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mileskea


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Blue III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 for Nikon
Location: Horndean
Date: Nov 9, 2008
Aperture: f/40
ISO: 200
Shutter: 30 sec
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Nov 10, 2008

this is a rock crystal that I have had laying around for some time. Really struggled with the lighting - too much light and the colour looked blown and the crystal structure disappeared - too little and the it just looked wrong and the crystal structure disappeared!

finally ended up with this best effort.

Very little pp white balance, some dust removal, curves, usm, save for web.

Statistics
Place: 142 out of 186
Avg (all users): 4.8211
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.6364
Avg (non-participants): 4.8834
Views since voting: 689
Views during voting: 301
Votes: 218
Comments: 4
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/14/2008 07:50:13 PM
Needs more brightness/contrast, not sure if thats the right way to describe it, but the rock doesnt pop out enough 5
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11/13/2008 01:24:27 PM
The object doesn't POP, i wish it had better lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/12/2008 02:53:03 PM
your choice of lighting does not really enhance the form of this crystal. did you try any alternatives?
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11/12/2008 10:20:05 AM
Another crystal, and I'm going to say the same thing: wish there were more shadows, this just looks like a lump of blue, it loses its texture with even lighting.
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