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Origami Swans lit by Ubuntu
Origami Swans lit by Ubuntu
kasaba


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Backlighting V (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Date: Sep 12, 2012
Aperture: 13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 6 sec
Date Uploaded: Sep 11, 2012

 I had been playing around with the polarised light when I realised that it would make a great entry for this challenge.

I made the swans out of cellophane paper.
Placed them in front of a laptop screen with the Ubuntu screensaver on.
Switched off all other lights and took the picture.

PP
Adjusted contrast and brightness in RAW
Converted from RAW
Cropped to get the edge of the screen out
Did some dust removing with the cloning tool
sharpened and re-sized for DPC


Ohhhh sooo HAPPY :-). The votes had slipped from almost 6,5 to 6,3 when I went to bed last night, and I honestly did not expect a good finish. What a super surpsie :-). ...top 10 ... top 10 ... top 10 .... yeahhhhhh :-)


And not a single "1" or "2" - Oh MY WORD!

Statistics
Place: 10 out of 94
Avg (all users): 6.3256
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.8636
Avg (non-participants): 6.5647
Views since voting: 1359
Views during voting: 253
Votes: 129
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 09/19/2012 09:43:03 PM
Very, very cool! I expected this one to finish much higher. Nice done!
 09/19/2012 08:33:25 PM
Lovely colors and light. Congratulations on the top ten.
 09/19/2012 07:45:38 AM
LOL, thank you on the "interesting" origami. I assume you are not an expert in the field :-). If you look at the image I had to use several pieces of sticky tape to keep everything in place - a real "no-no" in Origami, but then this was a "photo" challenge, plus the sticky tape added some interesting colour pattern to it, so I thought it would be "allowed" :-).
 09/19/2012 05:49:15 AM
Very interesting colorful origami. Congrats on the Top 10!
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 09/19/2012 03:08:07 AM
Well done on another top 10 finish! Keep up the good hard work!
Now to aim for a top 5...
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 09/19/2012 12:31:30 AM
splendid colour.
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 09/19/2012 12:24:25 AM
Unique and special image Gaby.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/13/2012 04:15:30 PM
Beautiful! Quite stunning, actually.


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 09/13/2012 01:45:17 AM
is that glass?
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 09/12/2012 12:41:31 PM
Great colors and lighting. Very moody.
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