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Salt and Pepper
Salt and Pepper
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Challenge: Things That Go Together (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: San Francisco, California
Date: Jan 28, 2004
Aperture: 14
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/6 sec.
Galleries: Abstract, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jan 28, 2004

 Many small colored pepper corns and some rock salt in a yin yang pattern. Glued them on yin yang template that I printed out on a red background. Changed to a brighter red later with PSp. Used auto levels and Unsharp Mask.

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 164
Avg (all users): 6.3882
Avg (commenters): 7.4500
Avg (participants): 6.3299
Avg (non-participants): 6.4658
Views since voting: 2466
Votes: 170
Comments: 28
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 07/16/2014 07:11:28 PM
Very well done. Love this.
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 05/23/2005 04:10:24 PM
this is simply awe inspiring....crystal clear...bright and close...I feel like I could reach out and touch it...very nice....and I love the ying yang pattern....just love it!!!!
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 05/06/2004 01:37:58 PM
Really awesome image. It just draws you in. I think i sat for a while just staring at the salt crystals. I thought they were white rice and the pepper corns were lentils or something vegan. I love it!! Nice work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/06/2004 05:30:53 PM
Vivid, original. I like it.
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 02/06/2004 04:09:15 PM
beautiful!
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 02/06/2004 03:52:09 PM
Nice sharp image a must have a good Macro lens Nice shot
That must have taken a while to set up and it is the best
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 02/05/2004 10:26:37 PM
I am making an assumption here that you took out the background digitally. If that is the case, try shooting on colored cardboard or paper. The edges on the outside need some work. If I am assuming wrong, I apologise. I am giving a rating between the two.
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 02/05/2004 05:21:48 AM
Your salt crystals somehow remind me more of sugar crystals... Nice picture anyways
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 02/05/2004 01:17:25 AM
nice...especially effective with the course textures, instead of table salt and ground pepper.
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 02/05/2004 01:05:49 AM
Yin and Yang, Black and White this photo has it all
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 02/04/2004 10:45:42 AM
nice detail all over, simple and effective. fits the challenge well.
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 02/04/2004 01:23:39 AM
Very creative! Cropping seems to be fairly even just by eyeballing it. Colors of the pepper look nice and clean. Salt crystals are white and detailed. The only thing I can complain about is the entire edge of the yin yang design. It appears that this was selected off a different background (obvious, I know) but the part I'm talking about is the sharp edge between the salt and pepper and it's very "edgy". If you applied a light feather to that and then slapped it on the background, it might look more natural and less edgy. Overall, an excellent entry. 8.
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 02/03/2004 08:03:02 PM
very creative. Love the texture & red BG with the different coloured peppers. Fantastico! 9! FOrget the 9, changing it to a 10!
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 02/03/2004 12:16:14 PM
I'm surprised by how many shots like this are in the challenge. Yours is very good. Close up, well defined and good color/lighting.
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 02/03/2004 08:08:38 AM
Great textures.
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 02/03/2004 05:54:49 AM
Well done. Simple, interesting and to the point.
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 02/02/2004 08:02:23 PM
Thats three same shot...wild. This is cool ...love the colours in the pepper
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 02/02/2004 06:26:58 PM
I like the different color of pepper, teh red background/edge almost looks fake somehow.
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 02/02/2004 04:47:05 PM
Great concept but looks like you've lost detail in the corn by using harsh lighting. Overall I like.
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 02/02/2004 03:59:13 PM
Very nice, have you used a PS tool to clean up the edges? Really good colours, the yin and tyand symbols stand out well 8
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 02/02/2004 02:05:35 PM
Very creative and well done!
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 02/02/2004 12:06:20 PM
Good contrast, and a clear and sharp photo. (8)
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 02/02/2004 12:01:52 PM
The salt crystals and peppercorns produce a good texture. Unless the background was filled in with photoshop, the symbol appears to be floating, creating depth in an otherwise 2d view. Very nicely done.

A possible imprvement, if this was elevated from the background on glass would have been to give it some above-side lighting to cast a shadow for even more depth.
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 02/02/2004 09:32:37 AM
I like the closeup detail in this shot, as compared with the several other entries that attempted the same thing. The rock salt gives nice textural contrast to the whole peppercorns. I don't like the background though. I don't know if you masked it out but it looks very unnatual to me. I would have preferred a more appropriate setting for the subject and natural shadows.
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 02/02/2004 07:52:02 AM
Neat!! Something about the sharp edges of the pepper makes this look almost unnatural, not sure if a little soft focusing would help or not
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 02/02/2004 04:53:22 AM
Beautifully done, really nice detail and nice clean background the colour of which really complements the peppercorn reds.
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 02/02/2004 01:28:50 AM
Very creatively done.
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 02/02/2004 12:57:04 AM
Dam there has been a lot of salt and peper! Iteresting but there have been a couple of these that put in a lot more effort.
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