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Salt Of The Earth
Salt Of The Earth
naomik


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Granular (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ20
Location: Melbourne Australia
Date: May 21, 2005
Aperture: F/4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Emotive, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 21, 2005

Taken outside with flash. Cropped,Resized, B/w, lighting /exposure,reduce noise, sharpened.

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 327
Avg (all users): 6.3849
Avg (commenters): 7.9565
Avg (participants): 6.2121
Avg (non-participants): 6.5283
Views since voting: 2380
Views during voting: 394
Votes: 291
Comments: 25
Favorites: 1 (view)


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06/01/2005 12:20:01 AM
Great hand texture. Congratulations on your top twenty finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/31/2005 08:21:34 PM
the skin, the salt, the emotion... very powerful textures. my only 10 of the challenge.
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05/30/2005 04:42:54 PM
I absolutely love the hands!!!!
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05/29/2005 07:01:29 PM
For some reason, seeing the texture of the man's hands really adds to this shot in my opinion.
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05/29/2005 02:51:22 PM
the only thing i didnt like was the salt looked a litle over exposed so you couldnt distinguish the grains from each outher
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05/29/2005 03:03:00 AM
Wow! LOVE it!!!!10
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05/29/2005 12:40:12 AM
not sure how you did the contrast / b/w treatment, but it works well here.
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05/28/2005 10:30:47 PM
Great detail and composition. I am a sucker for a good B&W, and this is a great one! One of my top ten for the week.
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05/28/2005 07:08:04 PM
Beautiful texture on the hands and the grains on the outside of the pile. 9
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05/28/2005 04:48:02 PM
too much contrast but good though
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05/28/2005 02:32:10 PM
WOW!! this is beautiful...kind of looks like a food for life commercial...great job 9
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05/28/2005 05:13:56 AM
I love shots that actually say something to me. That man is holding a precious gift bestowed upon humanity. Well composed and a nice juxtaposition of flesh and salt. The only improvement I can imagine is having the background further away from the DOF.
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05/27/2005 05:26:23 PM
Interesting b&w. I like what you've done with the color of the hands...very rough and worn looking. Salt is a little over exposed. This should do pretty well.
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05/26/2005 10:39:45 PM
Amazing hands. This is one of the best.
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05/26/2005 07:10:13 PM
The white of the salt is too harsh for my liking. Otherwise a great shot with a nice contrast between the dark ?dirty? hands and the crystals.
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05/26/2005 10:38:23 AM
love the graininess of this photo, the fact that you can see his fingerprints and the lines of his hands. Very nicely done
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05/26/2005 07:35:46 AM
Wow, beautiful contrast, a light from the sides or below would have been a huge wow though!!!!
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05/26/2005 12:59:47 AM
The center of the salt pile seems to wash out. I would like this better if it had the same sense of rich detail as the hands.
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05/25/2005 03:20:19 PM
great use of contrast in the image.
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05/25/2005 02:16:00 PM
good choice for B&W. Salt is a bit overexposed, but good picture.
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05/25/2005 01:53:06 PM
Classic shot
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05/25/2005 12:44:40 AM
I think I should say congrats now..this is the most stunning I have seen so far in the contest 10
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05/25/2005 12:23:08 AM
10 the title along with this shot.......spells winner!!!
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05/25/2005 12:21:35 AM
Very nice contrast. I have some bets with people standing next to me that your the same guy that did the grain in the palm in the minimalism challenge. PM me if you're him!
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05/25/2005 12:08:14 AM
I like this shot a lot, but I feel the texture on the hands it a tad oversharpened and the salt is blown out (at least on my monitor).
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