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The Lion and the Bumbershoot
The Lion and the Bumbershoot
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Black and White in Color (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: Honolulu
Date: Jul 22, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/250s
Galleries: Still Life, Textures
Date Uploaded: Jul 22, 2006

 Raw adjustments in RSE: color temp, tint, shadow contrast, sharpness, detail extraction.
Converted to JPEG and adjusted in PS: levels, curves, brightness/contrast. Cloned a few lines to clean them up. Resized.
Neat Image.

Statistics
Place: 190 out of 263
Avg (all users): 4.6235
Avg (commenters): 5.1667
Avg (participants): 4.7333
Avg (non-participants): 4.5636
Views since voting: 736
Views during voting: 319
Votes: 255
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 08/03/2006 12:21:29 PM
Trading Post - You easily met the challenge here, but I think the softness of focus is what really hurt you. An interesting setup and combo of items, a bit od burning to make your blacks darker may have also helped make both of your subjects pop out a bit more.
 08/03/2006 08:55:07 AM
Trading post...
Very interesting setup. I think the lion head is OOF in someway though. Other than more sharpening or maybe a different lighting, I don't know what to suggest. I've tried a few times to work in raw, but can't seem to get the hang of it.
 08/02/2006 08:31:16 PM
Trading Post comment

I like the quietness of this. Meets the challenge well, but I suspect the low vote is due to the lack of crisp focus on the lion's head. Composition seems just a bit off-balance, but in looking at it, I'm not sure what to suggest to change it. I wouldn't crop off the left - I like that space there, but maybe had the umbrella been angled a bit more into the bottom of the picture? Not sure.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/31/2006 07:42:47 PM
Nice soft tones, but maybe a bit too soft for me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/27/2006 05:24:51 PM
Color (or lack thereof!) is nice, but the focus seems a bit soft. Bumbershoot is the coolest new word I have heard in a long time!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/27/2006 04:10:42 PM
Just not enough focus in the shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/27/2006 07:14:35 AM
Lion statue ar nice but compozition feels too stiff. I would actually try to find another object instead of umbrella.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/26/2006 02:08:52 AM
Nice.

I would have experimented with making the blacks a little blacker, and maybe altering the angle of the brolly to bring it closer to the bottom left corner. and maybe going quater-face with the lion.

But overall, it works well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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