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LEDs - The future is bright
LEDs - The future is bright
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Challenge: Light Bulb (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date: Jun 29, 2008
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1600
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jun 29, 2008

 Macro of two rows of LED bulbs in a desklamp. The light bulb of the future... (could almost have been an entry for the *green* challenge :)

Captured with my Canon 100 mm f/2.8 macro and the Kenko Pro 300 3x teleconverter - this provides a 300 mm 1:1 macro lens. Tripod, of course.

Postprocessing includes:
Raw conversion with DXO optics pro 5.1
Contrast adjustment;
WB on tungsten (providing the blue cast)
Split toning blue/sepia (dark colors with more blue, bright color slighly sepia toned)
Exposure +1/2
Dodging
Rotate 180°
Square crop
Resize (bicubic smoother)
USM 80%

Statistics
Place: 61 out of 112
Avg (all users): 5.4375
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 5.2273
Avg (non-participants): 5.5300
Views since voting: 716
Views during voting: 295
Votes: 144
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/04/2008 07:42:01 PM
Interesting take on the challenge.. Simple and effective shot. Nicely done. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/01/2008 11:51:13 PM
I really like the repetition, and especially how the "walls" constrain things at the focal point.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/30/2008 02:49:18 AM
Arrgh, I've tried to make out what this is, but I can't. The title says LEDs, but what are they a part of?? Maybe a greater dof showing what the device is? To be honest, the shot frustrates me because I haven't a clue of what this is. I'm not meaning that it's a bad thing, just that others might feel the same way too. No vote, I'm in this one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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