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Twin Lens Reflex
Twin Lens Reflex
BHuseman


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Challenge: Portrait of a Camera (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
Location: Seojong-Dong, Republic of Korea
Date: May 18, 2008
Aperture: f4
ISO: 200
Shutter: Multiple
Galleries: Vintage, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 18, 2008

 This was a camera that I picked up as a souvenier while in Hong Kong in March. When this challenge was announced I didn't have a clue what to take a photo of. I had totally forgotten about this camera even though it sits upon my desk. So I didn't plan on entering this challenge because I didn't figure that a photo of a 30D or 40D or even my little point and shoot was going to cut it. Then as I sat at my desk today I saw this camera and pulled my head out of my lower orifice.

I wanted to shoot it with the reflection so I had to go buy a mirror to put it on. Then I realized that the reflection would also include a reflection of the wall or the ceiling or something else and that isn't what I wanted. So I put the black background in my eBay light tent and turned it upside down. Then I turned off many of the surrounding lights so that it woudn't brighten the black because it is pretty lightweight material.

Now is where the fun began, I wanted to have the camera in focus and the reflection slightly out of focus. To achieve this depth of feild would have required a long shutter speed so I wanted to reduce that. Instead I took multiple images of the camera using software on my laptop that I attached to the camera. After 6 shots I used CombinZM to focus stack the images and make this image of the camera.

Then I put it in CS3 and used a levels adjustment layer set to screen to brighten the areas I wanted brighter. I repeated this again and focused on less areas. Then I used when and darkened the black background. I followed this by one set to softlight for a bit more contrast. Then I used a hue/saturation layer to remove some red that is on the camera. I desaturated the entire image to do this. I cropped the image to rotate it a bit and get it to the right side of the frame. I then sharpened, resized, added the border and saved for web.

I am sure this isn't the most creative image in the bunch and if I can pull off a 5.3 I think that will be a good thing.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/25/2008 09:07:27 PM
Your composition reminds me (favorably) of a totem pole ... suitable for honoring one's ancestors ... :-)
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 05/25/2008 08:38:38 PM
Lovely....10+.....: )
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 05/24/2008 08:59:34 AM
the mirrored image is a great idea but the size of the camera in the shot with no definition of a midpoint detracts IMO, good focus and clarity though
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 05/22/2008 07:33:28 PM
The reflection is magnificent.
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 05/20/2008 09:33:43 AM
oh my gosh! this is a cool shot, i still get amazed by them old cameras, i would love to try one out
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 05/20/2008 06:50:59 AM
Nice old camera, the mirrored image is intersting choice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/19/2008 06:37:03 PM
Wow, that's a big camera! nice job with the reflection. Very well done.
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 05/19/2008 02:57:40 PM
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Nice use of reflection, maybe a little to much from the top view.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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