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Challenge: Wooden (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: My dining room
Date: Jul 23, 2005
Aperture: F2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.6s
Galleries: Studio
Date Uploaded: Jul 23, 2005

 This is my violin. It hasn't been getting much use since I picked up photography...

* Rotate 2 degrees to the right
* Crop
* Cloned out a few small reflections on the violin
* Cloned out a small seam between the black shirts I was using as the background
* Reduced brightness/contrast of background
* Adjusted red levels on violin wood
* Resize
* USM, 115/0.5/4
* Add 15 pixel border
* Save for web

I wish I knew how to (legally) touch up the right string over the fingerboard to remove the pixilation.

I know I'm taking a bit of risk with the larger reflections in the violin wood, but they seem to give the violin more depth and more of a polished look than the other shots that have no reflections. We'll see what others think.

Statistics
Place: 18 out of 251
Avg (all users): 6.2041
Avg (commenters): 7.4615
Avg (participants): 5.9722
Avg (non-participants): 6.4886
Views since voting: 1068
Views during voting: 288
Votes: 196
Comments: 18
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 08/01/2005 01:36:48 AM
Wow...a top 20 finish. I am stunned. When I first signed up on this site as a novice photographer I thought it would take forever to get a photo into the top 20. Most of what Iâve learned about photography (especially post-processing) has come from hours and hours of studying the material on this site, so I owe a big âthank youâ to the DPC community.

Iâve included all the post-processing steps I did in my comments on the photo. Iâve also uploaded a photo of the setup I used to get the shot:
//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=211935

Thanks so much to all for the great comments, and thanks again DPC!
 08/01/2005 12:20:46 AM
What a composition and what vivid color. Congratulations on your top twenty finish.
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 08/01/2005 12:18:49 AM
CONGRATS!! This is such a wonderful photo.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/30/2005 05:19:06 PM
I like the composition and crisp lines -- one of my favorites this challenge
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 07/30/2005 01:08:33 AM
wonderful contrasting colors and sharpness
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 07/29/2005 04:08:38 PM
10
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 07/28/2005 10:54:59 PM
Very clean and sharp. Good luck!
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 07/28/2005 10:52:49 PM
Nice lines and detail. Lighting perfect.
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 07/28/2005 03:46:25 PM
looks like the cover of my music book, nice clean photo
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 07/27/2005 05:46:06 PM
very elegant. Beautiful color on the violin (or bass/chello/whatever).
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 07/26/2005 11:11:02 PM
Gorgeous...I love your cropping. One of my favorites.
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 07/26/2005 09:47:04 PM
beautiful framing, wish the lighting was more even and without shadows on the violin.
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 07/26/2005 09:15:54 AM
Simple, elegant and very well done. Classy job. 10
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 07/25/2005 10:11:52 PM
am curious....what lens did you use for this shot and how did you compose it?
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 07/25/2005 02:33:28 PM
Hmmm.. this is the second shot like this. Out of the two, I like this one better.
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 07/25/2005 09:42:54 AM
Very nice exposure a crop on the violin. I think it would be better with the negative space cut reduced by about half. (7)
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 07/25/2005 09:23:59 AM
Nice! Of the instrument shots, I like this one the best. Simple yet perfect use of negative space. Good one.
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 07/25/2005 01:12:03 AM
Wood crafted to win over emotions.
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