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Challenge: Oil II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Location: Ohio
Date: Jan 23, 2015
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1
Date Uploaded: Jan 23, 2015

 Table set up in living room of my home. Early morning light from north facing window (left of photo) and candle light. It is a very overcast morning outside. I wish I had a nice plate rather than the ramekin. The table is not level so the balsamic kept coagulating to one side of the ramekin. I tried to fix this by putting matchbooks under the low end, but it didn’t work too well. My wife suggested that I should have taken a stick or knife and tried to “swirl” the balsamic around a bit. She’s usually right.

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 08/14/2015 06:21:52 AM
*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*

An interesting still life that meets the challenge.

You have fulfilled the challenge brief with your oil in the dish and yes, you should have listened to she who is wiser and swirled it round to make it more attractive. The thing that lets the shot down the most is the softness, where it should be sharpest, the liquid looks sharp but not as sharp as it could be. I think you should have used a smaller aperture to extend your DOF to include the bread, as it is it forms a major part of the scene but is completely out of focus. Your shutter speed is very slow due to the low lighting so I am assuming you used a tripod and this may be where the problem lies, if you did not have a remote release as soon as you press the shutter release you will introduce camera shake which is what I think the underlying problems is.

I like your composition it is very enticing having made some of your commenters hungry so to that end its worked well. I am undecided about the lighting, its nice that it makes it feel more warming but the same light has turned one of your slices into toast! It has also cast some rather strong shadows that don't really add to the overall impact.

Thank you for your submission and good luck with your future entries, Sid
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/03/2015 09:12:36 PM
Mmm, that makes me hungry.
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 02/02/2015 02:23:30 PM
I like the warmth from the lamp. It may have worked well to exclude other light sources. Greater depth of field would have helped complete the visual aspects as well.
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 02/01/2015 10:28:27 AM
I believe that the bread should be in focus. (not sure if anything really is )
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 01/28/2015 07:07:38 PM
Good idea. The shot strikes me as a little soft on everything but the table cloth. I do like the back lighting on this though.
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 01/28/2015 11:52:19 AM
very creative seem well done I can almost smell the bread good shot
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 01/28/2015 11:35:59 AM
Really feels like the bread should be in focus.
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