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The Golden Section
The Golden Section
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Challenge: Mathematics (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Location: Hidden Valley Ranch, Sage, CA
Date: Aug 13, 2008
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250 sec
Galleries: Nature, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Aug 14, 2008

 Went out on my nightly photo-safari on the ranch armed with a few select props.... After walking all over the ranch looking for the best spot for the shot I ended up back within 150 feet of the house! Had a great walk though. :)

Had great luck with the lighting- absolutely beautiful clouds (and an awesome sunset later) This was by far one of the best resulting shots. Edited with curves, saturation and levels adjustment layers in LAB.

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 92
Avg (all users): 6.2067
Avg (commenters): 7.7273
Avg (participants): 6.0571
Avg (non-participants): 6.2522
Views since voting: 1884
Views during voting: 335
Votes: 150
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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 08/30/2008 11:34:39 PM
Critique Club Review

Color Saturation and Hue: Colors are rich, but not over saturated. Hues are realistic

Brightness and Contrast: Details are held in the highlights, colors are bright and fresh. Shadow under the shell, may be a tiny bit harsh. A little slower fade to black might be welcome to the eye.

Focus and depth of field: Focus is nice and sharp. Depth of field is a little shallow. The soft foreground is not bad, but the shell itself goes soft, from about the 12 to 4 o'clock area along the edge, and a little to the interior. A smaller aperature would fix this easily.

I like the soft blurry clouds of the sky, but the sky is bright enough to compete with the shell a bit. As this is an advanced editing challenge, darkening the sky just a little would be well within the rules.

As is, this is a very good photo and a nice example of nature's math.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/24/2008 09:40:44 PM
Good one!
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 08/24/2008 03:14:03 AM
There are so many different concepts in this challenge, this is one I hadn't expected to see. The colours work well.
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 08/23/2008 05:43:46 PM
Love this one, it is one of my favorites in the challenge!
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 08/22/2008 11:17:44 PM
Good concept for the challenge, but the foreground is distracting.
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 08/22/2008 07:46:41 PM
Smashing!
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 08/22/2008 03:04:46 PM
Nice DOF and use of thirds. Visually appealing
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 08/20/2008 07:47:00 AM
Nice colours and good interpretation of the challenge.
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 08/19/2008 04:38:46 PM
This looks superb.
Lighting, DOF, everything. 10 marks!
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 08/18/2008 06:14:58 PM
This could easily win if it was just a little more sharp - nice job. I think it still has a great chance anyway.
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 08/18/2008 02:54:14 PM
Great depth of field, colours, detail and sharpness here. A classic exapmple of Fibinacci at work in nature. Very nice!
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 08/18/2008 11:36:38 AM
Awesome concept, awesome execution. My choice for 1st (10)
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 08/18/2008 12:17:20 AM
beautiful
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