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by Katherine Kenison
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31-OCT-2003

1st Place Winner (Tie) cotton swab sticks
by Katherine Kenison

Sony Cybershot
1/20s f/4.0 at 9.7mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time31-Oct-2003 03:30:20
MakeSony
ModelCybershot
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length9.7 mm
Exposure Time1/20 sec
Aperturef/4
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balanceother (255)
Metering Modecenter weighted (2)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programmanual (1)
Focus Distance

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Ed Hahn 05-Nov-2003 03:27
Great use of macro and perspective. If there were one thing I would do, it would be to add some additional swabs on the left hand side, so as to extend the perspective to the upper left corner. Small nit though - well conceived and executed.
Karthik Murugesan04-Nov-2003 17:30
I have difficult time capturing white subjects. Great job, capturing and making it more interesting, I give it a 4.
Sony Forums Challenges04-Nov-2003 09:38
Very effective perspective and composition. Good work! Helen
Sony Forums Challenges04-Nov-2003 00:43
Beautiful and interesting shot Katherine. I like how the sticks and their shadows make such a silky diagonal line pattern. How did you keep the heads of the cotton swabs so lint free? No extraneous lint in sight! Melanie (mlynn)
Sony Forums Challenges03-Nov-2003 13:07
Lovely macro/abstract, Katherine...really nice comp/perspective/DOF. Light and shadow work well here to accentuate form. The single color is very effective too. MFC
roberta02-Nov-2003 23:46
Katherine,
What a great macro of an everyday subject~ you've given it an abstract feel to make the Q-tips seem huge. The exposure is perfect and I like the diagonal placement. Roberta