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1 in 4 Billion!
1 in 4 Billion!
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Five (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: London UK
Date: May 6, 2005
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Black and White, Studio
Date Uploaded: May 6, 2005

 A whole bunch of dice, all showing 5. No, it wasn't just the luck of the roll :-)

To be honest I'm not too happy with this shot; the dice placement isn't great and it just lacks that 'wow' factor. But I need to push myself to enter more and maybe a painful 4.5 will bully me into taking more time!

Taken in the back garden, lit purely by sunlight.

Statistics
Place: 135 out of 182
Avg (all users): 4.9048
Avg (commenters): 4.7692
Avg (participants): 4.7308
Avg (non-participants): 5.0755
Views since voting: 901
Views during voting: 293
Votes: 210
Comments: 15
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/13/2005 11:14:45 PM
Cliche. DOF makes my teeth hurt.
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 05/13/2005 06:04:34 PM
Black and white was a good choice here. I think a deeper depth of field might have brought more life to the shot. Some of the edges of the white dice are getting lost in the background. Good composition. Overall, a good shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/12/2005 06:12:21 PM
Actually, the probability is (1/6 ^ 23) which is 1 in 789370-trillion :)

  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/12/2005 01:06:55 PM
nice idea...dof is a little too shallow though imho
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/10/2005 05:36:51 PM
A good idea, but nothing really seems to be in focus here. A deeper DOF and a bit more contrast would have helped this image in my opinion.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/09/2005 07:29:23 AM
no 1 in 5 billion? :)
I like the use of shallow DOF, but this does seem a little overexposed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/08/2005 11:39:00 PM
why doesn't this work? lighting, subject, maybe too many? I don't know but it doesn't work for me 4
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/08/2005 05:37:36 PM
Like your title!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/08/2005 03:36:56 PM
The angle of this photo is too high for the shallow DOF you've decided on, IMO. I think either a deeper DOF, or lowering the angle would have been more effective.

Nice B&W toning.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/07/2005 02:04:40 PM
I would've focused on the dice in the centre foreground rather than the 2 at the right, but good idea, nicely done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/07/2005 07:49:46 AM
i figure one in about 13.06 billion
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/07/2005 06:14:49 AM
Actually it is 1 in 4,738,381,338,321,616,896 ... or very close to 1 in 5 million billion, a title that would better fit the challenge and be valid. :) Very nicely done image. Good use of DOF. I recommend cloning out the minor hot spots on the corners of a few of the dice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/07/2005 02:37:48 AM
cdv arranged better,
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/07/2005 01:37:01 AM
Yatzee! My problem with this is the focus. Even the front ones look a little out of focus. Do you use unsharp mask after resizing? It makes a huge difference on my photos. Also, I'd have cloned out the hotspots on the black dice given that it was an advanced editing challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/07/2005 01:30:00 AM
Nice work, I would suggest a little more dof would sharpen up the image, well done
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