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Nuts And Bolts
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GolferDDS


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Out of Order (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Home
Date: Oct 31, 2021
Date Uploaded: Oct 31, 2021

 Here is the original JPEG.


The nuts and bolts were set up on a glass table with a black background which gave a nice reflection. The editing was fairly simple. RAW auto, Crop, Slightly rotate I removed the noise in the background using several different tools, the burn tool, the healing brush and the clone tool. The certain tools worked better depending on where the artifact was in the picture. I selectively lightened certain areas of the bolts to give more consistency in the lighting. I did a simple desaturation of the final picture and sharpened with Topaz.
If you have any questions you can post them in the comments and I will respond.

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 19
Avg (all users): 6.6579
Avg (participants): 6.0769
Avg (non-participants): 6.9600
Views since voting: 605
Views during voting: 73
Votes: 38
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 11/08/2021 04:04:20 PM
many congratulations on a wonderful image and the blue .
during voting i felt this might be a golfer .. ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/08/2021 09:32:20 AM
Thank you for the explanation of the process. I will look up each tool to learn better editing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/08/2021 08:41:33 AM
Sharp, almost like an optical illusion.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/08/2021 06:22:40 AM
Congratulations!
My favorite of the challenge, terrific image perfectly shot and presented.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2021 03:34:37 PM
My favorite in this challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/04/2021 09:44:49 PM
Contrast, symmetry, and that one bolt.. great entry here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/02/2021 06:46:19 AM
expected to see something like this and thought about trying it myself, nice clean image, well focused and exposed curious how this would work rotated 90 degrees clockwise
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/01/2021 07:27:47 PM
I'm not usually overly struck by this sort of still life, but I do like your play on words. Combine that with a well presented and photographed image and it is a 7 from me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/01/2021 04:55:18 AM
i'm looking and looking and thinking .. how does this represent out of order .
and then it hit me . !!!!! ..
i'm a bit slow sometimes .
what a fantastic take on the challenge .. especially as the challenge doesnt specify anything .. just out of order ..
loving your lateral thinking .. and of course your brilliant photo .
this is AWESOME .. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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