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Alternative Uses #16, 'Sink Plug'
Alternative Uses #16, 'Sink Plug'
sjturner


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Lenscap (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
Location: My bathroom, Yorkshire
Date: May 15, 2006
Aperture: f/3.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Humorous, Water
Date Uploaded: May 15, 2006

 Cleaned the sink, which pleased my wife Lorraine:-)
Removed the plug, which Lorraine didn't appreciate:-(

Will probably get penalised on the reflections from the flash and a bit too much noise or too sharp but hey ho.

In PS CS2 on Raw Image
Slightly upped the exposure to get a whiter sink
Upped Vignetting to lighten the corners
Straightened in the crop


In PS CS2
Smart Sharpen (75%, Rad 6)
Reduced noise
Resized
Unsharpen mask (40%)
Added border
Saved for web

Statistics
Place: 50 out of 183
Avg (all users): 5.8117
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.6296
Avg (non-participants): 5.8724
Views since voting: 1081
Views during voting: 471
Votes: 324
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/23/2006 11:46:23 PM
Did you use flash for this one? It looks like you did, or you used some unfortunate lighting that caused all those reflections. I think that this would have done much better with a longer exposure with a more diffused light... Still a top-10 in the challenge. Bump to 8.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/23/2006 11:41:59 PM
thank you for not doing a flower, oreo or eye patch
creative ideas are always apriciated :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/23/2006 10:40:12 PM
nice
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/23/2006 09:23:40 AM
I lost one like this !... nice...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/23/2006 06:05:04 AM
oh !
 05/21/2006 08:40:59 PM
nice and clear
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2006 05:41:39 PM
Great photo! Awesome shot and very creative
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/18/2006 11:15:34 PM
Good concept for the challenge. Hopefully you don't really resort to using your lens cap.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/18/2006 07:36:04 PM
I'm glad someone used this idea. It was one I thought of, but you did it better than I would have.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/17/2006 02:46:06 PM
very original!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/17/2006 02:38:24 PM
Hey! It works! A cute idea and a nice rendition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/17/2006 10:41:26 AM
Good altenative! It apear that you had used a flash here. The light hurts a bit this picture. There are so many hot spots distracting a lot. Try to use a soft light with very reflective subjects.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/17/2006 06:39:47 AM
Haha, great idea, can´t wait to see the fifteen first uses, hope you put them in the forums after the challenge ;)
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 05/17/2006 05:57:12 AM
uh oh, I hope that's not true.. great focus, especially on the water, nice job, maybe converting this to B&W or desaturating it would add more interest, but nice job overall
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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