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giantmike


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Empty (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Verona, WI
Date: May 6, 2012
Aperture: 2.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/25
Date Uploaded: May 6, 2012

 Lots of ideas for this challenge in a wide range of settings. From indoors to out. From staged to found. There are so many options that I had a bit of a hard time concentrating on what I wanted to get out of this challenge.

In the end, I decided it would be cool to show off the seating in the auditorium at work, without anyone present. Headed there on a weekend, and setup my camera on a tripod to get a number of shots from different angles, rows, etc. The lighting in this room is decent, so I didn't need to worry about supplemental lighting, and could get a very natural feeling.

Post Processing:
* Flip horizontal (flows better with chairs starting from right)
* Noies Reduction
* Increase definition and saturation slightly
* S curve
* Slight blurring of background and sharpening of foreground
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 124
Avg (all users): 6.4333
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 6.1455
Avg (non-participants): 6.6769
Views since voting: 1192
Views during voting: 218
Votes: 120
Comments: 9
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 05/19/2012 02:00:06 AM
Very good illustration of the theme. The brightness of red balances the emptiness and thus avoids the usual sadness that comes with emptiness. That is my impression, ofc!
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 05/14/2012 04:03:16 AM
This was one of my top picks. Glad we could be neighbors.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/13/2012 11:26:42 PM
Empty and silent. 6
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 05/13/2012 11:03:10 PM
One of my top picks; the red is a little over the top, but I still like it. (voted earlier)
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 05/13/2012 06:57:46 PM
super composition. a pleasure to view. Bumping up. Like it more with each view.
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 05/10/2012 06:42:20 AM
Excellent idea and great job with this.
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 05/08/2012 01:53:59 PM
Simple mais efficace, bravo.
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 05/07/2012 11:50:19 AM
wonderful richness in the colors and the lines created by the rows of seats is a treat
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 05/07/2012 12:38:39 AM
I like this.

Very much.

So... empty!

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