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Challenge: Puzzle Macro III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Dec 17, 2009
Aperture: 2.71
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/79
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Dec 17, 2009

 End-on shot of my coconut grater, with focus only on the nearest couple of teeth.

-Handheld, SuperMacro mode
-Select/feather dark corner
-RGB Curve through selection to lighten dark area of background
-Blue/Yellow Curve
-Red Curve
-Resize
Cloned out a couple remaining dust spots
-USM at 88%/0.8 dia/TH = 5 (applied twice)
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 9/10 = 197KB

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Statistics
Place: 133 out of 137
Avg (all users): 4.3099
Avg (commenters): 5.2667
Avg (participants): 4.2778
Avg (non-participants): 4.3429
Views since voting: 930
Views during voting: 292
Votes: 142
Comments: 16
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/27/2009 11:50:17 PM
Brutal beauty. 9
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 12/27/2009 10:07:12 PM
cutting tool or scraper
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/27/2009 08:02:43 PM
Some other kind of squashed bug? lol
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/27/2009 10:54:47 AM
Too OOF to guess really... I can however see the "saw-toothed" edges migrating away from the center.. Looks like it's made out of metal- still no idea. Garden tool of some sort?

Girl friend guesses that it might be a grate over something like a range burner.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/27/2009 12:04:05 AM
broken mirror/glass?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/27/2009 12:00:56 AM
I have no idea! Cool colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/24/2009 02:02:34 AM
green and red widow
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/23/2009 09:35:44 PM
Top down view of an ornamental Christmas tree made of metal. ???
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/22/2009 10:24:20 AM
spiders heart 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/21/2009 11:24:50 PM
blade of some sort
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/21/2009 09:09:14 PM
to me this looks like a splat, no focus at all...sorry
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/21/2009 03:24:41 PM
a holder of some kind?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/21/2009 02:11:04 PM
Saw blade art?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/21/2009 11:50:56 AM
Or indeed a spider by any other name. I see only blob.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/21/2009 10:03:23 AM
A broken mirror or glass?
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 12/21/2009 04:21:00 AM
You got me...
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