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Rocks of Sugar
Rocks of Sugar
giantmike


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2012-01 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Jan 5, 2012
Aperture: 9
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/8
Galleries: Studio, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jan 17, 2012

 Took this photo pretty early in the month, and it still stood out as one of the best as the month wore on. There is only one change I wish I could have made, and that would be having candy in more of the full spectrum (I'm not enough of an editing expert to change the color in a pleasing way).

Used multiple light sources for this. First I setup two constant lights to light the background and overexpose it. Then I used an umbrella with a flash, shooting through the umbrella, and placed camera right. It was lowered to just above the candy and to the right to give extra definition to the sugar.

Post Processing:
* Crop
* Increase exposure, black point, and brightness
* Increase contrast and definition
* Increase saturation and vibrancy
* Topaz DeNoise
* Topaz Detail
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG

Statistics
Place: 214 out of 287
Avg (all users): 5.4497
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.3786
Avg (non-participants): 5.6087
Views since voting: 565
Views during voting: 235
Votes: 149
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/07/2012 04:55:03 PM
Nice graphic image, with bold color. I like it.
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 02/06/2012 01:56:52 AM
This is very creative, i like it alot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/03/2012 08:26:41 PM
Pretty colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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