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02/17/2004 02:24:52 PM |
| Taken on my birthday. And a subject that is quite easy on eye. ;-) |
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02/17/2004 10:58:28 AM |
| Great photo. I'm 100% with you on the title. The garage IS our last dominion in the house, especially when it comes to decorating. It's the only thing guys of our generation have left in the house......besides the grass. |
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02/13/2004 05:48:12 AM |
| I really like your lighting in this - it adds such a lot to the results. The deep shadows really emphasise that idea of a private domain, a deeply personal territory. The details, such as the cigarette, the neatly aligned beer bottles and the knick-knacks give me plenty to look at. This image really communicates... |
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02/12/2004 09:20:30 AM |
jmsetzler, Thanks for the comments! I've been meaning to thank you for your exposure tutorial too. Very good tutorial and the hyperfocal distance chart if very useful. My old manual focus lens on my Minolta X-700 had the hyperfocal distance markings but my Nikon AF zoom lenses do not and your chart comes in very handy! Here's Jmsetzlers tutorial: //www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=19
tfaust, neuferland, harz_joerg, oh no...I've been spotted! I thought my baseball cap would have disguised me for sure! ;)
Quoted from amsmyth "(as a woman I don't take to the title but that's ok - women can have a garage dominion as well)
You ladies already have dominion over the rest of the house (hence LAST dominion) now you want the garage as well?
My wife made me take down those pictures right after the photoshoot...so perhaps us guys don't even have the garage anymore...so sad. :(
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02/11/2004 03:04:32 PM |
| great job. who knew you could snap a good picture. I will be watching you now. I am a member. |
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02/11/2004 11:17:11 AM |
Bing, this is excellent work. It was my favorite of the challenge... It does speak strongly of masculinity. The connection between that and the garage IS quite strong in my mind also. Seeing this image just reinforced that thought. This is no Martha Stewart garage. I think you tapped my own mind's eye vision of the 'garage' in this photo.
Great work :)
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02/11/2004 09:39:09 AM |
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS COMMENTS
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Thanks for all the comments. I was really hoping that my picture would make 3rd place.
The picture in my head of a garage was always that of a very masculine place where macho guys hung out and worked on their cars, where they kept their barbells and weights and where they went from time to time with their buddies to lift weights, drink beer, have a smoke and shoot the breeze.
I had that image of a garage with the particular mood and feel in my mind and I carefully composed all the elements in my picture to match the image in my head. I put a table in the corner, set up the shelves, things on the shelf, the tools, the girly pictures on the wall, the clothe I was wearing, rag in my pocket, beer, cigarettes, everything to create the mood and feel that I wanted to capture. Of all the picture I have taken (not that I have a great extensive portfolio or anything) this was my personal favorite because I was able to create a picture that captured the mood and atmosphere very closely to the one I had imagined.
When I was a teenager back in the 80's (back when rock n roll/heavy metal were king) my buddies and I were a bunch of macho looking guys in T-shirts, jeans and work boots. We worked on our old muscle cars, rode motorcycles, hung out in pool halls and spent hours lifting weights in Gyms with names like Ottomer's Iron Den. When the guys and I were more concerned about being big strong and tough then having pretty muscles...when the question of the day was how much can you bench? 250 and you were one of us, 300 you were well respected, 350 you were the MAN, 400 was the unobtainable goal at least none of my buddies or I ever reached it. We weren't concerned with political correctness then. It was a time of strong camaraderie, loyalty, and friendship. This picture was also an attempt to capture the mood, look and feel of that period of my life.
This pictures is for the GUYS! Perry, Chong, Rob, Huge, Vince, Nikos, Mason, Dave, Alex, Ron, Jason, Chuck and George…this one's for you!!!...The Riddle of Steel!!!...Keep the faith!!! PS> How many rolls?
Lighting: Two clip on desk lamps available at Walmart for under $10. One clipped on the shelf with a 60 watt bulb. The other over head and slightly in front. 75 or 100 watt bulb, I not sure which one I played around with the wattage to get a good balance. This was taken in the front corner of the garage. I placed a black sheet over the garage door to make the space to the left and behind me in the picture black. The panels on the door were distracting.
Wood on the Desk: I was originally going to put an old clock radio on top of it but couldn't find one. I kind of like the look of the wood so I left it there.
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02/11/2004 07:50:39 AM |
| Congrats Byshen on the ribbon and another great shot - I thought I recognized you! :-) |
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02/11/2004 07:16:24 AM |
I knew this was you! Excellent shot, congrats!
Deannda |
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02/11/2004 02:05:58 AM |
Congrats to the ribbon!
