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Faithful Companion
Faithful Companion
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Challenge: Beauty In The Everyday (Basic Editing)
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Location: Los Angeles
Date: Dec 15, 2007
Aperture: ƒ1.7
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Macro, Blur
Date Uploaded: Dec 16, 2007

 This is a vintage Fender Stratocaster guitar. I thought about titling the photo "Stratovarius", but I thought there might be backlash from the pun, or some people just wouldn't get Strat-Strad connection. I laid the guitar on the carpet, I chose a place that looked pleasing lighting-wise. There was a little dog hair I thought I could clone out later, until I read the basic editing rules! Oops.

Statistics
Place: 72 out of 207
Avg (all users): 5.6965
Avg (commenters): 6.8000
Avg (participants): 5.5513
Avg (non-participants): 5.7886
Views since voting: 993
Views during voting: 311
Votes: 201
Comments: 12
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/25/2007 03:26:52 PM
Beautiful and well experienced guitar (?):-). The photo is very pleasant to look at, mainly thanks to unusual colors. I would expect a "Faithfull companion" to be less abstract; blurry strings, fine as they are, would fit better if more focused. Or may be not.
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 12/24/2007 03:31:28 PM
Wish it had a little more DOF, but this is a very cool looking instrument. Lots of character in it. A solid 7.
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 12/22/2007 05:05:30 PM
Love the colors. The little bit of chromic aberration in the over-sharp bokeh actually looks fine here.
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 12/22/2007 01:16:32 PM
Sweet guitar..
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 12/22/2007 01:18:28 AM
Great bokeh, focus,and sharpness.
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 12/21/2007 12:46:26 PM
Love the colours..
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 12/21/2007 10:12:24 AM
Nice idea, but maybe a little more DOF to define the subject better.
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 12/20/2007 01:35:08 AM
At first I thought I didn't like this shot. On second look, I see the idea easily comes across as a once beautiful guitar showing it's age. The picture is simple.
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 12/19/2007 08:27:01 PM
seeing this much of it I really now want to see the rest of the guitar :) I think the colors really serve you well on this one. I like the use of foreground vs. background. Just a nice shot.
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 12/19/2007 05:48:49 PM
Very good perspective and DOF, you have made something ordinary look better.
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 12/19/2007 05:46:30 PM
Wow, what an idiosynchratic item and this is a great portrait of it. I really love your lighting and choice of shallow DOF which have combined to work their magic on the strings and the little bokeh circles of reflected light. The colours and textures of the paintwork are beautifully presented.
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 12/19/2007 01:27:57 PM
Like the colors! I wish the DOF was a little longer. 7
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