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A Little Ice, on Ice
A Little Ice, on Ice
mgsmith53


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Ice II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Pentax K100D
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: Paducah, KY
Date: Dec 30, 2007
Aperture: f/38
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1.0s
Galleries: Still Life, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Jan 1, 2008

Garnet and diamonds on a bed of crushed ice.
RAW > psd
sharpened / unsharp mask
layer for levels
layer to desaturate a yellow bleed-through
layer to extra saturate the red
layer for contrast
cloned out a few specs
resize, SFW


Statistics
Place: 117 out of 161
Avg (all users): 5.0308
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.7069
Avg (non-participants): 5.1420
Views since voting: 912
Views during voting: 344
Votes: 227
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/08/2008 10:29:20 PM
the ruby/Garnet would really have popped if you had wiped the condensation off of it first. nice contrast.
01/07/2008 01:24:52 PM
Good idea!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/06/2008 08:55:35 PM
haha, that could be an ad slogan! i dunno, i dont like the placement of the ring. maybe horizontally.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/05/2008 08:38:08 PM
Wouldn't we all love to find a gem amongst the ice??? *smile*
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2008 11:12:34 PM
Hope it does not get caught in the dispenser! Nice and clear, I like the detail of the condensation on the stone.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/03/2008 11:31:51 AM
To me, the concept of "ice on ice" would really have been driven home if the ring, particularly the center stone, would have been as shiny as possible. There's condensation on the ring which, to me, is distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/02/2008 09:48:52 PM
Hmmm... doesn't do it for me. Seems too contrived. I think that's a ring but it doesn't catch my attention.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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