I was pretty sure that it was yours! |
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02/11/2004 01:07:06 AM |
I thought this would be a ribbon winner
Great image
Congratulations! |
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02/11/2004 12:23:32 AM |
| Congratulations on your ribbon. I was sure this would be one of the top three. |
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02/11/2004 12:11:03 AM |
| Congrats, another great shot! |
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02/11/2004 12:03:18 AM |
| Congratulations on the ribbon, it was absolutely one of my top votes. |
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02/10/2004 11:56:29 PM |
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02/10/2004 09:59:01 PM |
| fabulous lighting, tones, composition.. story telling! |
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02/10/2004 07:49:21 PM |
| This looks like my husband's decorating :-) I love the use of black and white. Good lighting, good composition, overall a great shot. |
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02/10/2004 09:34:08 AM |
| Fantastic picture. I really love the choice of duotone... I love it.... 10 |
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02/10/2004 04:32:54 AM |
| I am not sure about the title. But I am judging the photo. And that I give 10. |
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02/09/2004 11:44:07 PM |
| Excellent portrait study!!! |
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02/09/2004 10:33:58 PM |
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02/09/2004 02:52:37 PM |
| Nicest photo i found in this contest. Sad the t-shirt is burned out. 9 |
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02/09/2004 10:06:24 AM |
Nice light, good muscle definition, the overall sense of getting the job done is nice
it's an image I would come back to many times
(as a woman I don't take to the title but that's ok - women can have a garage dominion as well) |
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02/08/2004 02:48:45 AM |
| I Like this and I think this could be a winner very detailed and focused |
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02/08/2004 12:14:22 AM |
| great lighting. very moody. although no guy's shelves are that well organized... |
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02/07/2004 08:54:55 PM |
This is a real garage photo! Very well done on many fronts. I hope you place, if not ribbon.
Tell us what the wood is for?????? 10 from me. |
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02/07/2004 08:40:37 PM |
| Very well done. Very Americano. This picture has alot of character. Definitely one of the top 5 in this challenge. |
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02/07/2004 08:21:04 PM |
| the photo is really nice, but it seems to belong in a general "garage" challenge and not "garage art".... |
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02/06/2004 11:13:48 AM |
| I would love to see a breakdown of your votes by gender! |
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02/06/2004 01:46:49 AM |
| great shot! This is one of those that really speaks more than 1000 words. |
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02/05/2004 03:06:43 PM |
| Dominion not dominium... a 10 nonetheless :) |
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02/05/2004 02:27:28 PM |
| Brave and bold. I really like the lighting. Great capture of garage culture. |
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02/05/2004 08:44:49 AM |
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02/05/2004 07:15:48 AM |
| One of my top picks (do you really need THAT much beer around when working in your garage? ;) ) Nicely lit. Composition good but too staged - don't think your subject is really working - more posing. |
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02/05/2004 02:16:03 AM |
| One of my tops for the week. |
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02/05/2004 01:58:08 AM |
| You might get killed in the voting (my wife is looking over my shoulder "suggesting" a "1") but, I think there is good composition with repetive patterns, decent organization, etc.) I might have moved the empty outlier up with the others, and the screw drivers would have looked better in a parrallel pattern, but all in very good compostion. The lighting is great. I hope you do well. |
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02/05/2004 12:31:51 AM |
| very impressive. great lighting and mood. |
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02/04/2004 09:43:11 PM |
| Great capture... the tones are excellent!! |
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02/04/2004 08:59:54 PM |
| Perfect content for the challenge! Perfect lighting and the black and white really sets it off. Very well done! One of my favorites.. |
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02/04/2004 06:05:29 PM |
| Great lighting here! And very well composed, all the details of a MAN's garage from the beers to the ashtray and of course the women. Very cool shot! |
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02/04/2004 05:49:37 PM |
| Wonderful mood and atmosphere - I really like this. |
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02/04/2004 02:48:52 PM |
| Excellent B&W and use of shadows. |
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02/04/2004 02:27:45 PM |
| I like this picture a lot, maybe a few less beer bottles but a 10 none the less. |
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02/04/2004 02:01:13 PM |
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02/04/2004 12:59:49 PM |
| terrific photo.. Please describe the lighting setup after the challenge! 10 |
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02/04/2004 11:53:29 AM |
| Love the lighting & composition here. Portrays atmosphere well. |
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02/04/2004 10:58:03 AM |
| keep up that attitude and that's all the women you'll ever get - pictures. j/k. Nice light and composition, and the bulging tricep doesn't hurt - 7 |
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02/04/2004 10:28:47 AM |
| I just love the lighting in this shot...and the b/w. I think this photo is very well done. |
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02/04/2004 10:05:32 AM |
| Very powerful image, I like the composition, it gives a notion of movement. The idea is well conveyed. Great choice of B&W. |
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02/04/2004 08:02:59 AM |
| Great job. Very nice composition and theme too. You say the truth! |
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02/04/2004 07:18:26 AM |
| Quality of the picture: Excellent. Quality of the subject? Euh.......!! It's a 9 to me. |
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02/04/2004 02:07:51 AM |
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02/04/2004 12:42:02 AM |
| I wish I got to capture what did. Look at all those other photos there..... hehehe, all kidding aside, I really like this, but perhaps its just me, but more contrast would make this even better. |
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The Garage - Men's Last Dominium
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