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Cool Blues
Cool Blues
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Blue II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 8700
Location: Mobile, AL
Date: Jan 29, 2006
Aperture: f/3.4
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Macro, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Jan 29, 2006



Mostly in-camera effect.

Bounced SB-80 Flash off flouresent blue paper to give it the blue look.

Very Litte PSing:

Auto Levels
Saturation on Yellow and Yellow 2 Channels -30
Resize
USM
Save for Web

Just a note: I tried shooting with white balance set to Incandescent, but the results were mediocre at best. Reset WB to Speedlight for this shot.

Statistics
Place: 203 out of 446
Avg (all users): 5.1342
Avg (commenters): 5.6250
Avg (participants): 5.1228
Avg (non-participants): 5.1453
Views since voting: 845
Views during voting: 288
Votes: 231
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


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02/08/2006 04:01:13 PM
That's not Blue! That's CYAN. Didn't the DMNC nazis tell you that?

j/k ;)
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02/08/2006 07:36:28 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

..What are the odds of getting photos from same uses in consecutive days? :) Anyway, here I am ..doing critique for you again.

Aesthetic: Its a pleasing picture. Blue is soft and "smoke" (?) looks good. But the subject is not very "interesting" to me.

Technical: Seems to be well exposed. I feel deeper depth of field would have been much better.

Challenge: Fit the challenge. Period.

Conclusion: Overall an average composition. The subject is not very interesting. In such cases quality of composition or angle of capture really need to be "exclusive" to make it "impactful" picture. User use of different shade of blue, from regulars, has added a lot to the photo. Also focus also lacs sharpness but you still have a picture which can be worked upon in Photoshop.

I normally add my standard ending text, but since I have already done critique for you .. I'll skip it this time :)

Wish you a great day!
-Tej
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/07/2006 11:32:41 PM
A very nice subject. personally i would have used a midnight blue here to let the metal sing.
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02/07/2006 08:13:33 AM
Wow, neat idea! It almost looks a bit eerie too. Good imagination and title.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/05/2006 09:15:56 PM
lovely study here...nice shot...hope this does well for you
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02/03/2006 07:10:47 PM
Interesting concept.
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02/02/2006 12:05:09 PM
nice texture on the harmonica, but since it is a blues instrument the blue background could have been done without. And the smoke does not add to the tone at all.
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02/02/2006 09:05:44 AM
It doesn't say anything to me.
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02/01/2006 10:03:48 PM
Is that a harmonica? If so, took me a while to figure it out, and very cool concept. But, concept seems to have been executed in a way that's a bit too subtle.
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02/01/2006 03:06:39 AM
cool, indeed
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02/01/2006 01:01:46 AM
Good to see someone use a different shade of blue...seeing all the same blues was sending me into a blue mood....love the smoke...how did you do it?
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