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Sony Forums Challenges | all galleries >> Challenge 100: The Beauty of Wood (hosted by Katherine Kenison and Deb Kees) >> Challenge 100: Exhibition > edit image
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MFC

Rough Hewn
by MFC

Sony DSC-F707
1/25s f/8.0 at 27.3mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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roberta08-Sep-2005 00:57
Excellent Mike~
Helen Betts03-Sep-2005 17:05
Great image, Mike. I especially like the varying texture and color. Helen
Jerry Curtis02-Sep-2005 02:58
I love the texture and lighting on this piece, Mike. Wonderful! The small area of diagonal flooring in the LL corner adds some nice contrast.
Katherine Stanback's Photos27-Aug-2005 12:11
Thanks for answering, Mike. I'll try those settings sometime :)
Sony Forums Challenges27-Aug-2005 10:39
Thanks for the comments. Deb, this is part of an outdoor sculpture, purposely "rough-cut" that way. Katherine, a tripod was used...also, my very last step in processing, even after downsizing, is to apply some USM (unsharp mask). The settings are usually 80-100%, 1.0 pixel, 5 levels (Amt, Radius, Threshold). Does that answer your questions o.k.? MFC
Katherine Stanback's Photos27-Aug-2005 10:22
Beautiful close-up composition - I love the lighting, color and the clarity of detail in the wood! Your photos are generally perfectly sharpened. Probably mostly because you use a tripod, but I'd like to know what you do to sharpen in post-processing.
Deb Kees27-Aug-2005 04:04
MFC, I really like the different shades of wood in this image. This is a wonderful abstract. I especially like the knot seemingly trying to pull itself out of the surrounding wood. Is this part of a chopping block? I'm seeing what looks like axe or wedge marks.---Deb
Guest 27-Aug-2005 03:17
Beautiful! ~ Lonnit