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Metallic Reflections
Metallic Reflections
Bebe


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Metal (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Atlanta. GA
Date: Jun 20, 2005
Aperture: f/25
ISO: 100
Shutter: 13.0 sec
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jun 20, 2005

 Looking at past challenges, I saw e301 do something similar with a fork in "From the Psychedelic Kitchen." I loved it and wanted to try something similar. I didn't quite live up to that image, but I like the result anyway.

The setup was more difficult than I thought, and in the end the picture wasn't perfect. I used 3 screens to reflect a picture of a spectrum - 2 computer lcd's & a tv. If it weren't a basic editing challenge I would have burned the entire background a solid black, and fixed up a couple inconsistencies in the stripes.

Of course, now that I'm committed to the photo I realise that people may hate it for not showing the silvery "metallic essence" of the pitcher. But, I'm getting used to low scores, so I'll enter it anyway.

Statistics
Place: 120 out of 508
Avg (all users): 5.5176
Avg (commenters): 6.7059
Avg (participants): 5.4121
Avg (non-participants): 5.6639
Views since voting: 918
Views during voting: 385
Votes: 284
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0

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 09/27/2005 08:02:39 PM
This is very cool! Great colors and good contrast to the background. You might consider a crop across the top--making it sort of a panoramic and making the kettle go almost top to bottom on the right of the pic. It should be even "stronger" that way!
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 06/30/2005 04:46:33 PM
Bebe - i gave a 6. I loved the reflection, i was very impressed with how well the jug reflected the spectrum. Techically its a very good picture - must not have been easy. For me, it lacked the oomph to go beyond just techically well done - it was missing something. Maybe if you could see a couple more items to complment the jug also reflecting the spectrum it would have gone than extra mile. I would consider this picture a sucess - you tried something new, and it came out excellent.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/28/2005 11:09:38 PM
Interesting. Like the colors.
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 06/27/2005 07:58:56 AM
very unique
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 06/27/2005 05:50:02 AM
wish it was centered more cuz i love this effect
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 06/26/2005 12:08:04 AM
very cool
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 06/25/2005 02:13:46 PM
I like this very much, but would have centered it or made the off-set a bit more obvious.
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 06/24/2005 07:04:11 PM
Perhaps a little too much black? I think it is cool, but I had to look at it a few times to realise that.
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 06/23/2005 11:21:20 PM
nice shot. natural or edited?
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 06/23/2005 08:37:29 AM
Clever & vibrant.
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 06/23/2005 06:43:23 AM
Excellent use of color, looks like it could have been a bit sharper.
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 06/22/2005 11:39:04 PM
my goal is to comment on every photo in this challenge..heres urs..good luck. i love the colors here..very vibrant! bumping up to 9
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 06/22/2005 09:10:41 PM
How neat! Effective coloring.
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 06/22/2005 08:41:36 PM
Cool, a coffee pot?
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 06/22/2005 05:10:25 PM
i love this photo, with the dark background and light effect on the metal. good luck!
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 06/22/2005 01:34:43 PM
It looks over saturated but that may be my monitors fault. Im curious on how you set up the lighting.
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 06/22/2005 11:34:29 AM
this is very cool! what's the colors from?
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 06/22/2005 08:31:23 AM
Wow, this turned out interesting. Good Job.
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 06/22/2005 07:44:18 AM
Well photographed but no metallic feel to the shot...
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 06/22/2005 01:36:32 AM
wow...beautiful shot. I can't stop staring at the colors.
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