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Challenge: Glass (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Location: dark livingroom
Date: May 4, 2003
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1 sec
Date Uploaded: May 5, 2003

 Used a 60W bulb. Levels, curves, minor cropping, resize, border. There was this compromise between showing the light on the neck and the lip of the bottle and subduing the garlic (i guess didn't do a good job on the lighting :) and i fiddled with curves forever. Decided that showing more of the glass probably would be more palatable to voters and the garlic ended up brighter than i wanted to. This dark shot probably will get creamed by the voters anyway but i learned a lot from it and, despite the flaws, am pleased with this. This is the second time i feature garlic in a dpc challenge. Yes, i love garlic! :)

Statistics
Place: 172 out of 278
Avg (all users): 4.7860
Avg (commenters): 5.8571
Avg (participants): 4.7203
Avg (non-participants): 4.8800
Views since voting: 744
Votes: 243
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0

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 05/14/2003 03:04:08 PM
Thanks mav :)
I still like this image and where i was heading and will sorta re-do this lateron. The set-up was very much *me* and don't give a hoot that the glass wasn't the focus or that it belonged in 'food' or 'Italy'. I like scab-lab suggestion. Was thinking of a diffuser but couldn't come up with something effective.
What baffles me is that during daylight from the same monitor i have seen this image and at times it was somewhat clearer and you could see more of the neck and the lip which made a big difference to this img.
 05/14/2003 02:15:01 PM
Ok, my turn. :)

I like your negative space in the upper right. The garlic follows the curve of the bottle - I like the glint of yellow above the tip of the garlic. The two little garlics are also a very nice touch.

Now - the only problem *I* have is the bright reflection. I know how tough lighting is and it looks like you played with this to get it as close as possible. Also, knowing what I know, you pushed yourself on this image and I think that's as good as possible - but consider bouncing the light or diffusing it - as a way to light more of this and pull it out from "dark" comments.

Excellent work - I was among the multitude of 7's here. :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/13/2003 09:43:38 PM
= 6
 05/13/2003 02:33:19 PM
good clear image
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 05/13/2003 02:03:32 PM
good idea.
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 05/13/2003 11:55:12 AM
nice image, the lighting works perfectly with this image, the sharpness of the image is also good 5
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 05/12/2003 08:08:51 AM
Nice Idea. Too Dark.
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 05/11/2003 05:55:35 PM
nice idea, but the main focus of the photo isn't really the glass
 05/10/2003 06:36:47 PM
The dark background, the soft light at the top of the bottle, the greenish gold tint of the olive oil, it looks like an old oil painting - good job.
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 05/09/2003 08:08:34 PM
Maybe a small light placed behind the olive oil bottle would make it glow even more.Looks like there is something back there, but the garlic blocks it too much. Nice idea.
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 05/09/2003 06:14:07 PM
either that's a giant clove of garlic or a small bottle of olive oil ;-) i think the photo is well composed and executed. you might consider putting black paper/cloth on the table that blends in with the faded background to give it a more studio look.
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 05/09/2003 11:20:20 AM
I could have graded this much higher if it were entered in a 'cooking' or 'food' or 'Italy' theme. As it is, the fact that the bottle is made of glass is just an incidental thing, and I had to leave more room in my voting range for photos that were as pretty, as well-composed, that made the glassness the star.
 05/09/2003 08:12:45 AM
should choose a brighter background, and the garlic seem more catch my eyes than the bottle does :)
 05/08/2003 03:15:39 PM
I like this - wish the bottle didn;t have a lable and the golden glow of the oil could show better
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 05/08/2003 02:14:34 PM
I like the teture the line in the garlic make.
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 05/08/2003 10:25:26 AM
Wonderful image, well set up and the lighting is very fitting. Your border also fits the image perfectly which I can't say for too many borders I have been seeing lately.
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 05/07/2003 11:49:42 PM
Very nice picture, but the Colavita bottle is a little lost in the dark background. I think backlighting it would make this picture perfect.
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 05/07/2003 05:56:39 PM
The garlic is placed beautifully -- it looks like the bulb is hugging the bottle!
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