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Challenge: The Four Elements II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED
Location: home
Date: May 27, 2007
Aperture: f/6.7
ISO: 200
Shutter: bulb
Galleries: Water, Studio
Date Uploaded: May 27, 2007

 Single shot, taken in a dark room with shutter on bulb. Black velvet cloth near the camera covering the bottom half of the frame. Flash once, rotate camera, flash again. Repeat many times until both shots are lined up properly.

Post processing:

-- Slight rotate and crop
-- NeatImage
-- Clone out fishing line
-- Select the background, average filter.
-- Gradient tool, overlay mode to do some vignetting.
-- Curves layer to make background more blue
-- Curves layer, soft light mode, 25% opacity
-- Resize, sharpen, save for web

Statistics
Place: 24 out of 394
Avg (all users): 6.5263
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.4037
Avg (non-participants): 6.7419
Views since voting: 1501
Views during voting: 350
Votes: 171
Comments: 14
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 06/09/2007 06:38:54 PM
Gorgeous, I love the exposure of the taps, Perfect.
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 06/07/2007 02:52:45 AM
wow this is really cool, excellent work. :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/03/2007 06:34:51 PM
Very clever!
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 06/03/2007 01:15:32 AM
Can't wait to read how you did this one! Nicely thought out... and I suppose it is also well executed. ;) (7)
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 06/02/2007 12:36:25 AM
very clever. nice
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 06/01/2007 07:46:01 PM
A very interesting image I like it. Well done.
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 05/30/2007 02:26:25 PM
nice concept but background doesn't work for me. Perhaps tiles?
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 05/29/2007 05:37:24 PM
Thanks for the reply, this changes i few things ;) 8 for creativity, nicely done.
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 05/29/2007 10:49:53 AM
Very cool!
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 05/29/2007 04:44:07 AM
Sorry for requesting validation, this seemed to be too good to be true. Please post your setup after the challenge (unless you are graphicfunk, then I know it's another "miracle in basic editing").

10, BTW.
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 05/29/2007 12:49:12 AM
Amazing. I'll be interested in reading how you did this.
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 05/28/2007 04:01:52 PM
if it's regular this is a great photo. the idea is excellent. 10
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 05/28/2007 04:26:21 AM
How did you do that in advanced editing ???
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 05/28/2007 02:38:18 AM
Interesting concept.
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