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Challenge: Point of Color (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Challenges 2008
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Parking lot at work
Date: Jul 3, 2008
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/50
Date Uploaded: Jul 3, 2008

 This is probably one of the most literal interpretations of a challenge I've entered in a long time. It is so far inside the box that the sides of the box are not even visible from here. There is a point of color. It even comes to a point. And there's an arrow pointing to the point of color. The background is naturally black and white. The color is naturally orange. No artificial ingredients were added (unless you consider I moved the point of color to that point in the parking lot, as it really resides normally in a back corner of the parking lot, and left turns are indeed allowed at this particular arrow. Why this cone sits on a space in the back corner of the parking lot is unknown to me, however.)

Processing, from my little notes that CS3 keeps track of for me in Bridge:

Crop.
Levels layer (45,251)
Curves layer (Factory preset, medium contrast)
Flatten image
Duplicate image
High pass, radius 28.9 (OK, LOTS of high pass); blending mode set to overlay, opacity reduced to 61%
New layer, circular gradient, reversed (ie light in the center, dark on the edges); free transform - stretch the layer over the picture to drag the dark parts to the edges. (And here I thought I changed the blending mode to soft light - I usually do - but the little log that CS3 keeps doesn't say so. I did reduce the opacity some.)
Dodged a couple bits of light gray near the top, burned a few of the cracks on the white arrowhead.
Converted to sRGB, resized, added a 4 pixel white border.

Score prediction? Somewhere in the 5.2-5.6 range, maybe? But you gotta admit, folks, it meets the challenge. :-)

Oh. And I was shooting at f/10 because of a comment Posthumous made on another shot I took of a parking lot arrow ages ago.

Statistics
Place: 37 out of 200
Avg (all users): 6.1234
Avg (commenters): 7.8000
Avg (participants): 5.8475
Avg (non-participants): 6.2947
Views since voting: 1096
Views during voting: 260
Votes: 154
Comments: 25
Favorites: 4 (view)

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AuthorThread
 12/26/2008 08:13:59 AM
this one of the best i have ever seen
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 12/26/2008 03:05:03 AM
I like this for it's contemporary abstract feeling!
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 12/12/2008 05:03:44 AM
LOVE THIS - gave it an 8!
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 07/21/2008 04:15:53 PM
Didn't even realise this was one of yours - which is funny really because it is a typical quirky look on life.

Well spotted - and well captured with just the right title to set it off.
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 07/18/2008 06:06:15 PM
Great work , Deb !
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 07/16/2008 01:38:31 AM
Ha! Literalists, take that! :) Your notes, as always, add so much to the shot. And add me, again, to SandyP's "turning mundane into art" fan club.
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 07/15/2008 06:54:06 AM
Deb - I so loved this shot. Great work and fantastic job 'seeing' this image and delivering it so well.
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 07/14/2008 05:00:38 PM
This is one of best photos in the challenge. Meets the challenge head on and then makes sure you get the point!! Shame there are still some dopes here who think it should score under 5. Great shot, Deb!
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 07/14/2008 12:34:11 PM
Deb, I second SandyP you can take pictures of the most mudane stuff and turn it into art that I would frame and hang on my wall.
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 07/14/2008 10:19:06 AM
I love your style, Deb! You make the most ordinary things look like something that would look awesome hanging on a wall in the right decor!

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 07/14/2008 09:09:32 AM
great humor in your photo.
And the 'leading lines' are awsome!
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 07/14/2008 05:17:57 AM
DNMC!!!!!!

That is not a point it is a cone!!

Great photo Deb, I really liked it when I saw it in voting although I did worry whether other people would get it as sometimes images can see to slip past voters. My faith is restored

Funny and well executed.
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 07/14/2008 04:58:19 AM
Great finish Deb, this was easy to vote on, just follow the arrow (Literally)
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 07/14/2008 01:39:14 AM
This was in my top 5 for this challenge. Well spotted, photographed and presented. The composition is spot on.
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 07/14/2008 01:20:58 AM
Maybe it is so inside that it is out! Lovely minimalism, stunning photo of practically nothing.
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 07/14/2008 12:16:12 AM
now that is point of colour. in my perspective this is definitely creativity working here.
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 07/14/2008 12:11:07 AM
This made me giggle when I saw it. Great find, wonderful.
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 07/14/2008 12:10:34 AM
I thought this was real cute!
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 07/14/2008 12:06:04 AM
I thought this was really cool. Oh it hurts to take an inside-the-box shot, eh? lol It's an awesome find and I'm glad it scored well!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/11/2008 05:59:01 PM
I just love this!
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 07/10/2008 06:56:45 PM
*censored* brilliant!
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 07/07/2008 03:51:18 PM
great composition
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 07/07/2008 11:00:48 AM
humorous and fitting the challenge. 7
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 07/07/2008 10:59:19 AM
I love this! Very original, basic yet to the point! (get it...to the point.) Seriously though, one of the best I've seen so far for absolutely meeting the challenge! I don't tell my scores, but you should make a nice little bump up I hope!
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 07/07/2008 12:26:15 AM
rather literal take on the challenge.. No DNMC here.. :-)..Could use a little more creativity. :-)
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