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Mandolin
Mandolin
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Challenge: Shapes (Advanced Editing I*)
Camera: Olympus C-750UZ
Location: Huntington, WV
Date: Dec 6, 2003
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Dec 5, 2003

 taken from a tripod, with natural light on a cloudy day
used PSE 2.0 for post-processing:
cropped, auto levels, cloned out dust specs and reflections on the mandolin surface, 2x unsharp mask 75% 1.5 pixels on the instrument, gaussian blur to blue backdrop, despeckled.

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 125
Avg (all users): 6.1597
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.9390
Avg (non-participants): 6.4516
Views since voting: 1414
Votes: 144
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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 12/21/2003 07:47:26 PM
Critique Club

It does make for a very interesting and appealling entry in the shapes challenge. The lines and curves are very appealling. Your only downfall are the strings are slightly soft. This is definately a very nice relaxing photo and well done.
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 12/15/2003 11:13:00 AM
Thanks, you all! It is a thrill to break into the 80th percentile for the first time!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/14/2003 09:41:52 PM
beautiful close crop of this instrument. the complementary colors make it pop!!!
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 12/14/2003 08:36:15 PM
Stunning-- Maybe a less crumpled background-- but a 9
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 12/14/2003 07:27:13 PM
Beautiful shot. Love the main shape in the mandolin. There are actually many shapes but I think that one is the main focus. Nice an sharp and the light is just right. The blue cloth background helps. 7
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 12/14/2003 05:41:49 PM
Good lighting and focus.. the back drop you used is a bit distracting though
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 12/13/2003 10:47:36 PM
Sometimes less is more. The tight crop on part of the mando brings out the texture of wood and metal, the shape of the f-slot and a hint of the shape of the body. I like this better than the shots of entire instruments that were submitted.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/09/2003 01:57:02 AM
Great focus on the shape rather then the whole instrument.
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 12/08/2003 05:25:25 PM
This picture caught my eye immediately for its strong shapes and great colors. I would have like a more evenly lit, flat, background of the same color, or more blur, to attract less attention. And the right hand side is not totally sharp. But small imperfections.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/08/2003 04:31:20 PM
Lovely.
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 12/08/2003 12:00:07 PM
Nice! I like the way the strings are at the right hand side and parallel to the edge of the frame. The position of the left curve is also strong. Personally I think a lower DOF, throwing the blue cloth further out of focus, would look better. Nice image!
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 12/08/2003 02:16:19 AM
Stunning. Excellent lighting and composition and nicely meets the challenge.
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