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Have a cigar
Have a cigar
asimchoudhri


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Pink Floyd (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Date: Dec 19, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Black and White, Studio
Date Uploaded: Dec 19, 2006

 Images of a box of Bahia Gold churchill cigars. Auto-white balance and black-and-white conversion in Adobe Lightroom beta v4.1. I think that the b+w conversion was rushed, and the output looked a little gray. A thin black border would have helped, but the version submitted was ready at 23:59 and the one with the border was ready at 00:00 and missed the cutoff :-( i think that would have bought i another 0.1 or so... a better b+w conversion would have gotten a few more tenths. One big problem is that I didn't keep the foreground out-of-focus enough to look intentional (oh, for a new lens...). First, though, I need a better lighting setup.

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Statistics
Place: 119 out of 151
Avg (all users): 5.0536
Avg (commenters): 5.2000
Avg (participants): 4.9091
Avg (non-participants): 5.1006
Views since voting: 892
Views during voting: 298
Votes: 224
Comments: 5
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/26/2006 01:04:16 PM
Needs sharper focus, better contrast.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/24/2006 02:44:30 AM
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 12/23/2006 03:53:42 PM
On theme, I'd rather see a hand/arm offering the box. These could just be on a shelf in a store. They look like expensive cigars, which IS appropriate!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/21/2006 12:48:50 PM
The white at the top left and right is a bit distracting - it keeps us from seeing the sides of the box.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/20/2006 11:41:12 PM
soft focussed, cud have sharpened a bit
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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