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Two octaves, clear and sharp
Two octaves, clear and sharp
rhipster


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Deep DOF (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-D60
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: My veranda
Date: Jun 4, 2004
Aperture: f22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.5sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Jun 4, 2004

 My old alto saxophone
Lens Canon 50mm 1.4 @22mm
Pushed contrast(+87), saturation(+100), shadows(37),brightness(49) on RAW conversion, exposure bias +0.45.
in PS: crop, hihlights/shadows,cloned out some spots, used Healing Brush to get out some burned areas and reflections.Unsharp Mask (Amount: 84%
Radius: 0,6 pixels Threshold: 2).
Resize, USM again ( Amount: 72%
Radius: 0,4 pixels, Threshold: 2) save for web 85%

Statistics
Place: 10 out of 158
Avg (all users): 6.6062
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.2316
Avg (non-participants): 6.9694
Views since voting: 3041
Votes: 193
Comments: 19
Favorites: 7 (view)

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AuthorThread
 05/23/2006 06:29:16 PM
This is absolutely stunning... the love of the instrument really comes across in this shot.
 06/14/2004 05:15:56 PM
From a fellow alto-sax player, very nice shot! I'm gonna have to try that with mine, be the most use I've had for it in 3 years = )
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/13/2004 11:58:02 PM
Love the colors, perfect exposure and great focus throughout...excellent.
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 06/13/2004 09:23:31 PM
Great colors, I wish I could do such nice black backgrounds.
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 06/13/2004 09:46:32 AM
I love the colors in this shot, being against a black background just makes them stand out even more. Excellent work. I'd like to see this same subject at different angles.
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 06/12/2004 09:51:25 PM
10
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 06/11/2004 04:57:31 AM
Very good work here, classic, 10
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 06/09/2004 06:44:26 PM
Great colors. Very sexy instrument.
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 06/09/2004 09:12:49 AM
And, to extend your analogy, kind of flat, in an odd way. Clever work, though I have doubts about this being a useful subject for the challenge (which you've obviously met). We know the object has depth - but from experience, rather than from what you show. Good light, and tones, though some will find the reflections annoying on the bell - as much I would say because they look for problems rather than the constructive. Somehow, the bar-work on the stops is too confused to allow the simple graphical effect of perspective to function, I think, making the foreshortening much more drastic. A lot of stuff I like though. 7
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 06/08/2004 06:55:19 PM
Beautiful crisp picture. Love those reflections. 10
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 06/08/2004 02:00:15 AM
I like it
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 06/07/2004 09:52:26 PM
cool
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 06/07/2004 04:45:27 PM
Beautifully lit and superb clarity.
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 06/07/2004 02:17:00 PM
Excellent depth of field, wonderful color, great feeling. I love this one.
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 06/07/2004 01:45:02 PM
this is beautiful. the velvety background displays the instrument perfectly--and the lighting/colors are perfect. nicely done.
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 06/07/2004 06:56:50 AM
This is perplexing. Is it a photograph?
Cool colors and lighting....crazy shapes...the contrast mixed with that lighting makes it look like a painting.
I like it.
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 06/07/2004 06:35:03 AM
Beautiful, although I find the reflections (the green and the rest of the room visible) a bit distracting.
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 06/07/2004 05:56:37 AM
Reminds me of the trumpet shot from the last challenge
 06/07/2004 03:37:55 AM
great...not too much to add
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