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Challenge: Texture (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S40
Location: kitchen
Date: Jul 16, 2002
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/80
Date Uploaded: Jul 20, 2002

Paper towel

Statistics
Place: 94 out of 218
Avg (all users): 5.3113
Avg (commenters): 5.9333
Avg (participants): 5.1329
Avg (non-participants): 5.5960
Views since voting: 837
Votes: 257
Comments: 15
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07/28/2002 09:08:00 PM
this looks like something that was taken with an electroni microscope. cool :)
07/28/2002 12:56:00 AM
Very well done! I like the blue. I like the choice of DOF here, emphasizing the slight waves in the material. You can imagine the little holes soaking up the liquids (although I may not have known it was a papertowel if not for the title). The layout is great also (choice of position for the lines/patterns). I like this a lot!!! 9
Ruthann
07/26/2002 04:39:00 PM
This shot is more interesting than I first gave it credit. After all, a papertowel? O.K. the biggest gripe I have is the depth of field. High angle of attack combined with Macro shots seem to be a problem for digi-cams. I have resorted to attempting to keep my Macro shots as flat as possible. Granted, I lose some in "interest" points, but easily solves the focus the entire frame issue. This could be a good topic for the forums.....6 Swash
07/25/2002 08:03:00 PM
Not enough depth of field.
07/25/2002 08:18:00 AM
Good depiction of texture. Only a small strip in the middle is in focus. I would have prefered the bottom to be in focus.
07/24/2002 03:14:00 PM
I can't believe you tried this! Really good job. I don't minfd the focus dropping off at the back but the soft focus at the front is a bit offputting. DOF only extends half as far in front as it does behind the point of sharp focus (except at really close up). If you'd focused on the first line instead of the seconf it would have been spot on.
07/23/2002 07:21:00 PM
the quicker picker upper :) critique... take a look at this image... as you can see, there is a sharply focused segment that extends from left to right just slightly below the center of the frame. The foreground in front of this strip and the background behind this strip are out of focus. This area that is IN focus is within your depth of field. This indicates a low F number (wide aperture) setting on your camera. I don't know what kind of camera was used here, but a larger F number (smaller aperture) in the aperture priority mode (or manual mode) would extend this plane of focus through a larger portion of your image. It also appears that the camera lens may be resting on the surface. If this is the case, raising the camera up a few inches and pointing it down at a slightly lower angle would allow the foreground to be in better focus as well. Your camera has a minimum distance from the lens in which it can focus effectively, regardless of the aperture settings. I also believe that a different orientation of this paper towel would create a better composition... diagonal lines would be more eye catching than the horizontal and vertical lines here... = 5 - jmsetzler
07/23/2002 02:34:00 PM
Composition7,
Technical Aspects7,
Meets Challenge8,
Originality8,
Average Score8,
Autool.
07/23/2002 02:23:00 AM
eerie color cast. Works well here.
07/23/2002 12:46:00 AM
Interesting use of color to make the subject matter more arbitrary. Did you actually change the color on the paper towel, or on the computer? Great macro shot!
07/22/2002 11:46:00 PM
the quicker picker upper! The blue is definitely interesting, and allows the texture to be more visible, I think. karmat
07/22/2002 11:13:00 PM
Monotonous; needs some variety and tension.
07/22/2002 03:29:00 PM
Nice detail and color. Dof is a little distracting though.
07/22/2002 02:04:00 PM
Great texture shot.
07/22/2002 01:54:00 AM
nice texture and DOF, further recomposition could have produced better effect, but overall, very nice.


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