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I, Robot - Isaac Asimov Tribute
I, Robot - Isaac Asimov Tribute
yanko


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Personification II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Home
Date: Feb 4, 2007
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Abstract, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Feb 4, 2007

 I came up with the idea while rummaging through my kitchen utensils and appliances. It's probably too "abstract" but I like it.

Setup:

I used one desk lamp as the main light source positioned to the right and above the subjects. A nearby window added some additional light. The robot consists of two metal cake mixer rods fitted together with metal wire to form the body and a tea strainer was attached to form the head. It has a handle but I didn't want to chop it off so lets just call them antennas. :P Besides I think it helps to convey the direction it's head is facing.

The rest is pretty simple. I put a photo of Asimov in a frame and set it on top of a make shift end table, which is a dvd case inside of a soft lens pouch. For the background I used flexible poster board.

Post Processing:

- Raw converted with contrast boost
- Curves
- Tone mapping
- Noise ninja
- PS noise reduction for added smoothness
- Cloned out part of the tea strainer handle at the top and wire at the bottom.
- Applied some color corrections using color replacement tool.
- Desaturated photo which was nearly b/w to begin with and a little on the metal rods.
- Dodge and burn for added contrast.
- Resized for web output (bicubic sharpener).
- Assign color profile to sRGB (from Adobe RGB)
- Convert color profile to sRGB.
- Channel Mixer to convert to b/w.
- Curves for final color.
- Smart Sharpen.
- Added border.
- Save for web.

*Post*

Well this snaps my streak of nine straight 6+ scores. I thought for sure this would have kept it going. Oh well.

More fun with kitchen stuff


Statistics
Place: 52 out of 218
Avg (all users): 5.9508
Avg (commenters): 7.7143
Avg (participants): 5.6190
Avg (non-participants): 6.2323
Views since voting: 1591
Views during voting: 289
Votes: 183
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 02/12/2007 07:35:04 PM
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Message edited by author 2007-06-24 04:15:18.
 02/12/2007 06:16:03 PM
wow, I thought you clipped that teaball thing onto a sculpture. If I'd realized you'd constructed the whole thing I'd've given you a 9 or a 10. well done.
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 02/12/2007 02:58:52 PM
Wow, this is SO good! Those rich brown tones, and the concept is so clever! I think for some reason, you got robbed! I missed this in the voting, but you would have had seven 10's had I gotten to it :(

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 02/12/2007 03:49:06 AM
I love this shot. Great clarity, toning and lighting! WTG, Richard.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/11/2007 06:13:59 PM
elegant: humorous yet reverent tribute 8
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 02/11/2007 06:06:34 PM
I like how you robot man is look at the picture...they are mixing blades...nice lines and color
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 02/11/2007 04:21:20 PM
Ah, one of my favs - Asimov, that is :P - 9
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 02/10/2007 06:54:24 PM
Great light and toning, cool combo like this. 9
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 02/06/2007 02:49:55 PM
Very good setup and well photographed
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 02/05/2007 01:43:26 PM
excellent .... great photograph, great tones, great composition and great idea .... i was a total science fiction freak and read so many different science fiction books in our local library that i reckon i nearly read the lot ... sort of gone off them lately tho ... might'v overdone it!! ..=9
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 02/05/2007 04:16:39 AM
beautiful lighting and detail. nice use of tonal range, i just love the way the metal looks.
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