"Going Nowhere Fast"
2012-03-23 - "Going Nowhere Fast"
Category: Through the Lens
Contest Score: 23/27 - First place
Location: Cuyahoga Valley National Park (North of the yellow houses on Riverview Road)
Camera gear:
- Canon Digital Rebel XTi
- Lensbaby Composer with Double Glass Optic
- Cokin graduated neutral density filter (also handheld because I forgot the bracket)
- Handheld
Photo Specs:
Raw Image > Converted to Tiff file > Converted to Jpeg to for printing
Focal Length: 50mm
Aperture: ??
Shutter Speed: 1/1250
ISO: 800
Software used:
- Photoshop
- Noise reduction software
Print medium: Metallic paper
Lessons learned:
- That Metallic paper can really help some images!
- Don't forget bracket at home, because it makes everything more difficult!
- Lensbaby can give the perception of movement even when things aren't moving. The train didn't even have an engine... it was just sitting there...
- Still a little heavy handed on the noise reduction software, but it didn't hurt this image too much.
"The Fleeting Redhead"
2012-03-23 - "The Fleeting Redhead"
Category: Through the Lens
Contest Score: 20/27 - Did not place
Location: My parent's kitchen table with wilting flowers
Camera gear:
- Canon Digital Rebel XTi
- Lensbaby Composer with Double Glass Optic
- Lensbaby macro rings (2 of them stacked)
- Canon Macro ring II
- Tripod
Photo Specs:
Raw Image > Converted to JPEG for printing
Focal Length: 50mm then zoomed... not sure what the real focal length would be
Aperture: ??
Shutter Speed: 1/20
ISO: 800
Software used:
- Photoshop
- Noise reduction software
Print medium: Matte paper
Lessons learned:
- Once again did far too much with the noise reduction software.
- Cropped the image from a 2x3 ration to a 4x5... It helped in this instance...
- I should have sharpened the image, as the print ended up blurry.
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