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Large Wager
Large Wager
giantmike


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Money III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Location: Verona, WI
Date: Apr 15, 2012
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Apr 15, 2012

 What I really wanted was a shot of one of those old cash registers. But the only one I know of nearby is at a place that is closed for a few more months.

My second idea was a game of Monopoly. But that seems like something a lot of people may gravitate towards after thinking of fake money.

So my third thought came to this power table at work near the 007 room. I spent about an hour shooting various angles and lighting. I had an idea in mind, but never actually quite got what I was thinking. This shot, however, was my favorite of the bunch.

With a little classic style editing, this could be straight out of one of the old 007 movies, so lets see if anyone makes the connection while voting, and how this fares overall.

Post Processing:
* Crop
* Increase definition
* Sharpen top of white stack
* Topaz B&W Effects
* Retouch a number of blemishes that Topaz installed in the image
* Blur everything but the top of the white stack to restore bokeh taken out by Topaz
* Increase saturation, but decrease orange saturation
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG

Statistics
Place: 34 out of 58
Avg (all users): 5.3241
Avg (commenters): 5.7500
Avg (participants): 5.0286
Avg (non-participants): 5.4658
Views since voting: 384
Views during voting: 213
Votes: 108
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/19/2012 01:56:23 PM
Very Well composed.. nice colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/17/2012 04:16:56 AM
Very colourful presentation of how to loose money! Good thinking.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/16/2012 02:03:57 PM
Easy connection to the criteria and good job of layering the chips for focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/16/2012 09:35:58 AM
Fits the bill perfectly as far as the theme of the challenge is concerned. It is well photographed technically but other then that has no visual impact or anything that makes it more then average to me. 5
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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