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Challenge: Puzzle Macro II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: My kitchen table
Date: Nov 18, 2008
Aperture: F/5.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 2 sec
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Nov 18, 2008

Well, anyway, this is actually several hundred 3" long nails that a made for a pnumatic nail gun. The set up was rather simple. I placed a black cloth on the kitchen table and setup all of the nails next to each other. Then set the camera up on the tripod. I then used a mini mag-lite without the top to light the nails from the upper right hand side.

As for the editing steps they were rather simple also and would fall under the Basic Editing rule set.
Adjustment layer for Hue/Saturation
Adjustment layer for Levels
Croped
Resized
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Statistics
Place: 88 out of 262
Avg (all users): 5.5673
Avg (commenters): 5.9000
Avg (participants): 5.5195
Avg (non-participants): 5.6064
Views since voting: 585
Views during voting: 338
Votes: 171
Comments: 26
Favorites: 0


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11/25/2008 10:13:00 PM
nails?
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11/25/2008 05:02:59 PM
Looks like my bed.
Nail ends?
Interesting and well done ad a macro puzzle, but as a photo to hang on the wall isn't so good.
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11/25/2008 04:15:36 PM
Looks kind of like a sunflower seed head.
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11/23/2008 10:16:35 PM
This looks like a sunflower seed head to me. Neat repetition of pattern. It has a nice rhythm.
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11/23/2008 11:21:23 AM
Box of nails.
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11/22/2008 11:54:22 AM
Well, I am not sure about this one but I envision this thing working in concert with a very hot flame? Knowing that all of man kind hangs in the balance, I must not sleep until I figure this thing out. (Or until the challenge ends in a few days) :) If you will excuse me, I must get back to pulling my hair out on this one. :)
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11/22/2008 07:38:47 AM
nail points?
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11/22/2008 01:54:12 AM
A stumper, so meets the challenge. I like the gradient from dark to light. DOF is interesting. but the photo overall doesn't hold me.
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11/21/2008 12:52:12 PM
Lotsa nails :) Color shift was a good "puzzle".
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11/21/2008 05:26:26 AM
Some kind of prickly plant? I cant focus on anything here but its interesting.
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11/20/2008 09:49:36 PM
Nail-gun nails.
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11/20/2008 12:35:23 PM
nice pollenated flower parts
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11/20/2008 10:26:25 AM
A BUNCH of screwdrivers, haha!
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11/19/2008 09:46:42 PM
Nails!!
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11/19/2008 09:14:34 PM
Metal brush? This is a difficult one. Looks like something you wouldn't want to step on! :) Nice DOF and golden tones.
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11/19/2008 06:25:27 PM
oouch, Like this shot a lot. No idea what it is, but great shot. Nice lighting and selective focus
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11/19/2008 03:46:42 PM
Sweet subjuect and lighting graduation
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11/19/2008 03:46:41 PM
a bed of nails? haha
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11/19/2008 01:54:04 PM
A fakir's bed for beginners - the ones for advanced students have less nails per square cm. Nice lighting.
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11/19/2008 11:32:42 AM
Wire brush?
I like the texture of the rust and the rhythm in this picture
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11/19/2008 10:32:29 AM
A bunch of nails? Interesting repeating patterns.
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11/19/2008 08:47:34 AM
Very nice. Bed of nails? Maybe a box of nails. I like the hue and the DOF. I wish the nails would have been more inline with each other.
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11/19/2008 06:57:01 AM
stings of a plant or similar?
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11/19/2008 04:56:43 AM
Bed of nails
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11/19/2008 02:36:39 AM
No vote, just guessing...

looking into a box of nails
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11/19/2008 12:57:01 AM
bed of nails...
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