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Chalk Burst
Chalk Burst
giantmike


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Challenge: Free Study 2012-03 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Mar 11, 2012
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: Mar 11, 2012

 This was taken very early in the month, just while I was playing around with colors and light. The final result was so cool, and got so many comments/favorites on Flickr (without being explored) that I couldn't resist using it as the free study. I have some cool spring images, but I have a feeling there will be a lot of those ths month, and I would like to stand out from the crowd.

To light this I used two flashes, one on each side of the scene. Both were pointed towards the ceiling to get a bounce, and pointed slightly away from the center to ensure a bit of shadow.

Post processing:
* Crop
* increase exposure, brightness, and recovery
* Decrease black point
* Increase contrast and definition
* Increase saturation and vibrancy
* S curve
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen edges
* Save as JPEG

Statistics
Place: 183 out of 279
Avg (all users): 5.5000
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.3882
Avg (non-participants): 5.7317
Views since voting: 370
Views during voting: 190
Votes: 126
Comments: 2
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/03/2012 10:00:19 AM
Beautiful pastel colors. Nice DOF. Well done
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 04/01/2012 12:10:47 PM
Cool idea and colors
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