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Challenge: Rainbow (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Challenge Entries (most)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
Location: Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
Date: Oct 20, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/350s
Galleries: Abstract, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Oct 21, 2007
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I knew I wouldn't get a real rainbow. Besides, most rainbow shots I've taken aren't that wonderful.
These are bottles of Saratoga spring water, from Saratoga Springs, NY. We were up there this weekend for a family wedding, and they were in a gift basket for out-of-town guests. The bottles are really the blue color on the right; I changed the colors using Photoshop's color blending mode. The flat one is something to hang on a wall; there's a wire loop folded back behind it that you can hang on a nail.
The screen texture is the window screen outside the window where I lined up the bottles. I originally used a larger aperture to blur it out, but then tried a smaller one and liked the effect of the lines in the bottles.
I first colored the bottles, then sharpened the bottles and blurred the screen background a bit. I knew I couldn't obliterate it entirely or risk a DQ, and in the end, I actually liked it. Next was some perspective correction - I knew it was off-kilter when I took the shot, but I had to shoot up at them and from the left to put the sun behind them. So I used the distort transformation to pull the bottom right over more than the bottom left.
I then had a perfectly straight row of bottles, which was boring, so I rotated and cropped. Resized and did another round of sharpening (this time including the screen), added the border, and submitted. |
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10/31/2007 01:00:52 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club
My first impression is that this photograph is very strong both compositionally and technically. The back lighting is great because it brings out all of the details of the bottles. I especially like the details of the screen in the background. It gives a nice texture to the photograph without being too distracting.
Compositionally, the angle of the crop gives some nice variation in the photo. I also like the "odd bottle" because it gives the viewer a specific focal point by breaking up the repeated pattern.
The one thing I would like to change is the negative space surrounding the orange bottle. Because of the halo created by the negative space, my eye keeps being drawn to the orange bottle, as opposed to the green bottle. The green bottle is bordering on a secondary subject, and therefore I think if the bottles were arranged in a way to have the negative space around the green bottle, that the focal point would be that much more reinforced.
Overall I think this is a wonderful image. I would have liked to see it score higher than it did.
Keep up the good work.
If you have an questions, feel free to PM me.
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10/29/2007 09:03:39 PM |
Congrats Jeffrey.
Got a 9 from me. Good job. |
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10/29/2007 05:43:30 PM |
| Jeffrey, you got robbed on this one, I think...so close to that 6! Great photo nonetheless. I think the slight screen in the b/g really adds to it. |
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10/29/2007 06:11:38 AM |
| Wow I gave this a 9, thought for sure it would have placed higher. Lovely photo. |
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10/29/2007 12:43:39 AM |
I am really intrigued by this photo. Maybe you would do a "How they did that" for this picture?
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10/26/2007 06:17:45 PM |
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10/25/2007 09:27:22 PM |
| Saratoga as in Saratoga Springs, NY? If so - how cool!!! If not, it makes me think of home. I like the composition and angle of the bottles. I like the lighting and the faint mesh pattern adds a nice, yet not overpowering texture. Aside from sentimental reasons, I hope this finishes in the top ten! Good luck. |
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10/25/2007 09:40:47 AM |
| really cool rainbow - love the use of different colored bottles! |
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10/24/2007 07:48:57 AM |
| The diagonal composition has made for a strong dynamic image. I like the use of the textured background. |
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10/23/2007 07:39:02 PM |
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10/23/2007 11:39:48 AM |
| Jeffrey, couldn't vote, but wanted to comment. I really like this one. the composition is very pleasing, as the tilt is just the right amount. I like the colors in the bottles. A very nice take on the subject. Well done. |
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10/22/2007 07:18:01 AM |
| Simple and clean compostion. I really like the screen texture of your background for some reason. Very nice colors and detail. |
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