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Challenge: Metal II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Lens: Canon 250D 58mm Close Up Lens
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Dec 18, 2011
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 2 seconds
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Dec 18, 2011

Close-up of aluminized Mylar candy wrapper.

-Tripod, timer
-Manual mode
-RGB and Blue/Yellow Curves
-Resize
-Crop a little from top and bottom to reduce file size
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 9/10 = 299KB

Statistics
Place: 106 out of 111
Avg (all users): 4.8947
Avg (commenters): 0.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8654
Avg (non-participants): 4.9302
Views since voting: 654
Views during voting: 185
Votes: 95
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0


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01/01/2012 08:56:32 PM
Hey there Paul,

Oh Lordy,I would get an SC member's image to critique! 8-O So here goes:

Artistic: Looks like a cool idea just waiting for a little something more, maybe some painting with light, just to make it pop and come alive, to draw more attention to the shapes. I think voters may have had difficulty seeing the more apparent metal-on-metal shots, which dominate the challenge. That would also help explain the lack of comments :-/

Technical: I like the 3/4 overhead perspective, reminds me of a shot of a Rockies taken from a plane. Composition is decent, with the blue in the bottom left draws the eye first, then the 'range' in the right bg. And shooting something as highly reflective as metal can add both glare and missed focus, as metal can be soft or hard. A little burning on one side of the hills may have heped a bit. Also, wondering what this would look like in b/w?

Overall: I like the way you take risks, but still stick with what rings true with you. Not a bad attempt, but maybe try some of the suggestions and see how things shake out.

Feel free to PM me with any questions,

Susan
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