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Spoilt Seeds
Spoilt Seeds
Tim


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Challenge: Seed (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4
Location: my computer desk
Date: Sep 12, 2006
Aperture: 16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 15 seconds
Galleries: Macro, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Sep 12, 2006

 Trying to be a bit subversive again - making a traditional pretty macro subject into something a little less appetising. Not sure how well rotting fruit is going to go with voters but I like it so that’s all that matters.
I don't have a light tent so I turned off all the lights, kept the shutter open for 15 seconds and manually fired off the flash about 20 times, bouncing it off the roof and walls to get a nice even light. Shot in RAW so I could adjust the WB seeing as my walls are a horrid pink colour and give a really strange light. I got some 60c bits of cardboard from the newsagency to use as backdrops for my macros and this is the first time I've used them.
Editing was sort of simple, levels layer and a selective colour layer to make the whites really white. But the colours weren't quite right and while playing around I did an auto levels layer and adjusted the opacity to about 40% which improved the colours a lot. Then I just sharpened and saved for web

Statistics
Place: 120 out of 163
Avg (all users): 5.0139
Avg (commenters): 5.6000
Avg (participants): 4.7119
Avg (non-participants): 5.2235
Views since voting: 1177
Views during voting: 228
Votes: 144
Comments: 7
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AuthorThread
 10/06/2006 12:39:55 PM
Good idea..
but the setting let the shot down.
Try doing it on a white plate or something like that..
It might help to add a little more dimension to the shot. :)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/23/2006 11:46:36 PM
Well lit, good focus, kinda icky.
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 09/19/2006 11:33:56 PM
Ugly yet beautiful... 6
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 09/19/2006 05:45:47 PM
What a neat photograph... such detail! I love how real all the textures look. Great work.
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 09/19/2006 04:33:47 AM
Hard to get over the yuck! response to judge the photo neutrally. (I.e to not go ewwww! low score!) Very well done, but ewww...
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 09/18/2006 05:00:29 AM
Good shot , but yuck.
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 09/18/2006 01:37:21 AM
gross...what was this an experiment?> nice clarity
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