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17-FEB-2006 Bob Starling

The Hedgehog's Perspective *

Syon Park

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
1/30s f/4.5 at 17.0mm iso200 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time01-Jan-2000 00:01:57
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 20D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length17 mm
Exposure Time1/30 sec
Aperturef/4.5
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias0.67
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Canon DSLR Challenge19-Feb-2006 23:42
Ouch!
Lovely silky smooth colours and tones. Tim
elips19-Feb-2006 01:41
I am glad the hedgehog is off to the side and not right in front of the tire! Great color, I really like the color reflecting off the windshield. Excellent angle and perspective. ~Sharon
Guest 18-Feb-2006 21:53
Lovely light and fun perspective. -Michael
Guest 17-Feb-2006 18:34
Looks great!
Guest 17-Feb-2006 17:07
Thank you very much Olaf for taking the time to make these suggestions - I've updated the image along these lines. The extra saturation from the profile manipulation takes it a little further than I would normally go but I do like the effect so hey lets see what the feedback is. As for the sharpening, mea culpa, I'm breaking in a new PC and I hadn't yet tweaked the raw converter defaults to my usual ones. Its worse than breaking in new shoes!
Guest 17-Feb-2006 16:30
Bob, I was in a hurry when I wrote the short comment below. Can't believe nobody else has commented?

I like the shot a lot. Obviously, the lighting has a lot to do with it, but the perspective and choice of wide-angle lens and location are equally important to the success of this shot. I felt it could do with some sharpening, so I downloaded to try.

When I opened in Photoshop, I was warned of a missing color profile (which is fine, as long as it is in sRGB color-space) and assigned sRGB. I then tried assigning AdobeRGB (Image>Mode>Assign profile...), which rendered the photograph more saturated, and which I happened to like even more. If you try this and also like it better that way, don't forget to convert back to sRGB, before posting to the web (Image>Mode>Convert to profile...).

OK, now back to the sharpening: I tried some USM (150%, 0.3px, 3 levels) and thought it was an improvement, except for the grille and license plate, so if you do this sharpening, I'd recommend doing it selectively (this I did by duplicating the background layer, applying the USM on the new layer, adding a layer mask and painting with black at 50% opacity over the grille and license plate, with the mask active).
Guest 16-Feb-2006 11:02
Nice!