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Earthware


	Earthware Shutter Speed: 1/6.00 F-stop: f/9.0 Focal Length: 28.00 Dale Hardin

Joy Rector

beautiful comp, love it

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April 14, 2014

Dale Hardin

Thanks Joy. I was putting away items that tumbled during the recent earthquake and noticed how similar they were, so decided to take a shot or two. It's funny how one can have lots of "stuff" in a house for years and never really notice it.

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April 14, 2014

Elaine Hessler

Beautiful still life! Did you use a filter or anything on this? The pottery seems a little noisy on my end. The colors and light are beautiful!

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April 14, 2014

Jeff E Jensen

Come now, Dale. This was a great opportunity for you to work on the monthly challenge.

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April 14, 2014

Kalena Randall

Lovely, Dale! Now didn't you tell me that you couldn't do still life very well? I'd say this is a very fine example!

:-)

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April 14, 2014

Susan Williams

Very nice composition, Dale, and a great subject (for the BP monthly - Back to Basics). I see the noise Elaine mentions and wonder if you didn't go too far with High Pass. Seems like an easy fix for you, though. Super job.

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April 14, 2014

Anthony L. Mancuso

Excellent still life Dale..the lighting is spot on and I like the limited color palate as well...I do like the comp with the exception of the placement of the spoon. I think the image would be stronger without it or perhaps with it placed horizontally in the lower right corner.

I see the noise the others mentioned too. At first I thought it was the texture of the ceramic but it is also evident in the spoon, so I'm not really sure what to make of it..

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April 14, 2014

Dale Hardin

Thanks everyone. I struggle a lot with still life and did so with this. Have many more and will try to post one or two.

You're right about the "noise". At the last minute, I applied a charcoal filter and reduced the opacity to about 20% to darken the image a bit and bring out the texture. Guess I went too far.

Tony, I had lot of trouble with the spoon placement. It's location seemed OK until I cropped. The reason for the crop was because the pieces all looked "in a row" without it.

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April 14, 2014

Dale Hardin


	Stoneware two Dale Hardin

Here is another version without the charcoal filtering.

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April 14, 2014

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