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Crank it all the way up
Crank it all the way up
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Challenge: The Number 10 (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Bonus room
Date: Jul 9, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 500
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Studio
Date Uploaded: Jul 9, 2006

Lighting provided by a nearby window with white blinds. Makes for pretty soft lighting. Old Fender Deluxe Reverb amp and black Strat in the background.

Edits: Curves, Dodge highlite on knob numbers, Burn shadow on cord and Fender emblem, USM, sharpen, save for 640.

POST Challenge: From the comments, I could have gone with my original title like "Mine only goes to 10" in reference to Spinal Tap. I wasn't sure everybody would relate to that movie.

-- Post Challenge --
I started to name this image with some reference to Spinal Tap and this amp only going to 10. I wasn't sure how many would get the reference though. I tried probably 20 different angles to get the 10's to show up more predominately, but nothing else worked very well or was just a picture of some knobs set on 10.

Statistics
Place: 116 out of 219
Avg (all users): 5.3189
Avg (commenters): 6.0769
Avg (participants): 5.0238
Avg (non-participants): 5.5644
Views since voting: 572
Views during voting: 276
Votes: 185
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0


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08/01/2006 11:35:49 PM
I started to name this image with some reference to Spinal Tap and this amp only going to 10. I wasn't sure how many would get the reference though. I tried probably 20 different angles to get the 10's to show up more predominately, but nothing else worked very well or was just a picture of some knobs set on 10.

Thanks for the votes and especially thanks for all that left a comment.

Oh, and yeah, my other amp goes to 11, but that would have gotten me a DNMC. :)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/14/2006 10:53:18 PM
would have been a great shot for perspective too. Nice! 7
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07/14/2006 07:21:29 PM
Meets the challenge well. I like the title. The lighting looks good and the focus is nice. I'm not sure about the composition for a couple of reasons. First the guitar in the background does further the story a bit and compliments the idea of the image but the fact that it is background and blurred out distracts me. Seeing it makes me wish it were more in focus which would defeat the purpose of it being background and a supporting role so I can't decide if it works for me or not. Also, I can't really read the name of the amp or whatever this thingie is (I don't know musical equipment!) and that's due to the way the camera is facing. I'd much prefer to be able to read the name easily - especially since it has much of the crisp focus on it. A slight turn in perspective would achieve that as well as maybe make the 10s just a bit more obvious. Still you'd lose the guitar in the background so its a tough call. Overall I gave a 6
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07/14/2006 08:23:18 AM
Isn't there an 11 on there? :) ... I like this one BTW!
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07/12/2006 01:40:48 AM
Oh but of course you know that those other ones go to eleven.... (I hope you've seen This is Spinal Tap or this will make no sense!)

To comment on the shot itself - I love the guitar in the background. I wish that the metal plate at top right and the F had not been cut off. I like the addition of the red light being on.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/12/2006 01:06:44 AM
It's one loudah! (if you get that, you're the man/woman...if not, watch Spinal Tap. :) ) great job, i like it a lot...7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/11/2006 07:29:31 PM
I love guitars and amps. Finding a new way to shoot them is tough. Nice job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/11/2006 12:05:20 AM
almost miss the numbers 10. perhaps if your view was brought up just a hair more towards the top?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/11/2006 12:03:55 AM
is this twin reverb? that is one loud amp. I think a larger DoF would have been nice if all the knobs were on ten and a camera angle to see all of them. just a suggestion,
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/10/2006 08:37:34 PM
I want one of those amps that goes up to 11!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/10/2006 07:23:17 PM
What - no 11?
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07/10/2006 10:58:53 AM
mine can go to 11! ;-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/10/2006 06:36:06 AM
11??? Oh, that's on Marshall amps...nice shot, great idea, well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/10/2006 04:25:27 AM
I would had taken this photograph near the numbers. It was a little hard for me to find the tens.
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