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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: First Entry (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Kitchen
Date: Jul 18, 2010
Aperture: F22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Emotive
Date Uploaded: Jul 18, 2010

 I chose to reproduce my own image because it's a matter to measure my improvement, by using new techniques and equipment which I acquired since then. I like this subject so much and I believe this time this it is far better done, including the photograph itself and the post processing.
I used 4 flashes with different gels to change their colors. One flash on the right side of the sculpture with a CTO gel. One flash on the left side of it, with a Full Blue gel. Two flashes for the background, one with two gels and another one with a full CTB gel.

For those who wonder what is this, this is an acrylic sculture. Behind it, there is a desktop motherboard.

Editing:
Levels
Topaz
Combined another identical image with different exposure for better dinamic range
Burning in lots of spots
Cloned out lots of imperfections
Cloned out a distracting edge on the left bottom
High Radius USM for contrast
Resize
USM for sharpening
Saved for web.

[Jul. 19th, 2010 01:24:56 PM]

Well, this is not going so well as I expected. My first entry went reasonably well and this is one is much better technically, but it is going to achieve almost the same score as the previous one.
Votes: 31
Views: 65
Avg Vote: 5.7097
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 07/19/10 01:24 pm

Statistics
Place: 34 out of 76
Avg (all users): 5.9237
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.8462
Avg (non-participants): 5.9620
Views since voting: 923
Views during voting: 234
Votes: 118
Comments: 10
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 07/26/2010 12:47:55 AM
really amazing.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/25/2010 08:58:53 PM
cool redo. i like how you made the masks look this time. the background is so much more complimentary too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/25/2010 10:08:01 AM
Very nice, creative take on the original post. I love the tones.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/24/2010 05:10:45 AM
Amazing recreation of the original. Great color representation. Congrats on the validation too. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/21/2010 05:20:49 PM
Nice take on the original, I like the tones
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/19/2010 06:16:18 PM
Very modern type of shot. I like it but the background is a little distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/19/2010 01:23:33 PM
Great re-creation of the original. I really like what you did to the colors of this photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/19/2010 12:09:52 PM
I like the crop on this one better than the first one...background is just a touch dark...but overall an excellent job
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/19/2010 06:18:03 AM
intresting, the link in the title suits the image well
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 07/19/2010 02:50:23 AM
Almost identical to the original.
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