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Challenge: Duotones II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Minneosta
Date: Feb 21, 2006
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Feb 21, 2006

cheers for Clichés!

I did alot of editing on this one. Levels, Rotate crop. Then I did alot of minor clonmning to rid of the glare. Than I inversed the colors, and adjusted the levels, selective coloring, and hue/sat a bunch. Finished with multutudes of selective gaussian blurs in order to rid the noise.

Statistics
Place: 408 out of 631
Avg (all users): 4.9007
Avg (commenters): 5.7500
Avg (participants): 4.6557
Avg (non-participants): 5.3119
Views since voting: 755
Views during voting: 405
Votes: 292
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1 (view)


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03/06/2006 01:39:27 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I've always liked this type of shot. And having tried it myself, I know how difficult it is to achieve. This is a very respectable take on it. I like the colors, although the blue seems to glow just a bit too much for my liking. The image is sharp and the centered composition works here because of the subject.

On the down side, I see three colors - blue, black, and dark grey. I suppose it could be argued that dark grey is just a tone of black, but in a specific duotone challenge, this may have hurt your score a bit. Also, the grey of the base makes the image seem just a little ... "off". The best photoshop is photoshop that can't be detected, and this particular part is a little too obvious, in my opinion.

Still, it's a very pleasing image. Well done.

milo
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/26/2006 05:37:21 PM
Yes it is at dpc but you appear to have taken a slightly different approach to othe examples I have seen. The base of the glass appears to be suspended in mid air. I am guessing you have inverted the photograph. Either way, I really like the effect & its so good to see a bit more colour than shades of B&W
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02/25/2006 10:32:05 PM
I like the crisp, clean lines and graphic arts look of this. Well lit. Nicely done. 7
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02/25/2006 07:30:48 AM
...but a well executed image 9
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02/24/2006 01:26:51 PM
It is a cliche indeed :) someday I have to shoot one of those :) seriously now: there's a strange look about the glass base, the rest has nice contrast
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02/23/2006 07:13:51 PM
Personal Contest Favorite.... Stunning!

10

Better find a spot to keep that blue ribbon ;)
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02/23/2006 07:01:03 PM
Yep it is a cliché, the edges seem a little too fuzzy to get that wow factor, still like these images though :) I know I'm going to surcome and give a go one of these days
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02/22/2006 10:31:28 AM
Simple and smooth. Bright colors.
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02/22/2006 03:14:25 AM
Good title and nice photo.
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02/22/2006 03:04:29 AM
nothing in focus
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