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Snuggly Snails
Snuggly Snails
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Double Take (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Date: Jun 3, 2007
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/5 sec
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jun 3, 2007

 We have some snails in our aquarium, and here are a couple of them. They're moving around on wet glass quite happily and very quickly. This was lit by a shop light and the sunlight coming in through the nearby window.

Shot in RAW: adjusted WB/exposure

PS:
Crop
Curves
Selective Color (whites and blacks)
Channel mixer (for b/w conversion)
White gradient in overlay for bottom half
Black gradient in overlay for top half
NI a couple times
Dodge and burn all over the place
Convert to gray scale
Duotone
Dropped b/w layer under duotone layer
Set duotone layer to hue
Resize
Sharpen
Save for Web

Statistics
Place: 187 out of 383
Avg (all users): 5.4755
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 5.2976
Avg (non-participants): 5.7288
Views since voting: 688
Views during voting: 226
Votes: 143
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/05/2007 11:20:59 PM
Love the textures in the shells.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/05/2007 09:34:56 AM
beautiful curves, great in b&w!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/04/2007 04:19:47 PM
B&W makes it interesting
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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