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Peppermint Snap
Peppermint Snap
giantmike


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Bits & Pieces II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Dec 31, 2010
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Dec 31, 2010

 A nice festive shot for this challenge. I was thinking of doing something candy related, so when I saw the candy canes sitting around, I knew what had to be done.

For the first time in quite some time, I got to use my homemade light box for this. Two lights (one on each side) shot through a white piece of cloth. The backing is a black piece of cloth, and the reflection is a piece of glass on the black cloth. This setup works pretty well, although I feel like I could still work on my angles to add more interest to the photos. That and I need to find a way to add interesting colors to the photos.

Post Processing:
* Straighten and Crop
* White balance
* Remove a piece of dust
* Increase exposure
* Increase black point
* Increase brightness
* Increase definition
* Increase saturation with lower vibrancy
* Slight s-curve
* Topaz adjust to smooth out some of the details
* Export to TIFF
* Resize to 1600 px
* Sharpen Edges
* Resize to 800 px
* Add border (first time I have done this in a while, it seemed to really finalize this photo)
* Save for web

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 107
Avg (all users): 5.9508
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.4906
Avg (non-participants): 6.3043
Views since voting: 1191
Views during voting: 211
Votes: 122
Comments: 9
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 01/10/2011 12:45:16 AM
Great shot. Surprised it didn't score higher.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/09/2011 11:56:12 PM
I like it
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 01/06/2011 11:57:37 AM
Very nice. Clean and sharp, great display of the challenge theme. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/06/2011 11:02:14 AM
I really really like this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/05/2011 11:59:35 AM
If I could have voted in this Challenge, you would have had a 10 from me
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/05/2011 11:05:22 AM
My favorite for this challenge. Very nicely photographed and fits the challenge theme perfectly. Should do very well. I think this will definitely ribbon and quite possibly get the Blue ribbon.
(not voting as I have an entry in this challenge myself)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/04/2011 08:06:09 PM
Like the detail in the broken bits, reflection, lighting.
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 01/03/2011 04:56:43 PM
There is a way to fix that ghosting on the mirror --- use a polarizer. No vote
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 01/03/2011 10:21:03 AM
Very nicely shot and edited, beautiful colours, fits the challenge well and what DPC voters love to see on the front pages. Should do well. Not speaking of anything to me though. A nicely shot photo technically but, no real meaning???
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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