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Black Heat
Black Heat
BAMartin


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Challenge: Kitchen Art (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus E-20
Location: Woodbridge, VA
Date: Mar 15, 2003
Aperture: f 4.5
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Urban, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Mar 15, 2003

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Statistics
Place: 58 out of 79
Avg (all users): 5.1798
Avg (commenters): 5.1000
Avg (participants): 4.9057
Avg (non-participants): 5.5833
Views since voting: 980
Votes: 89
Comments: 11
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03/24/2003 06:20:06 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Initial impressions:
Busy. a bit out of focus, doesn't really capture my eye.

Challenge:
Meets the challenge perfectly

Composition:
The labels show nice details, but I would have prefered to either see more of all the bottles or just one bottle alone. The top and bottom being cut off the Black heat label is slightly annoying to me as well. The colors, on the other hand, are fantastic. They are well saturated and the contrasts make them zing.

Technical:
It seems slightly blury to me, perhaps too shallow a DOF?

Processing:
Nothing glaring in the post processing of the photo.

Overall:
Nice colors, good visual impact, though I would have liked to see more..

-Matt
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/19/2003 10:08:34 PM
I found this a bit confusing too much going on. i would have concentrated on the chili's in bottle on the left and/or the black heat bottle.
03/19/2003 09:43:51 AM
The colors have come out very well here, good one. It could be just a tiny bit sharper though.
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03/19/2003 08:36:53 AM
very nice composition.. it seems just a tad soft, but the theme is excellent.. nice work :) - setzler
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03/19/2003 07:30:48 AM
Very appealing colours in this photograph. I think it would have been a more interesting composition if you hadn't cut off two bottles on the sides, and had focused on either or, to have three bottles in focus instead of just two.
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03/19/2003 12:29:47 AM
You must be quite the gourmet! Colorful, interesting, a little too cluttered imho.
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03/18/2003 09:43:00 PM
Wow I'm jealous, send me some of that Black Heat and a bottle of the truffle oil as well. Nice color although I may have moved the Chili Pepper oil up front. I think it may have matched up well with the Black Heat and would have made a good focal accompaniment.
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03/17/2003 06:13:31 PM
It's nice idea (the 4 strong subjects and framming), but the focus and lighting isn't good.
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03/17/2003 04:50:51 PM
relationship of the bottles is kinda strange - appears to be too much going on.
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03/17/2003 04:16:15 PM
Meets the Challenge.
Pretty simple presentation.
Color on the bottles is nice.
Focus is right on.
Lighting works great.
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03/17/2003 10:57:35 AM
Why not show the entire bottles? Good idea, and colorful
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