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Fifties Sparkle
Fifties Sparkle
Joey Lawrence


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Collections (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE 7Hi
Location: Georges Custom Paint, Ontario, Canada
Date: Nov 29, 2005
Galleries: Vintage, Studio
Date Uploaded: Nov 29, 2005

 the place of my dad's work where he restores old coke machines and gas pumps
probably the most difficult lighting i've ever messed with. I wanted sparkles and reflections on the restored machines to show their shineyness but not to have me and a some lamps I set up being reflected in the picture. :-p I ended up getting the reflections on the machines by turning on some neon lights on the other side of the room and reflecting them on the machines with a big mirror I found in there.

Another problem was getting everything exposed correctly, the light-up globes on top were a problem. They were way too bright so I pulled off the domes and put paper over them. Only for a few minutes of course, or they'd catch fire.

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 210
Avg (all users): 5.9524
Avg (commenters): 6.9000
Avg (participants): 5.6374
Avg (non-participants): 6.1099
Views since voting: 1744
Views during voting: 382
Votes: 273
Comments: 24
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 12/09/2005 12:59:53 AM
Some like the tilt, some don't. I'm one who doesn't. I think an interesting shot would be a wide-angle from low down on the floor, looking up.
 12/07/2005 12:47:28 AM
Hey Joey, the real "Coke" collection. dashing. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/06/2005 06:39:36 PM
great collection! like the angle of this shot, love the colors. the light in the back gets a bit bright, but what a cool photo!
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 12/06/2005 06:18:46 PM
Now that's what I call a colection!
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 12/06/2005 10:42:28 AM
Love the angle!
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 12/06/2005 06:04:01 AM
Excellent!
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 12/05/2005 06:44:06 PM
cool collection
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 12/04/2005 09:25:55 PM
looks like Joey's dad's stuff!
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 12/04/2005 09:36:05 AM
Have a coke and a smile..... The light in the back room is very distracting. Nice photo great collection... Good luck
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 12/04/2005 02:40:36 AM
The tilted perspective spoils it for me. Otherwise, it looks like an interesting collection. I'd like to see more of it.
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 12/03/2005 09:38:19 PM
What a collection!
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 12/02/2005 04:46:10 AM
Good pick!
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 12/01/2005 02:16:47 PM
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 12/01/2005 11:09:35 AM
Love the collection but the picture is sub-par, The bright light is distracting and conflicts with the dark background. What is the dark black thing in the foreground? The tilt adds interest but at what cost? A straight shot may have enabled you to crop the dark splotch in the foreground and perhaps not cut the White rose sign at the top. 6
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 12/01/2005 10:22:59 AM
Wow! Awesome collection. I love stuff from the 1950's and I was born in the early 70's.
 12/01/2005 12:01:43 AM
Joe, I think we've all gotten to the point where you cant photograph anything in your life without us recognizing it, nevertheless you always seem to do a good job of photographing it, so keep up the good work
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 11/30/2005 11:54:07 PM
strong image and the angle shot works well
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 11/30/2005 11:53:56 PM
Hey I recognize this scene.....Glad you got to use it more than once...Nice Collection. 10.
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 11/30/2005 11:13:33 PM
Is this Joseph?
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 11/30/2005 09:28:51 PM
wow! what a cool collection!
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 11/30/2005 08:52:44 PM
The angle is distracting to me, I don't like extreme angles. The colours are great. I don't like the light reflecting in the mirror.
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 11/30/2005 05:35:41 AM
cool idea and good angle. I only does not like that reflection on the left side.
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 11/30/2005 01:03:54 AM
thats a beauty!
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 11/30/2005 12:54:34 AM
This is clean and focused. I like the tilt. The bright of the overhead light helps with the old sense - hardly see lights like that any more.
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