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10/14/2005 03:30:44 AM |
I didn't get to vote on this one, so this is the first time I've seen it. I think titles are important, but I don't get this one. I suppose Benjamin Franklin is a face featured on a bill of currency of some denomination, but I have no idea who Juan Valdez is. (The only Valdez I can recall was called Exxon).
But good old Woody. I saw him in a shop the other day promoting muscle ointment... |
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10/14/2005 01:13:51 AM |
| Man your a stud,I should have known this was you. My fav in the challenge, but bummed out it didn't do better. |
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10/12/2005 09:03:38 AM |
Very good idea! Sharp wit and focus.
I think overall this is a very good image. I think you were penalized for having a woody ;)
Compositionally, however, I think this could have been a little stronger. I'm not fixated on the rule of thirds, but this image could be balanced better by using it. My first thought is that the paper goods on the left weren't needed and don't provide compositional balance, and you could have thus cropped on that side and tried to get woody in the sweet spot--right now he and the coffee maker are too close to center.
Second, I think the brown/dark background makes the beans on the left less effective. If I were to imagine arranging the scene, I might have done the following (but realize this is not easy to previsualize so I may be totally off base): ditch the paper cups on the right, put the beans there in a more prominent position, shifting the maker left, and balancing the maker on the left with the beans on the right. Put in a very nice expresso cup, either filled with steaming coffee or money. The latter idea has me thinking a little bit: to make a statement about coffee costs, the jar isn't really "unambiguous" because it is associated with tips, not the cost of coffee. So maybe the coffee cup idea filled with money, or some foreground with money and coffee somehow intermingled in either a natural or artistic statement way.
Alternate title: Hey buddy, can I have $5 for a cup of coffee? ;) |
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10/12/2005 08:00:55 AM |
| Hehe, curse of the Woodies. ;-) |
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10/12/2005 01:14:11 AM |
*shakes head while tsk-tsk-tsking
Message edited by author 2005-10-12 01:14:31. |
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10/12/2005 12:19:38 AM |
| damn woodys! lol. great humorous image ken! love it :) |
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10/11/2005 03:57:53 AM |
Heh, a bit of commentary on the cost of coffee at the average "shop" today?
Perhaps abit under lit, especially in thearea around the coffee beans on the left. I like it otherwise, and I can certainally appreciate how long it took to set this one up, not to mention how much it must have cost. :) |
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10/09/2005 01:25:02 PM |
| expensive coffee! a little to rigid, set up and cold. |
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10/06/2005 09:57:14 PM |
| This is my pick so far. Great take on the challenge. You've managed to not only meet the challenge requirements, but also done so in a way that keeps my looking at the photograph for more than a glimpse and attracting my interest. Congrats! |
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10/06/2005 06:59:33 PM |
| Hey it is cheaper than gas! Perhaps just a little too many props are diverting my attention. I think simpler would have had more impact. |
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10/06/2005 01:37:12 PM |
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10/05/2005 11:23:01 PM |
nice clean still life! where's the sign up sheet for training in one's first born child for a cuppa joe?
: ) |
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10/05/2005 10:49:03 PM |
| really nice. Crisp, well set-up, and of course, it's got a Woody. |
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10/05/2005 04:11:40 PM |
| Woodie has been busy starting a new business I see..... Always creative and technically on. Nice job. |
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10/05/2005 04:04:06 PM |
| i just loved this thanks for the great view |
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