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The most expensive property on the board...
The most expensive property on the board...
SoulMan1978


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Challenge: Wealth (Basic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Lens: Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha
Location: my girlfriend's house
Date: Sep 16, 2007
Aperture: 36
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80 secs
Date Uploaded: Sep 18, 2007

 This isn't one of my best ones, but I'll see how it goes...

it was a sod getting the lighting right, there wasn't much light so I needed a slow shutter speed, but I was using handheld. The flash was bouncing off the surface of the game board, giving me horrid reflections.

I tried all kinds of permutations of shutter speed/aperture/flash etc when suddenly I went on a gut feeling and dialled in exposure compensation of +2EV. I can't get my head round this, but that evened out the light enough to make it acceptable.

Tricky choice of making my focal point the hotels, the car, or the writing. Chose the latter.

rotated, cropped, resized, colour balance, plus a couple of cycles of noise removal and USM.

Statistics
Place: 65 out of 94
Avg (all users): 5.0762
Avg (commenters): 5.6154
Avg (participants): 4.8095
Avg (non-participants): 5.1381
Views since voting: 734
Views during voting: 355
Votes: 223
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 07/01/2008 08:39:40 PM
Thanks for your comment on my recent challenge entry. This is good too. Apparently I wasn't the first one with the idea!
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 09/26/2007 10:18:02 AM
Hey Barry!
Great minds think alike....even on different continents!!
I enjoyed the British version of the Monopoly Board...I laughed when I first saw it! You're Mayfair and we're Boardwalk! Funny we both pick the car piece too! Vrrrroooom!

I think your version would have scored better if you had taken a different angle, instead of straight on.

Keep on shootin'...you're doing GREAT!
*Elizabeth*
(not the Queen but almost! LOL)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/25/2007 09:45:27 PM
oopsie! You Lose!
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 09/25/2007 07:10:56 PM
You Brits have a different board than we have here. Are those London streets? I'll have to say I like the lighting and corner POV on the other Monopoly picture better.
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 09/25/2007 12:33:15 AM
other entry of same was way better - too straight on.
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 09/24/2007 09:01:14 PM
The flash lighting was a bit harsh.
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 09/22/2007 01:41:12 AM
Brit monopoly? Woo woo!
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 09/21/2007 08:15:07 PM
I didn't recognize Mayfair - different version LOL - 8
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 09/21/2007 07:17:44 PM
I love seeing a British Monopoly board. Perhaps you might try a crop of this where the red border of the board would be the bottom.
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 09/20/2007 09:52:34 PM
Good idea
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 09/20/2007 01:57:36 AM
i think better lighting would help this...looks too yellow.
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 09/20/2007 12:33:00 AM
The color seems off and it could use some cropping.
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 09/19/2007 09:51:21 PM
That is so cool thats the first time I have seen a monopoly board that used pounds. Nice shot 2.
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 09/19/2007 04:23:43 PM
Nice composition.
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 09/19/2007 01:07:27 AM
Clever idea. Nice lighting and focus.
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