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Morning Ritual
Morning Ritual
giantmike


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Stopped Motion VI (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Aug 29, 2011
Aperture: 14
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Interior
Date Uploaded: Aug 30, 2011

 Let's see how badly this last minute entry does. I wouldn't be surprised at a sub-5 result. I just didn't have the opportunities to do things I wanted (although this is a shot I wanted to try for a while).

I really do like the angle of dynamic movement and the lighting I came up with. The camera was set outside of the shower, and I was inside holding flash with a mini soft box pointing up at the shower head. This kept the spill on the walls to a minimum, and lit everything as dramatically as possible.

I would have loved to have more of the water drops in focus, but even at f/14 they were falling out of the DOF range. Also, my cheap wireless flash trigger only allows up to 1/250s shutter. If I could have doubled that I think this would have been even cooler.

[Aug. 31st, 2011 07:40:23 PM]

Wow, after most of the first day votes are in (a surprising 73 votes in just 18 hours), this is sitting at a 6.1. Much much better than I expected, and with two great comments already!

Post Processing:
* Crop
* Increase Recovery and Black Point
* Increase contrast and definition
* Topaz DeNoise
* Increase recovery, contrast, and black point further
* Levels to brighten
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG

Statistics
Place: 24 out of 84
Avg (all users): 6.2778
Avg (commenters): 8.3333
Avg (participants): 5.8667
Avg (non-participants): 6.4148
Views since voting: 730
Views during voting: 327
Votes: 180
Comments: 5
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Canon PowerShot A70
 09/10/2011 04:55:09 AM
The humble shower gets its 15-min of fame!
I like the choice of subject and the camera work.

I am not a photographer. As a layman I just was wondering whether the maker's markings on the shower head is a distraction.

I am happy to add this cool piece of work to my favs.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Sony Alpha a77
Sony DT 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 SAM
09/06/2011 01:13:20 PM
Excecllent clarity!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
 09/06/2011 12:13:18 PM
I really like this shot!! Beautifully done and envisioned! It was a 9 from me. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-80D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 08/31/2011 09:33:07 AM
shivery silver, great water blur. this could be a waterpik advert in a magazine.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 08/31/2011 12:08:38 AM
Oh! Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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