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Ocean in a Glass
Ocean in a Glass
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Challenge: Spheres (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: My Dungeon
Date: Jul 12, 2010
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Abstract, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jul 13, 2010

 If there was ever a time I could use advanced editing this would be it. I used a pretty cheap glass and the price tags left adhesive behind. My white background had crud from previous messes and an unfortunately placed bend mark. So yeah...better supplies would have yielded better results.

Lighting - Sigma 530 Super Flash on the left, SB 600 on the right. Both aimed at the background.

Setup - Cheapo wine glass, 2 containers of hand cleanser, and a cheap rubber ball that has a dolphin in it. Total cost at the dollar store was less than $10. (Including an extra bottle of hand sanitizer because I thought I didn't have enough). I should have bought another white poster board. =(

Editing - In LR2: Leveled the image, auto tone, adjusted exposure. Change white balance to tungsten, Reduced saturation, increased vibrance and clarity. Exported to TIFF

In PSP XI: Resize to 1600, sharpen, resize to 800 px, export to JPG

Post challenge:
I took another shot in the bunch and did some advanced editing on it and posted it here
//www.flickr.com/photos/crtaylor/4788822807/

Statistics
Place: 33 out of 113
Avg (all users): 5.6976
Avg (commenters): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 5.5926
Avg (non-participants): 5.7351
Views since voting: 984
Views during voting: 346
Votes: 205
Comments: 6
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 08/04/2010 10:07:26 PM
you're very hyper critical of the flaws...but the first thing i saw was a beautiful image...i can see now where improvements could be made but let me say i like this shot very much
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/20/2010 11:28:24 PM
nice job.
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 07/19/2010 03:02:00 AM
Nice blue tones and interesting off-center composition.
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 07/17/2010 09:33:42 PM
looks unreal
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 07/15/2010 12:43:25 PM
Very nice color tone.
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 07/15/2010 11:02:51 AM
Clever, clean image. A pity about all the smudges on the lower right.
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