pack, probably around a 5.5. I think it's an easy image to pass off quickly-not appreciate the details, so the speed voters are gonna kill me, and those who stick around may or may not.

Not sure whether I'll get any backlash from people who don't value the street art culture.


--details:
50mm, f22, macro extension tube - 25mm.
Shot with two desk lamps and a piece of vellum. Black background is actually my computer speaker (how's that for a ghetto light rig?)
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Post Process-
Raw Pre-sharpener,
SEP,
Curves adjustment, (to bring back the highlights a bit)
Sharpen via high-pass method - masked only on the nozzle.
Resized, SFW.

Statistics
Place: 42 out of 143
Avg (all users): 5.8031
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.6885
Avg (non-participants): 5.9091
Views since voting: 807
Views during voting: 227
Votes: 127
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM II
07/25/2011 10:12:23 AM
Well James you got higher than the 5.5 you were expecting and rightly so. The detail on the can is really good and the B&W was certainly better than the colour version.
Your lighting was pretty good and I'm being ultra critical here but the shot might have needed a bit more light right on the top of the nozzle so that the eye could be drawn up and down the shot - currently I feel the eye just wants to look at the metal can only.
Keep it up.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 07/23/2011 07:07:02 PM
B&W works perfectly for this photo. I like the dark drip on the can, adds more interest to the photo.
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Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 07/18/2011 12:53:49 PM
I may or may have not have been one...... In case I was, Thanks!
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