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Challenge: Low Key (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Home
Date: Mar 17, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 4 seconds
Galleries: Still Life, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Mar 17, 2006

Shot RAW

Used flashlight with homemade cardboard "snoot" to focus the light on the low key of the piano.

Canon DPP 2.1:
*brightness - -0.50
*white balance - tungsten
*picture style - monochrome
*tone curve adjustment - brightness 7, contrast 4
*save as .tif
Neat Image:
*auto profile/apply
PSE4:
*crop
*resize
*usm 100/0.6/2
*save for web
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Statistics
Place: 57 out of 281
Avg (all users): 5.8077
Avg (commenters): 6.5556
Avg (participants): 5.6667
Avg (non-participants): 5.9153
Views since voting: 961
Views during voting: 290
Votes: 208
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/28/2006 08:13:55 AM
Rather "on the nose"? :)
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03/28/2006 12:51:28 AM
beautiful snap taken, true low key example.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/25/2006 06:57:52 PM
Funny and well executed pun.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/24/2006 05:17:41 PM
low key in two ways.. nicely done :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/24/2006 01:54:37 PM
Underexposed, the description of the challenge really throws people off from what low key really is. If you decide to try this photograph again, try properly exposing the keys and maintain the blackest black for the rest.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/24/2006 12:46:55 PM
Simple yet effective, nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/23/2006 11:39:19 AM
haha....I was going to do this same shot but I couldn't find a piano.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/23/2006 03:45:39 AM
clever...I was waiting to see one of these in this challenge
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/23/2006 01:16:26 AM
for the piano key idea I would show all keys with view going to the "lowest" and "darkest", om the end of the piano.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/22/2006 11:54:32 AM
Awesome picture and awesome connection to the challenge topic! I think I would like the shot more if I didn't see the wooden end but I understand it is the lowest key. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/22/2006 12:38:12 AM
the lowest key, in fact! Great play on words.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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