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Kick the Habit
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Challenge: New Year's Resolution III (Advanced Editing III)
Collection: studio
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: VT - usa
Date: Jan 1, 2005
Aperture: f:3.2
ISO: 200
Galleries: Studio, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Jan 1, 2005

 canon 50mm f:1.8 - handheld - slightly cropped - custom white balance

i had jess prop her foot on a book, and dangle a pack of smokes from a piece of thread i had threaded through the corner of the pack. the pack was spinning, and i timed the exposure around the spinning to avoid unwanted reflections.
white matte board about 12" behind subjects.

post involved masking, and slightly lightening the area under and to the left of the shoe. slight curves for added contrast. by using white thread, and slight overexposure i was able to almost completely hide the thread. a little clonign was needed. up canvas size for border. resize. USM. save as for web.

lighting was four 500w halogen shop lights all to left side of image pointing downward at 45deg, and a portable relfector under the camera. i tried to use the new 550ex, but couldn't properly avoid shadows.







Statistics
Place: 8 out of 135
Avg (all users): 6.6651
Avg (commenters): 8.0500
Avg (participants): 6.4805
Avg (non-participants): 6.7704
Views since voting: 2721
Views during voting: 361
Votes: 212
Comments: 23
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 03/29/2005 01:19:06 PM
Should have been higher up in place .. amazing photo
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 01/09/2005 02:40:13 PM
Congratulations on your 8th placing with this drop kick.
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 01/09/2005 12:31:29 PM
very simple, yet very effective photo illustration. great work!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/08/2005 11:15:12 AM
This shot is a bit cliche, in fact there are one or two others in this chalenge with the same theme, but it is wellexecuted, sharp, and well composed. I give it a high score.
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 01/06/2005 12:42:12 PM
This is somthing new :D nice setup and lightning. 9+
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 01/05/2005 09:03:09 PM
Excellent....
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 01/05/2005 06:38:50 PM
I love everything about this image. It's simple, to the point, says it all without needing the title. I gave it a 10
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 01/05/2005 06:07:58 PM
This is the best 'kick the smokes' shot. Maybe i would add a little more space on the left. Btw, if you don't want the smokes, send them my way =)
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 01/05/2005 04:53:46 PM
i like this one, the best of the cig.
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 01/04/2005 08:31:49 PM
some speedmotion(?) to that Allstar would have made this picture real kicking!!
anyway its a nice job
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 01/04/2005 05:19:43 PM
My favorite of the anti-smoking resolutions. Simple, direct, to the point.
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 01/04/2005 12:53:27 PM
At last, a good fag shot! Well done
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 01/04/2005 03:02:54 AM
...and get some new shoes! ;-)
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 01/02/2005 08:51:28 PM
Clean presentation and quite effective! Nice use of negative space.
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 01/02/2005 02:21:20 PM
grat composition
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 01/02/2005 01:10:21 PM
Great shot.
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 01/02/2005 11:56:16 AM
Nice use of negative space. Great crop. Good luck and HNY
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 01/02/2005 04:58:29 AM
Okay this image is both amusing and outrageously well executed. That earns you a 10 from me and a blue ribbon prediction. (please note, the only other time I ever predicted an image would win the challenge it did- see comment on imagineers landmark entry - so congratulations in advance :P).

Revised comment - having seen the other images I'm afraid I'm going to have to downgrade my projection to top 5 :).... partly because of a couple of incredible shots. But mainly because someone else took exactly the same photo - which will likely kill your originality vote. Still, a ten from me. great composition and lighting.

PS... I reserve the right to change my prediction once I have voted on the entire field - this is about the 12th photo I have seen.
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 01/02/2005 04:08:36 AM
ribbon!
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 01/02/2005 03:32:30 AM
even though there's another 'kick the habit', i think this is very interesting and well executed take on an extremely popular resolution. great composition and color.
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 01/02/2005 03:20:07 AM
Now that's a fun version -- definitely the best I've seen of the 'quit smoking' pictures yet. B/W would work better for it though, IMO
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 01/02/2005 02:09:01 AM
Nice work but I feel the light is a bit bright on the cig packet.
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 01/02/2005 02:02:37 AM
Very simplistic composition but very effective. Best of luck to you on your entry and quitting the smokes.
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