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BrianR


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Challenge: Moods (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S1 IS
Location: Hervey Bay. Australia
Date: Apr 30, 2005
Aperture: f 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1
Galleries: Interior, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2005

 Shot using Candle Light as light soarce, custom white balance.
Noise reduction.
Cropped.
Warming Filter
Un Sharp Mask
Brightness/Contrast

Statistics
Place: 111 out of 183
Avg (all users): 5.3117
Avg (commenters): 6.2727
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Avg (non-participants): 5.3846
Views since voting: 1021
Views during voting: 341
Votes: 231
Comments: 24
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 05/09/2005 06:29:48 AM
Exellent capture of mood in this picture.

The only thing I would have done differently is perhaps to rotate the picture slightly towards to the left (about 3 degrees maybe) so that the table edge is completely horizontal.

While I really like the reflections of light on the closest plate, I think I would have done without the starts on the candles.

-are
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/08/2005 10:37:58 PM
I don't care for the star effect around every point of light.
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 05/08/2005 09:38:45 PM
Lots of atmosphere in this shot. Very romantic too. Dinner for two!
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 05/08/2005 04:36:30 PM
Do you have a star filter on that lens? That is a great set up there.
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 05/06/2005 08:00:07 PM
You get the candles amazingly well as well as the table, well done.
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 05/06/2005 11:36:39 AM
Nice setup and colors. I'm wondering why the image is crooked? It might have been nice to have the candles be the same height... or on the same visual plane... as it is, the right one looks taller (though that could just be because it's farther back on the table).
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 05/05/2005 10:42:20 PM
The flares on the candle add to your mood
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 05/05/2005 10:17:03 PM
Cool shot, nice communication of mood, good lighting.
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 05/05/2005 04:36:54 PM
interesting lighting, nice framing
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 05/04/2005 09:33:12 PM
Definitely evoks a mood. I think that there is a bit of an overusage of NeatImage. I also would have cropped some of the empty space off of the top.
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 05/04/2005 10:48:47 AM
Nice picture but I think the lighting could have been better. It also looks overly sharpened
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 05/04/2005 09:03:47 AM
A promising setting for a mood challenge, but the table is wonky, colour balance is too yellow and composition is unbalanced. Too much glare off the plate.
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 05/04/2005 05:20:38 AM
I would like to see more of the table. And the candle's takes to much of my attentition. Nice mood though :)
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 05/03/2005 02:55:13 PM
You did a really good job making this look elegant and romantic. It definitely evokes a great mood.
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 05/03/2005 02:48:36 PM
very romantic
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 05/02/2005 09:45:13 PM
Because everything in this beautiful capture is so symmetrical, I think the table probably should have been centered. 9
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 05/02/2005 09:43:34 PM
A very different approach to the challenge. I like that you thought outside of the box. Nice work. 7
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 05/02/2005 03:29:54 PM
great colors and mood. i'm not sure i love the cropping though
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 05/02/2005 12:33:17 PM
Great sense of mood here! I too entered a shot with warmth, lighting, and have been commented "does not fit the challenge", or "what mood is this supposed to convey?" Ignore such comments and enjoy the radiance you've captured in this lovely setting. My only techie crit is the plate area of the photo is a bit dim. Perhaps some dodge/burn to this area to lighten, to spread the glow across the setting? All the best.
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 05/02/2005 09:33:16 AM
It's a little off center. I might have cropped it a little on the top and right hand side. Nice photo though.
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 05/02/2005 05:22:10 AM
good shot!
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 05/02/2005 12:43:56 AM
WOW. I like this. Nice and classy shot. The DOF could be deaper though. I'd like to see the glasses nice and clear.
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 05/02/2005 12:31:47 AM
Image sets a nice mood and is clean with a nice jet black background. The table edge is not horizontal and that is a distraction. An improvement might be to make the bottom table edge horizontal and composed with each corner just touching the edge of the frame.
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 05/02/2005 12:18:40 AM
Nice idea. Lighting is a little off and the blown highlights on the plates and silverware bother me.
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