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The Zen Fool
The Zen Fool
riolobo


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Challenge: Gold (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: Rio Grande, Ohio
Date: Jul 23, 2006
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80 s
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jul 23, 2006

 Fools gold: stellated crystal of marcasite, a polymorph of pyrite (iron disulfide) as the \"mountain\" in a Zen garden of granulated sugar.

Post-processing
Photoshop: levels, curves, hue/saturation, brightness/contrast, dodge/burn, selective color, clone out a couple of specks, sharpen, crop, resize, save-for-web.

Statistics
Place: 199 out of 296
Avg (all users): 4.9841
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8739
Avg (non-participants): 5.1410
Views since voting: 788
Views during voting: 294
Votes: 189
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/27/2006 07:35:46 PM
Would have been more dazzling on black
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 07/24/2006 07:38:03 PM
Great idea, lovely contrast of textures and colors. Meditative.
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 07/24/2006 06:55:01 PM
Great concept
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 07/24/2006 12:22:56 PM
Dang! I wish I could think of ideas like this. Right on the 1/3s! What I really like about this image is the statement it makes. It's one of those photographs where the title is essential for the image to make sense.

I love this setup and think that with a few improvements you'd have a top-notch shot and should even consider a series of these. The square crop works very well, here. (Of course I'm a rare fan of square crops). Here are my thoughts; take them for what they're worth:

I can see a couple of spots where the base material is showing. I think that this could have been avoided by putting the sand in a pan or somehow getting a thicker layer. That might have also given you deeper grooves which would have given the image more depth. I think the "gold" is the key element of the image and has not quite been done justice. I'd be in favor of some softer light, sharper focus, a lower angle and possibly a tighter crop. You might also get some good results with different DOF. Regardless of my nitpicks, it's quite interesting and gets high marks for creative thinking!
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 07/24/2006 12:59:50 AM
hmm, could work for both challenges, huh? too funny.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/24/2006 12:42:32 AM
LOL Wrong challenge week! Can't wait to see what ya come up with next week!
TC
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 07/24/2006 12:36:49 AM
Great Job!
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 07/24/2006 12:17:39 AM
How strange that the next challenge is Zen....This would have been a winner for sure.
I like this one very much. 10
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