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Pencil Knitting - sunny afternoon
Pencil Knitting - sunny afternoon
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Challenge: Duotones II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
Location: Keene, NH
Date: Feb 17, 2006
Aperture: 4.8
ISO: 500
Shutter: 1/350
Galleries: Candid, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 20, 2006

 The blownout highlights were intentional to show the intensity of the sunbeam without losing detail in either the hands or the pencils.

I am EXTREMELY proud of this shot, I imposed an exposure chellenge on myself with this one, and got exactly what I invisioned in my head. Hot sunlight without losing more detail than I intended.

Shot on a schoolbus during a school fieldtrip with my son, this was a young friend slumped down in her seat, knitting using a couple of blunted pencils. I fell in love with the contrast of the sunlight on her hands and the textures in this setup, and snapped this candid before she collapsed into giggling from my attention on her with the camera. Also shot on a moving bus so getting a crisp shot in dramatic lighting was challenging.

Crop, curves, smooth, duotone, save for web.
Duotone set for Black/Pantone7507C (Warm tone to feel of warm sunlight).

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Place: 202 out of 631
Avg (all users): 5.4187
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 5.2640
Avg (non-participants): 5.6667
Views since voting: 696
Views during voting: 366
Votes: 289
Comments: 12
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/28/2006 10:03:16 PM
I love the tone and crispness of this photo.
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 02/28/2006 07:45:54 PM
Light draws the eyes to the knitting. Well done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/26/2006 08:28:23 PM
very nice!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/24/2006 09:44:32 PM
Great use of the sunlight! Makes this much more dramatic.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/23/2006 11:00:05 PM
good job of cropping. the focus is crisp and there is something just so nice about the activity the model is engaged in
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/23/2006 10:13:55 PM
Very creative shot. Good tones, all two of them, LOL.
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 02/23/2006 09:44:18 PM
The excellent tonal range really helps soften the impact of the clipped highlights in the hands. As such it's not a distraction at all. Great photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/23/2006 09:32:16 AM
Nice soft skin tones. i like how the light draws your attention to where the pencils meet.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/23/2006 08:25:41 AM
Will this finished project allow you to knit a term paper? Interesting shading and light...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/23/2006 05:50:53 AM
awesome...great work...hope this does really well for you this is true to the challenge
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/22/2006 05:24:05 PM
Wow, what a practical idea...never occurred to me to use pencils to knit. Creative. Like the light on the fingers and pencils.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/22/2006 01:13:32 AM
Nice shot. The tight crop provides a good interest factor. The duotone works well for this image IMO.
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