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Challenge: From Above III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Sony Alpha NEX-5N
Lens: Sony E 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Date: Sep 15, 2011
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Sep 15, 2011

 Taken with my new Sony NEX 5N that I have got to replace my LX3.

In camera miniture setting, slight crop, decrease exposure, increase shadow exposure in CS5 RAW, resize, sharpen and border

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Place: 88 out of 174
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Avg (commenters): 6.3333
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 10/01/2011 03:41:19 AM
Originally posted by kenskid:
I liked this one....I bet it would have done much better had more people been in the center of focus.


I think you are right, though you have to make sure faces can't be seen as the mini effect doesn't work as well as the faces make it a little more real
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 09/30/2011 11:40:27 PM
I liked this one....I bet it would have done much better had more people been in the center of focus.
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Nikon D5100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/28/2011 06:30:25 PM
Originally posted by sinistral_leo:
Very abrupt DOF. this was basic editing? Strange kind of halos around the people also. almost dioramic.


Ah ha! Now I see why there was the "abrupt DOF" and "dioramic" effect.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 09/24/2011 06:34:57 PM
Cool...was this done with a "real" tilt/shift lens?
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Nikon D800
Lomography Petzval 85mm F2.2 MF
 09/24/2011 01:26:16 PM
Love the selective focus here. I was sure I was looking at a diorama at first!
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Sony Alpha a77
Tamron AF 70-200mm f/2.8 Di LD IF Macro Lens for Nikon
 09/22/2011 04:52:16 PM
I would really like this if I could see more clearly, maybe less bur
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Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FG HSM Art
 09/21/2011 11:48:24 PM
THis is so amuzing, they look like fake people.
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Nikon D5100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/21/2011 08:58:27 PM
Very abrupt DOF. this was basic editing? Strange kind of halos around the people also. almost dioramic.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 09/21/2011 06:15:27 PM
Whoa ... it looks like they are fake people! cool!
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 09/21/2011 02:36:15 AM
Cool dof. Really makes it look like a miniature set up.
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