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Down the Drain
Spork99


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Challenge: Water (Advanced Editing I*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: My Basement
Date: Dec 14, 2003
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Water
Date Uploaded: Dec 14, 2003

 This is the drain in our basement sink. Yes, we do have rust in our water, a lot of rust. It has stained this concrete sink quite badly. In coming up with an idea for this challenge, I was thinking about how we use water, and how so much of what we use simply goes down the drain.

The technical, post-processing details: Increased Saturation of red by 10 and yellow by 17. Created duplicate layer, ran Unsharp mask twice @ Amt-85, Rad-1, Thr-4, changed blend mode to Luminosity. Duplicated the sharpened layer, applied Gaussian blur radius 6.7, changed blend mode to color. Flattened image then re-sized for DPC

Statistics
Place: 76 out of 139
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Avg (commenters): 6.1250
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Views since voting: 1229
Votes: 152
Comments: 10
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 12/27/2003 12:49:03 PM
Greetings from the CC, here goes my suggestions, please take them as that and not more : ). I like the idea of your subject, and i really like the way the light is in the outer rings, I think the rust helps to add a real warmth in color (though it worries me you drink it : ( ). I do find the concrete wall to be a little distracting and such a stark contrast to the light and movemnt of the water. I would be curious to see the walls of the sink cropped out. I think the composition of the drain in the corner works very well. I also like that the water is running and adds an additional point of interest. I think your photo makes a good point about water more than wows so to speak, but I think there is certainly a place for this kind of photography! Keep up the work!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/21/2003 09:36:11 PM
Highlights and reflections is the water is very good. The showing of the drain helps with the composition. I think that the color of the sink takes away from the overall shot.
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 12/21/2003 12:53:12 AM
Yuk What an ugly drain could do with some bleach or something
Looks like a health hazard to me The water effect is good though
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 12/20/2003 02:19:38 PM
Nice colors in this one.
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 12/19/2003 06:44:52 AM
Rusty old sink adds some great color. The ripples are a great catch. Nice and sharp. Great water shot. 7
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 12/17/2003 02:20:03 AM
Good focus. I like the "waves" of the water. It´s one of the most original picture of this week. Keep the good work.
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 12/15/2003 04:11:00 PM
I like this photo.....I like finding art in something that really isn't very pretty....the colors do catch the eye, and I like the water movement
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 12/15/2003 10:38:44 AM
I wondered if anyone would take this shot - I thought of it and rejected it. Good job though!
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 12/15/2003 06:51:36 AM
Artsy
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 12/15/2003 02:50:39 AM
Unusual and very effective indeed. Love it.
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