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Challenge: Refraction of Light (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Olympus D-490Z
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Apr 4, 2006
Aperture: 3.9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/5
Date Uploaded: Apr 4, 2006

 Designed to look like what you'd find in an old elementary-school science textbook; a little flat and grainy.

A straw in a glass; bottled water in BG.

-Handheld, Macro mode
-Exposure Compensation -0.5
-Copied Green Channel to new Grayscale document
-Cropped to square
-Resized for DPC
-Mode > RGB
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 9/10 = 134kb

Statistics
Place: 149 out of 161
Avg (all users): 3.9725
Avg (commenters): 3.6250
Avg (participants): 4.0000
Avg (non-participants): 3.9624
Views since voting: 1016
Views during voting: 331
Votes: 255
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 04/16/2006 02:02:05 PM
Originally posted by BakerBug:
Your title is perfect for this shot. However, it lacks any punch to hold your interest.

Yes, exactly like most photos found in textbooks. I intentionally made it look the way it does, even though it makes the image less "appealing" as a work of "art."
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/09/2006 08:18:58 PM
this is really just a blurry shot unfortunately
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/08/2006 05:41:06 PM
The title fits perfectly.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/07/2006 06:55:03 AM
very cool idea, tonal ranges not very good though, still i do like it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/05/2006 09:20:39 PM
Yes, this is an example of refraction, but as a photo it's poor quality and lacks any interest. Sorry, it meets the challenge criteria and that's about it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/05/2006 08:19:02 PM
Your title is perfect for this shot. However, it lacks any punch to hold your interest.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/05/2006 02:28:39 PM
wish it was a bit sharper. Good concept though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/05/2006 04:29:21 AM
Excellent example of refraction, though the shot itself is not very appealing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/05/2006 02:45:04 AM
It is indeed a textbook example but it doesn't hold much image appeal. I am sure this will definitely meet the challenge yet suffer from the votes. A clean background and further distance away would make this better.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/05/2006 12:59:20 AM
Can't quite tell what's going on.. not enough contrast I think. I am thinking it's a straw?
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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