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Challenge: 12 Days Of Christmas (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Olympus D-490Z
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Dec 31, 2006
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Dec 31, 2006

 Drumstick tip shot through a cheap multifaceted lens hand-held in front of the regular lens. Tripod, incandescent light.

-Macro mode
-Auto WB
-Cloned out stray refractions on right/left edges
-RGB Curve
-Cropped from left to square
-Resize for DPC
-USM at 88%/1.3 dia/TH = 5
-USM at 88%/1.3 dia/TH = 5 (second application)
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 8/10 = 129kb

Statistics
Place: 53 out of 58
Avg (all users): 4.6746
Avg (commenters): 4.1000
Avg (participants): 4.1250
Avg (non-participants): 4.8047
Views since voting: 1520
Views during voting: 311
Votes: 209
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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 01/15/2007 11:49:05 AM
Originally posted by levyj413:
Funny. I didn't know how you got the effect, so I submitted it for validation. But I loved it, and voted it an 8.

Thanks for mentioning the multifaceted lens. Us non-DLSR folks just don't know what kinds of wild and crazy lenses are out there.

Here's the set-up for this shot.

Note that this is a 50-cent kid's multi-faceted lens (often sold as a "kaleidoscope") hand-held in front of the lens of my Olympus D490 P&S camera, not a specialty lens, and my Olympus is about as non-dSLR as it gets these days!

01/08/2007 12:17:14 AM
Funny. I didn't know how you got the effect, so I submitted it for validation. But I loved it, and voted it an 8.

Thanks for mentioning the multifaceted lens. Us non-DLSR folks just don't know what kinds of wild and crazy lenses are out there.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/06/2007 07:08:07 PM
Sorry, but this is like looking at wallpaper. There is nothing that the eye stops on. There is nothing in focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/05/2007 10:02:40 PM
Nice idea, but the soft focus really hurts.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/04/2007 01:04:59 AM
A star filter lense?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/04/2007 12:22:29 AM
Nice idea, but would work better if it were more clear.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/03/2007 06:35:25 PM
This image is out of focus and the cloning makes it hard to tell these are drumsticks. It's a little bit dark, too. Good Luck.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/03/2007 06:46:48 AM
I like the concept, but I feel the shot isn't very compelling.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/01/2007 10:26:01 PM
Nice idea, perhaps 24 drumsticks would have been more accurate. I like the picture though
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/01/2007 06:49:23 AM
Interesting angle.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/01/2007 04:25:48 AM
GREAT IDEA AND GIVES A SENSE OF MOVEMENT
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/01/2007 01:14:53 AM
I understand what you're trying to do here, but it doesn't realy come off the way you intend. If anything it looks like several matchsticks. Sorry!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/01/2007 12:19:21 AM
this gives me a headache...
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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