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Challenge: Double Exposure (Basic Editing)
Camera: Olympus E-30
Lens: Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
Date: Apr 26, 2010
Aperture: 9
ISO: 100
Shutter: 43s
Galleries: Abstract, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 26, 2010

 Single flower and water-filled vase/glass on table. Camera on tripod. Flipped camera 180 degrees between shots. Illuminated using manual external flash. Set up also required moving flower in between shots to get preferred separation.

Only regret is waiting so long to take this, as the flower was starting to wither.

Crop, levels, curves, selective color to darken black areas, clone hot pixel/sensor dust, some noise reduction, topaz detail, slight sharpening

Statistics
Place: 23 out of 143
Avg (all users): 5.9301
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 5.6721
Avg (non-participants): 6.0238
Views since voting: 1165
Views during voting: 410
Votes: 229
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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 05/06/2010 01:29:58 AM
Very well done. I once entered a similar image but with a candle instead. I am sure you did better. I thought the flame pointed upside down would have proved interesting. Regardless, you have a technique that can lend itself to other ideas.
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 05/05/2010 10:34:20 PM
Great shot Stan, glad it did well.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/04/2010 09:01:13 PM
Beautiful!!
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 05/03/2010 12:32:34 AM
Love it!
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 05/02/2010 11:20:05 PM
Nice camera inversion - excellent detail in the flowers and vases
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 05/01/2010 09:14:09 PM
sorry had to give a 6. Everyone judges differently but for me the image demonstrates double exposure well but the double exposure doesn't actually enhance the impact of the image (to me). To me it says - "here is a really clean image of a flower and here it is upside down to show a technique"... and I think - "does doing that really make the photo better?" I know you are caught between a rock and a hard place... on this site some people tend to judge highly on meeting the challenge (hopefully they will score you highly to balance me) and you have met it well and some judge more on the overall impact. I lean a lot on the impact side - sorry it didn't do the impact (for me). If you could have managed to have something different about the 2 parts then that probably would have pushed it higher in my eyes.

NB that is just me - no criticism of technique (is well done) just a long winded comment how it struck me as an individual.
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 04/28/2010 02:32:46 PM
nice clarity. lacks in interest though.
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