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Tulips in a Pitcher
Tulips in a Pitcher
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Candlelight (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S7000
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Dec 11, 2005
Aperture: f/ 8.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 4 seconds
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Dec 11, 2005

 Purchased tulips...had the pitcher/vase. Used two candles in front of angled mirrors on either side of the subject. Manual focus due to low light.
Post: Open, rotate 90° left. Crop.Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue saturation.Burnt the background. Dodge part of the pitcher handled. Healed about a billion...well maybe a million...OK...A LOT of hot pixels. Fuji and low light...you gotta love it. Neat image. USM. Resize. USM

Post Challenge: Thanks for all the comments. Sorry there was no candle visible in the picture...I used candlelight to create the impact...sort of like what the challenge said to do....hmmmm. Anyway I guess I maybe should not have used a custom white balance, but the yellowish hue would have been a bit more than I could handle. I might try it again and see...Thanks again!

Statistics
Place: 34 out of 160
Avg (all users): 5.7260
Avg (commenters): 6.5294
Avg (participants): 5.4091
Avg (non-participants): 5.9583
Views since voting: 1077
Views during voting: 345
Votes: 208
Comments: 21
Favorites: 0

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 12/19/2005 10:50:02 AM
I think this is just beautiful! The score does NOT do this photo justice!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/18/2005 07:27:43 PM
Simply beautiful.
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 12/18/2005 04:37:10 PM
i'm going to guess this isn't candle light.
i'm going to guess it scores well anyway.
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 12/18/2005 12:37:35 PM
This is one of my favorites! Of course, the lighting is good but I especially like the muting at the bottom of the pitcher and the personality of the flowers.
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 12/18/2005 06:41:34 AM
Very nice lighting effects. Well done !!
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 12/17/2005 03:36:46 PM
very well done - I see a ribbon
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 12/17/2005 01:53:59 AM
by the very white coloured highllights, I wonder where the significant candlelight is?
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 12/17/2005 12:00:11 AM
The lighting is just amazing. The tulips really pop against the dark background. Amazing. 10
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 12/14/2005 10:14:07 PM
I am going to have to assume that the scene is lit by candlelight since there is no candle present in the scene. The vase and the tulips are lit dramtically and they really pop off the black background such that they are visually eyecatching. My only critique is that I see a bit too much ambient white light that may have assisted in illuminating this still life scene. I don't see those warm soft orange/yellow tones/hues so closely tied and assoicated with candlelight scenes. It is those warm tones that could bath this still life in such warm lovely hues that would make it even more appealing. Still tis a good composition with nice flowing lines from the vase to the flowers that is visually appealing.
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 12/14/2005 12:19:06 PM
I like the picture alot. I'm wondering if candle light was used since the yellow cast it would throw seems to be missing. But I will give you the benefit of the doubt.
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 12/14/2005 11:53:39 AM
How nice it is to see something without the actual candle flame in it...truly gorgeous lighting...fresh and romantic.
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 12/14/2005 11:25:21 AM
Lovely lighting in this shot.
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 12/13/2005 11:05:46 PM
The lighting seems a little white for candlelight, but I'm not scoring that, I'm assuming it's a given. I really like this shot. 8
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 12/13/2005 09:55:59 PM
This is unique and pretty.
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 12/13/2005 10:47:24 AM
I don't see any candles in this shot, and I suppose it is lit by candlelight somewhere, but I voted this way down for no sight of a candle. Candlelight is hard to take, and I wish you would have given it a try.
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 12/12/2005 09:52:40 PM
striking still life and great composition.....
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 12/12/2005 09:48:01 PM
Very pretty lighting on the flowers and vase. Given this is a candlelight theme I would have liked to seen the actual candlelight in the shot.
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 12/12/2005 06:25:50 PM
Beautiful still life. Magnificent lighting. I hope this does well despite the fact that you don't see an actual candle. The lightsource gives the flowers an almost wooden appearance. In my top 10 picks for the challenge.
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 12/12/2005 09:46:54 AM
Beautiful lighting for a pretty bouquet, a little damage which one does not see the foot of the vase.
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 12/12/2005 08:43:29 AM
This is my favorite picture, and if it were in a flower challenge, I'd give it an 8 or 9, but I really can't see any indication that this was lit by a candle.
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 12/12/2005 01:51:38 AM
Candlelight?
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