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Christmas Lights Golfball
Christmas Lights Golfball
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Unrelatedness (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: garage
Date: Sep 30, 2006
Aperture: f/36
ISO: 200
Shutter: 13 s
Galleries: Abstract, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Sep 30, 2006

 Looks like I am another week late in the challenges since I didn't enter abstract macro, lol.
I taped a white christmas light onto the back of the golfball and used my 18-55 kit lens stacked with three macro filters +1, +2, and +3. I then used another one of the lights from the string to paint the ball during the exposure.
PP:Convert from raw, crop, rotate 180 degrees. Some dodging and burning of shadows and highlights. 2 hue saturation layer to convert to b*w and then a gradient map on top of that.
I wanted a more of a star shape since with the christmas light since I stopped down to f/36 but it didn't quite work out that way.
Post challenge: Wow only 13 shots from the Brown! Very impressive if I do say so my self!

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Place: 120 out of 134
Avg (all users): 4.7674
Avg (commenters): 6.8333
Avg (participants): 4.4444
Avg (non-participants): 4.9541
Views since voting: 853
Views during voting: 355
Votes: 172
Comments: 6
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/08/2006 11:48:48 PM
This reminds me of Earth rising on the moon. Did you intend that? 9
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 10/08/2006 03:25:33 PM
Absolutely gorgeous shot.
Looks like a dimply planet.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/05/2006 10:45:58 AM
"Use the farce, Luke! It's the Death Star!"
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 10/03/2006 05:11:17 PM
Not too good, sorry... the ball is overpowering and there really isn't much too look at.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/03/2006 12:36:58 PM
If I ignore the title it sort of reminds me of a planet with a moon or a sun on the horizon...well, a lumpy moon or sun, but it is still a cool effect!
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 10/02/2006 01:22:25 AM
Macro shot or golf ball sized for beginners?
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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