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Art of the Weld
Art of the Weld
LaMas


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Challenge: Selective Desaturation II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8D
Location: Fabrication Shop
Date: May 15, 2007
Aperture: 8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60th
Galleries: Candid, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 15, 2007

 Very simple shot taken where I work.

Adjusted the levels, Desaturated the surrounding areas and brought back the color to just the sparks and the pipe.

Fun project. It did take quite some time to do every spark though. I hope it looks good to the viewers though.

Thanks everyone!
GO BUZZARDS!!!!

Statistics
Place: 110 out of 556
Avg (all users): 5.8722
Avg (commenters): 7.5455
Avg (participants): 5.8305
Avg (non-participants): 6.0200
Views since voting: 915
Views during voting: 344
Votes: 227
Comments: 19
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 06/04/2007 05:42:47 PM
Creative subject for the challenge - don't envy you painting all those sparks!
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 05/29/2007 02:06:34 PM
Terrific idea and captured very well. Gives a ton of life to a shot that might otherwise be a bit dull (big plus). Hope you weren't looking into the sparks while taking the picture? Gave you a 7 during the challenge and it was one of my favorites.
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 05/28/2007 08:34:20 PM
Wow, great shot!! Love it!!
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 05/28/2007 09:49:15 AM
this is great I don't understand scoring at all.
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 05/28/2007 02:28:16 AM
Excellent work on the desat! That must have taken a bit of time, and the end result is worth it - this is one of those shots where I do believe the desat actually benefits the picture nicely. Score should have been higher in my estimation (and you're commenters thought so, too.) Congrats on a great picture!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/27/2007 11:30:25 PM
Original choice of subject, and well-done desat.
 05/26/2007 03:07:23 PM
Now that's a cool effect! Great idea & well done...
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 05/25/2007 10:54:19 PM
An image with a difference. Well done.
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 05/24/2007 02:53:10 PM
very well done!
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 05/23/2007 06:14:51 PM
Nice blue effects!
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 05/23/2007 01:25:11 PM
I like that. Great subject and capture and desat should do well.
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 05/22/2007 05:14:10 PM
Very cool shot and great work in post.
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 05/22/2007 04:24:08 PM
Just really like this one...well done. 9
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 05/22/2007 02:14:00 PM
interesting capture.
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 05/22/2007 11:07:50 AM
I love that blue flame
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 05/21/2007 08:03:54 PM
Sweet image, great creative idea! Only thing...the color of the smoke seems weirdly cut off, it think it would have been just effective if you had just colored the sparks and left the smoke. But still a great photo 8.
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 05/21/2007 01:40:36 PM
This must have taken forever I admire the detail here
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 05/21/2007 01:38:21 PM
Very nice work! I love the fact that you were able to get all of the sparks from the weld.
 05/21/2007 12:42:04 PM
Love the colors in your shot, great angle and idea. Hope you didn't get hit with any of the metal pieces. :) Nice work.
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