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Odd One Out
Odd One Out
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Match (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD for Canon
Location: My bedroom
Date: Jan 11, 2007
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 13s
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2007

 I used a harsh light from the side (a little keyring LED torch) to bring out the texture of the matchsticks. There's a bit of white card cropped out of the shot to allow me to fix the resulting odd white balance. I used a book to mask the light from the top of the shot (it was picking up the texture of my backdrop otherwise). Sadly a few specks got through but not a lot I could do about it in Basic editing - all the global filters destroyed too much detail on the matches.

Pretty pleased with the result.

PP:

RAW import
Straighten
Crop
Resize
USM

Statistics
Place: 132 out of 248
Avg (all users): 5.1350
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 4.8977
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Views since voting: 695
Views during voting: 281
Votes: 200
Comments: 6
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/22/2007 04:47:37 PM
A little too dark for the title to stand out.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/20/2007 02:41:27 PM
creative, maybe have some overhead lighting, so each head doesn't cast a shadow
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2007 07:05:03 PM
Good idea. However, I think a lighter background would have been better for this shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/18/2007 03:02:06 AM
Clever...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/17/2007 06:42:38 PM
The colors are a little cold, not sure if that was intentional or not but I rather like it. The concept is very interesting as well, I feel like that quite often.

wow, 8 and I'm rather harsh usually.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/17/2007 06:23:12 PM
haha, I like how you didnt get any of the wood on the odd stick burnt. Very clever. 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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