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Toy Truck Straw Dispenser

The three available members of the Bando de Kvar (www.flickr.com/groups/2472126@N24/ ) convened one of their all-too-infrequent meetings at a local coffee bar/restaurant, Station One, in Grimsby Ontario, to solve the worlds problems, with a particular emphasis on the twin themes of baseball and photography. As we contemplated possible solutions in each field, we consumed coffee or hot chocolate, according to taste. As I was sitting there enjoying my beverage of choice as well as the sparkling conversation, I noticed a couple of items on the small table below the take-out pickup window, specifically a plastic paper tissue/wipe dispenser and a vintage (looking, at least) toy tin truck repurposed as a dispenser of drinking straws. The use of a tight crop allowed me to keep a near monochromatic brown or sepia look to the image. - JW

Date Taken: 2024-11-10
Date PP: 2024-11-10

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Tech Details:

Taken using hand-held Nikon D800 fitted with an AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm VR 1:4.0 lense set to 120mm, ISO1600 (Auto ISO), Daylight WB, Matrix metering, Shutter Priority Mode, f/4.0, 1/80 sec with an EV-0.33 exposure bias. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source: Set final image size to 9000px wide, crop to a 16:9 format, apply Tone Mapping as well as Dynamic Range Compression at default levels, slightly increase the black level, slightly increase Contrast only in L-A-B mode, adjust colour temperature to 4621K to get a ‘natural look’, apply noise reduction, apply sharpening (edges only), save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: use the Curves tool to pull up/brighten the top 1/3 of the curve but not modifying the darker parts of the image, sharpen, save, scale to 6000 px wide, sharpen, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3400 px wide for posting online, sharpen very slightly, save.

Taken in: Canada / Ontario / Grimsby (show map)

Taken on: November 10, 2024

Tags:

Grimsby

coffee bar

restaurant

Station One

paper wipes

drinking straws

dispenser

toy truck

vintage

monochromatic

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GIMP

Nikon

D800

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Camera: NIKON D800, f/4.0, 1/80 sec, 120mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	NIKON D800
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length:	120mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	-0.33 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	GIMP 2.10.38
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