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Dare to Be Square
karmat


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Challenge: Square (Classic Editing)
Collection: Food
Camera: Sony DSC-F707
Location: kitchen ghetto studio
Date: Jan 26, 2003
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30/10
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jan 26, 2003

 My first shot was of an actual hershey kiss (mint) but it made no sense unless you were familiar with them (most people aren't). Sooooo, I opened a kiss, shaved it into a sorta square, rewrapped and shot.
In post-processing, I adjusted the brightness/contrast some, and the saturation, in the "master" channel, as well as in the blues and greens. I like the effect that looks bw, except for htose two colors. It was completely accidental.
Applied NEATIMAGE.
I fully expect to get pounded this week!

Statistics
Place: 34 out of 179
Avg (all users): 5.8085
Avg (commenters): 7.6250
Avg (participants): 5.6389
Avg (non-participants): 6.0375
Views since voting: 1415
Votes: 188
Comments: 10
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 02/04/2003 11:32:00 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club.
This is a very fresh and creative approach to the challenge.
I like how you have the square stand out more by focusing just on it. I really don't mind the kiss in the foreground.
The compostion is nice and is very tight. You have very little negative spce, which I prefer. The only thing I would have tried to avoid is the Kisses label in the foreground. Maybe messing with your photo editor distorted it but I find it distracting. May removing that particular Kiss' label? I can't think of anything much to improve the photo. It is very nice but not I guess it just didn't stand out enough for some people to do better. Sorry I couldn't add more, please feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions.
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 02/03/2003 12:35:06 AM
Wow Karmat, You are getting good with the camera. Iam impressed. Keep it up.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/01/2003 12:43:54 PM
Intresting.
 02/01/2003 08:37:57 AM
This makes my smile :-) Can I have one kiss?
 02/01/2003 05:59:24 AM
Composition: Good. Really like the background and table surface
Technical: Fantastic focus, good use of colour, nice border. Looks like you've sharpened after you added the border not before (white line between pic and border). Best to do it before added the border.
Meets challenge: Yes
Overall impression: Technically great and aesthetic too! 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/29/2003 06:12:24 PM
DOF is awesome, I've gone back to this one a couple of times. This is my only 10 this week. Good job.
 01/28/2003 07:46:09 PM
Cool idea, I really like it. The border is excellent BTW. I think this would have been a lot better without the Kiss in the front left though. The writing and it's focus are a distraction. Good Job.
 01/27/2003 05:31:17 PM
Cute. I really like the DOF of this photo.
 01/27/2003 02:01:24 PM
Perfect focus, great depth, great tone, great idea. 9
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 01/27/2003 10:28:37 AM
LOL, cute idea! Lovely colors, did you remove all the other colors besides blue? 8 =)
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