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13-JAN-2010 (c) Doug Cruden

15th - "Scoop"

Cheltenham, Glos.

(Evelyn Waugh's fabulous comic novel set in the unrest of a country about to slide into civil war)

Every now and then, we need a laugh - and I laughed out loud many times as I read Waugh's biting satire on sensationalist tabloid journalism and inept foreign correspondence

As the other recent days - Clarity and Exposure tweaked slightly in ACR, into CS3 and a bit of contrast enhancing with Levels and Curves on a duplicate layer. I flattened the image then duplicate it twice, changing the second duplicate layer's Blending Mode to Screen before flattening it into the first duplicate. Created another duplicate layer, this time changing its Blend Mode to Hard Light. Changed the Opacity of the first duplicate layer to around 65%, and the second to 35%. Final flatten and a resize for the web

Friday 15th's journalistically-amusing entry to the Challenge; click here for other monochromed Pbasers in January

Nikon D300 ,Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Micro
1/20s f/11.0 at 60.0mm iso400 off-camera SB600 Speedlight full exif

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marita toftgard17-Jan-2010 11:00
3 sccops on a hot day
but only 1 scoop today..
still frozen from my outing yesterday
great work
v
Carl and Racine Erland17-Jan-2010 10:12
Great 'perspective' in this image...great lighting and detail too. - Racine
LynnH16-Jan-2010 05:48
A very interesting "scoop" on Waugh's satire...
Cindi Smith16-Jan-2010 03:55
Vanilla and chocolate please with lots of whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles on top...oh yeah, don't forget the chocolate sauce! hehe! Love the angle and the light in this. REally cool flow to this!
Mieke WA Minkjan16-Jan-2010 01:01
nice close-up,well composed, thanks to barbara I got the whole line in it
Barbara Heide16-Jan-2010 00:10
are you going to shovel the snow away with this ice-cream tool?
Frank Brault15-Jan-2010 22:01
A fine POV and I love the result of your processing.
Walter Otto Koenig15-Jan-2010 21:52
Great perspective on the scoop, make it look a bit threatening. Nice lighting and shadows too. Very creative work Doug, and as for Waugh... :)
Jeff Lobaugh15-Jan-2010 20:35
Great perspective and lighting!
laine15-Jan-2010 16:16
2 scoops of chocolate fudge or licorice & mango thanks ;)
Guest 15-Jan-2010 15:58
This is really a scoop!
Stewart Mitchell15-Jan-2010 15:09
I was thinking it was a musical instrument from the thumb...how wrong was I?? Well maybe if you had another, you could play the spoons!
J. Scott Coile15-Jan-2010 13:08
Very cool almost abstract image with the light.
Guest 15-Jan-2010 12:20
Nice compo in this close up Doug!
Ronald Bijtenhoorn15-Jan-2010 11:20
Good DOF; like the compo; the angle creates a nice strong diagonal
Sheila15-Jan-2010 11:04
Eating ice cream! Very nice pov on the scoop!
Ann...15-Jan-2010 10:35
Oh now I'm thinking of ice cream!! I love this close-up composition!
Bernard Davis15-Jan-2010 10:26
Nice lighting and great dof.
Guest 15-Jan-2010 10:25
Beautiful lighting and nice DOF!
Phillip Normanton15-Jan-2010 10:18
You can't beat a good dollop :o)
Stephanie15-Jan-2010 09:38
Yum - 2 scoops or 1?
Nice DOF & lighting Doug!
borisalex15-Jan-2010 09:27
Great details and focus, soft DoF too.
Available Light Images15-Jan-2010 07:17
I like this one Doug,, a good leading line through the image and some interesting shadows.. Your workflow was certainly elaborate, and probably a lot more than I would have done... it works..
Kathryn15-Jan-2010 06:34
Great angle on this and nice light too.
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