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My Umbilical Cord
My Umbilical Cord
wdamman


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Challenge: Twisted II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
Location: Basement
Date: Sep 29, 2009
Aperture: f/18
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Sep 29, 2009

Studio lights left & right (no umbrella) white background
Most adjustments done in camera raw, recovery 14, blacks 49, briteness 50, contrast 45 & vibrance 16. WB flash
Curves, crop, resharp mask, frame & save for web.

Statistics
Place: 41 out of 155
Avg (all users): 5.8280
Avg (commenters): 6.1667
Avg (participants): 6.0000
Avg (non-participants): 5.7611
Views since voting: 829
Views during voting: 269
Votes: 157
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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10/12/2009 04:15:28 PM
Hi from the Critique Club!

I thought those tube things were supposed to stop your wires getting twisted?! ;)
A nice clean image that fits the challenge well. The composition, colours and focus are good, my eye keeps getting drawn to the area of blown highlight on the yellow jack. It's difficult to deal with this in Basic Editing as it's such a localised problem, I presume it's something you would have tackled without these constraints. You may already do this, but I find the adjustment brush in Camera Raw really useful for locally recovering highlights, without affecting the image as a whole. (I suspect this is illegal for Basic Editing so don't use it there - just a general observation)
Overall a good image that might have lost a few DPC points for being a bit 'stock'!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/03/2009 12:57:40 PM
nice job - has the look of a good studio 'stock' shot
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10/03/2009 11:08:43 AM
Looks like a good stock photo image, clever idea.
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10/02/2009 10:57:58 PM
What, no FirewireĆ¢„Ā¢?
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10/02/2009 09:49:06 PM
Mine too!
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10/02/2009 03:14:13 PM
Well presented. Crisp and clear.
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10/02/2009 01:33:42 PM
I went back and forth on whether I liked this or not at first. I have to say now that I DO like this entry. At first it felt cluttered but now I can see that great length went into getting the correct spacing and flow in the combined pieces of this comp. It does have a strong stock/studio feel to it that may turn off a few "artistic" types, but in the end this should do quite well I think. Giving this a upward score adjustment at time of commenting. Good luck.
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10/01/2009 01:40:57 PM
great lighting and use of colors, but the subject is a bit mundane and obvious, technically well done
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09/30/2009 04:40:15 PM
*not voting as I'm in this challenge-just commenting since I've seen requests for comments in the challenge thread*

LoL. Love the title. It really makes the shot. Not that it's bad on it's own. I like this a lot. Placement, lighting, concept...all great. I hope you are doing well in this challenge.
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