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Challenge: Cool Colors II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Studio
Date: Apr 8, 2011
Aperture: f/20
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 11, 2011

 That's not my reflection in the bottle; it's just my tripod and camera (unavoidable), I used a remote to take the shot. What you see in the center ist the vase behind the bottle - if the flowers had been in the bottle it would have been out of focus.

Timfy:5 - Ollie:16 17

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 105
Avg (all users): 6.8563
Avg (commenters): 8.2941
Avg (participants): 6.5714
Avg (non-participants): 6.9470
Views since voting: 3366
Views during voting: 303
Votes: 174
Comments: 30
Favorites: 5 (view)

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 04/26/2011 04:56:44 AM
Originally posted by nightpixels:
I believe DPC advanced editing rules allow multiple shots for increased depth of field (read the first paragraph under the advanced editing rules), so I guess you could have still left the flowers in the bottle and taken multiple shots with various focus points and then blended them together in photoshop (edit-> Auto-Blend Layers ...) ... or have I misunderstood the rule?


That might be true, but would be a lot more work :)
 04/25/2011 01:14:09 PM
Really beautiful. A perfect example of the cool color palette. Lovely.
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 04/24/2011 09:25:56 PM
Beautiful
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 04/24/2011 05:27:44 PM
I believe DPC advanced editing rules allow multiple shots for increased depth of field (read the first paragraph under the advanced editing rules), so I guess you could have still left the flowers in the bottle and taken multiple shots with various focus points and then blended them together in photoshop (edit-> Auto-Blend Layers ...) ... or have I misunderstood the rule?

Message edited by author 2011-04-25 02:00:57.
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 04/23/2011 11:37:18 PM
Awesome image Oliver. Really like the background and the lighting on the flowers. Putting the flowers in a separate vase behind the bottle so that the flowers and the bottle are in the same plane was a great idea. Congrats on the yellow.
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 04/23/2011 03:21:16 PM
Well done Oliver. (Dang it!!!)
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 04/20/2011 10:04:33 PM
One of my faves in this challenge...agree about yoru reflection though... :)
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 04/20/2011 12:44:15 PM
Congrats Oliver! Simple and great photo!
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 04/20/2011 11:25:52 AM
Congrats on your HM, Oliver!
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 04/20/2011 10:06:00 AM
cool shot! :)

Congrats on the HM.
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 04/20/2011 02:44:06 AM
How incredibly funny: we each thought the other's would look good in b/w. Congrats on your well-earned HM.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/19/2011 10:22:29 PM
Just gorgeous. This has it all.
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 04/19/2011 08:53:20 PM
lovely smooth coolness. I do with that band of light wasn't so hot in the reflection, but it was worth it to get those tones out of the lilies.
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 04/19/2011 12:19:33 PM
Wonderful lighting. The comp and beauty puts it in the top 10 for me.
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 04/18/2011 04:56:10 PM
Gorgeous. Oddly, I can see this being much more powerful in b/w.
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 04/18/2011 12:05:45 PM
My Pick for C O O L COLORS re SheZ
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 04/16/2011 08:43:12 PM
I know it's almost impossible to fix (trust me, I've tried) but you're reflection in the vase is distracting.
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 04/16/2011 06:23:08 PM
Love the colours and the composition. Beautiful.
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 04/16/2011 05:06:10 AM
the vase for this is gorgeous, and the highlights in it are amazing. the background is a good contrast from some of the more monochromatic images in this challenge. The lilies are actually the least interesting part of this shot, and I wonder if they're even necessary.
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 04/15/2011 04:22:58 PM
Lovely, smooth, great color, ultra sharp! I do believe I can see you in the reflection however!
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 04/14/2011 03:12:10 PM
This made me stop to move across the scale from 3 to 10. Beautifully lit! Looks like Oliver
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 04/14/2011 04:09:41 AM
so cool
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 04/13/2011 08:59:27 PM
Very interesting shot. I like the soft tones in the flowers contrasted by the hard smoothness of the bottle.
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 04/13/2011 05:12:30 PM
Beautiful composition and lighting.
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 04/13/2011 02:39:56 PM
Quite nicely done, and the colors are so beautiful.
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 04/13/2011 12:00:52 PM
Crisp and gorgeous.
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 04/13/2011 11:13:40 AM
Very pretty image :-)
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 04/13/2011 10:53:50 AM
Lovely colors... great processing...

couple of nitpicks... harsh highlight in the left bottom corner... and the reflection of the photographer on the bottle (which you could not have avoided or cloned with advanced editing)...

overall a great shot that deserves a place in the first page...
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 04/13/2011 02:32:41 AM
Very well done!
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 04/13/2011 12:15:01 AM
Ribbon contender, I had the same blue bottle in my shot, but changed it, your's came out stunning, congrats.
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