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Eye of the Needle,   by Ken Follet,  a WWII spy novel.
Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follet, a WWII spy novel.
JC_Homola


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Challenge: Book Titles (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Location: Somewhere in time
Date: Nov 9, 2003
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1
Galleries: Macro, Studio
Date Uploaded: Nov 5, 2003

Lit with a small halogen desk lamp, I placed 3 different colour fine mesh bags over it to create the texture and colours.
cropped, colour, contrast, median, USM (x2), curves, levels adjusted in photoshop. Desaturate the blue channel and adjusted hue and level to minimize a dead pixel (?) spot.
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Camera Model Name
Canon PowerShot G3
Shooting Date/Time
11/9/2003 7:12:05 PM
Shooting Mode
Aperture-Priority AE
Photo Effect Mode
Off
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1
Av( Aperture Value )
3.5
Metering Mode
Center-weighted averaging
Exposure Compensation
-2/3
ISO Speed
50
Lens
7.2 - 28.8mm
Focal Length
23.0mm
Digital Zoom
None

Statistics
Place: 86 out of 231
Avg (all users): 5.6098
Avg (commenters): 6.0833
Avg (participants): 5.4390
Avg (non-participants): 5.7805
Views since voting: 1252
Votes: 246
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/17/2003 08:56:21 AM
I\'m guessing that the red side of the needle is a reflection of the background, might have looked better if lit so this part was it\'s own color
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11/15/2003 02:23:59 PM
This is a interesting shot to me, simple yet dramatic with the red background, I like the crop choice here also, adds height to the needle ( which I am sure was your intention)perfect lighting no glare on the needle itself, which at this close I am sure was difficult. good job!
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11/14/2003 08:57:57 PM
Could you describe the book a bit more in your title? this is a bit literal as well. You blew it up so big a camel might fit in there- there is hope for trump's soul!
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11/14/2003 04:18:33 PM
The background and highlight colour makes this stand out from the crowd.
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11/14/2003 12:41:59 AM
must be a popular book. nice lighting and prop.
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11/13/2003 08:40:45 PM
really nice creative macro shot. of course it fits the challenge. I like the red BG as well
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11/12/2003 11:18:16 PM
Good macro. I think it might have been better to not center, and to include something else that could give us a real sense of scale. I was thinking, what if this was a big, joke needle!!!
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11/12/2003 09:10:42 PM
nice macro...love the red background
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11/12/2003 08:22:21 PM
Nice composition, and an excellent choiuce of framing to suit the subject. I'd be tempted to run this one through NeatImage though to clean up that noise.
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11/12/2003 04:08:52 PM
Nice lighting, very nice background. Interesting use of colour. Would prefer more accurate horizontal centreing and perhaps a slightly wider image, though just a touch. Nice one!
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11/12/2003 01:48:45 PM
One of my all time favorite books......good job portraying it. Top 10!
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11/12/2003 01:26:35 PM
Figured that one out easily. Good work.
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11/12/2003 01:07:41 PM
The third time! This is a commom book, no?
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