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30 minutes cardio, 3 times a week
30 minutes cardio, 3 times a week
Bran-O-Rama


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Challenge: New Year's Resolution III (Advanced Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: Bedroom Studio
Date: Dec 31, 2004
Aperture: F/4
ISO: 800
Shutter: 0.6 sec
Galleries: Black and White, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Jan 1, 2005

 Simple setup and first attempt at low-key lighting. Didn't have a black backdrop so I used a black t-shirt draped over a cardboard box. Built another stack of cardboard boxes to gain ideal perspective for the camera to rest on since my tripod doesn't go that low (1 foot off the ground). Turned off all the lights in the room including the computer monitor, set the timer on the camera, then handheld a flashlight directly above the scene with a piece of paper covering it to diffuse the light.

Slight dodge and burn to the bottom of the shoes to reveal the outline ever so subtle, just so it didn't look like the shoes and watch were floating in black space. Dodged some highlights back into the watch face, unsharp mask.

17-40mm F/4L

Statistics
Place: 65 out of 135
Avg (all users): 5.4493
Avg (commenters): 6.8333
Avg (participants): 5.1646
Avg (non-participants): 5.6250
Views since voting: 724
Views during voting: 334
Votes: 207
Comments: 6
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/07/2005 12:07:57 AM
I'd rate this more highly if the watch were better lit and placed, it seems an afterthought. Lighting on the shoe is dramatic.
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 01/06/2005 08:49:47 PM
I like this resolution, and I like your choice of B&W, nice work.
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 01/03/2005 09:58:59 AM
Great idea...would have scored higher I think if the watch was in focus.
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 01/02/2005 02:27:17 PM
nice light
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 01/02/2005 07:21:05 AM
A sports watch would have helped the picture, hard to think of you exercising wearing that watch
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 01/02/2005 03:54:14 AM
Probably would have been better without the watch and the big dark spot in the middle of the shoe. But I do like the black/white
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