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Challenge: Fill the Frame III (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Kitchen
Date: Aug 23, 2007
Aperture: f10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 25 seconds
Galleries: Vintage, History
Date Uploaded: Aug 26, 2007

This bakelite telephone was made sometime between 1934 and 1957. It belongs to a friend who was using it up until the late 1980s.

Convert from RAW
Selective levels and on background
Selective hue/saturation on the dial
Curves for contrast
Hue saturation for greater colour on the body
Cloned out a few specks of dust.
Crop and Resize

Statistics
Place: 77 out of 285
Avg (all users): 5.8012
Avg (commenters): 7.1667
Avg (participants): 5.7128
Avg (non-participants): 5.9167
Views since voting: 947
Views during voting: 245
Votes: 166
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/01/2007 03:54:52 PM
Love the colors and processing, what a great looking phone!
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09/01/2007 01:50:43 PM
Museum piece!
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08/31/2007 12:21:01 AM
i love old phones, this is great
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/27/2007 10:26:54 PM
Nice look back at nostalgia technology. I like the dial. Phone itself seems a little on the blue side, rather than black.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/27/2007 03:53:29 PM
Well done! High marks! Nothing beats a dial phone! Classic specimen too!
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08/27/2007 01:28:07 AM
great shot .. love the process ...
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