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Even A Stopped Clock Tells The Right Time Twice A Day
Even A Stopped Clock Tells The Right Time Twice A Day
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Design & Engineering (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 4500
Location: computer desk
Date: Mar 6, 2004
Aperture: 4.00
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/460s
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Mar 7, 2004

Took a supermacro picture of my friends old scratched up Swatch. Chose my 4500 over my 717 for this one. Then came hours of post-processing:
Cloned out the scratches. Reworked the needles + gave them more shine. Sharpened the image using many radii on multiple layers. Selected the gold and red stuff + desaturated the rest and blue shifted it for that cold metal effect. Constrast enhancement on individual components, then sections of the picture, then on the whole picture. Downsized, and resharpened one last time.

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 126
Avg (all users): 6.5658
Avg (commenters): 6.4167
Avg (participants): 6.4231
Avg (non-participants): 6.7162
Views since voting: 1580
Votes: 152
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)


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03/17/2004 12:33:23 AM
Here's the original...



Message edited by author 2004-03-17 00:34:05.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/13/2004 07:37:02 AM
great detail
03/12/2004 10:52:08 AM
lighting seems a bit uneven, flash?
03/12/2004 07:49:25 AM
nice composition, well lit
03/11/2004 10:47:21 PM
Nice lighting, yet the depth of field could be slightly wider~
03/11/2004 12:25:09 PM
Very nice macros, focus is a bit soft, contrasting colors are very nice
03/10/2004 02:40:38 PM
Great lighting, detail and colors. 8

Good luck...
03/09/2004 02:14:44 PM
The angle of lighting could be better, more direct. The contrast could be brought up a tiny bit too
03/09/2004 09:03:03 AM
Wonderfully observed and creative use of colour and (perhaps?) desaturation. My onyl suggestions for improvement would be a more direct angle on the shot. The fact that the watch is partly tilted away from the camera will be one reason why the gold coloured mechanisms at the top are out of focus. This makes a 9 out of a potential 10
03/08/2004 07:44:37 PM
Best clockworks one yet.
03/08/2004 01:07:44 PM
Pretty colors. Lovely light and super focus. Nice entry.
03/08/2004 12:12:32 PM
Somehow the title doesn't add to your photograph.
03/08/2004 04:06:18 AM
Excellent, love it.
03/08/2004 01:29:29 AM
nice color.. and almost great detail. i think it would benefit from the entire image being in focus... but nice image.


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