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Challenge: Refraction of Light (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Home
Date: Mar 29, 2006
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Apr 4, 2006
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I have always liked the way light plays with everyday objects. Here, a doorknob the morning after the challenge was announced. It caught my eye...I took two quick shots...this is the one that was in focus.
I chased around all week looking for prisms and thinking about how refraction works and trying to find single point light sources. My efforts resulted in dead ends and frustration...but I never lost my enthusiasm for the scientific principle renewed in my mind. In the end, I thought there must be something better, more meaningful, and remembered this shot.
Things I did to the image: flipped horizontal so a right-handed person could reach for this door knob. Desaturated all but red and yellow--those I shifted and lightened. Applied levels. Sharpened. I had forgotten how to work within the basic editing rules...that forced me to spend time trying to find the effect I wanted.
This is not a typical DPC ribbon-range photo. I don't care. Of course I hope it will score well...but I'm learning to see the world my way again and that's what's most important to me.
When I look at this image I see the play of light, the humor of home improvements made when I first bought this house, the juxtaposition of ornament and age...life. I see a moment that made me think, "Ah! That's what being alive means...seeing beauty in the mundane."
I will leave this house soon. This is a piece of it that I will carry with me and, at the same time, leave behind for the next person to discover...an odd legacy, don't you think? |
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04/11/2006 03:09:55 PM |
| 8 out of 10 for the creativity! |
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04/11/2006 11:52:40 AM |
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04/08/2006 09:15:53 PM |
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04/08/2006 02:13:54 AM |
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04/05/2006 10:43:22 PM |
| very nice!!! love the composition and the refraction on this one!!! 10 |
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04/05/2006 09:39:33 PM |
| I really like this one. It's different from the expected wine glasses, and I love the composition and textures. Your colouring works perfectly with it, as does your title. |
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04/05/2006 11:27:34 AM |
| The composition needs work |
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04/05/2006 12:27:20 AM |
| Nice eye. I lke the texture of the paint. |
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