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A Collection of Cliches
A Collection of Cliches
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Challenge: Complementary Colors III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: garage
Date: Apr 25, 2006
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Apr 25, 2006

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highlights on glass not very good but...

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Thanks for top 10! I really thought the voters were pretty forgiving of my first attempt at lighting glass with my homemade light tent. Next time i'll use some subtractive material to minimize glare.

Statistics
Place: 10 out of 287
Avg (all users): 6.7372
Avg (commenters): 7.5263
Avg (participants): 6.4149
Avg (non-participants): 6.8894
Views since voting: 3126
Views during voting: 591
Votes: 293
Comments: 49
Favorites: 8 (view)

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 06/19/2006 07:58:43 PM
backlight the paper BG, diffuse a second light to light the fish - while minimizing glare on the glass. use a black border ;}

Message edited by author 2006-06-19 19:59:20.
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 05/03/2006 06:52:52 AM
Congratulations on your top 10 finish.
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 05/03/2006 01:39:36 AM
Good work, wish this were in the cliche challenge :-)
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 05/03/2006 01:00:26 AM
I bet it took quite a bit of patience with this shot. hahaha..good one.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/02/2006 11:12:02 PM
Nice colors! The lighting coming from the bottom of the glass kind of takes away from the composition.
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 05/02/2006 07:43:33 PM
Great coloring. Great idea of presenting the colors.
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 05/02/2006 07:19:31 PM
Title is apt and shows modesty - photo fun too. Nice work.
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 05/02/2006 07:11:06 PM
New take on the glass reflecting theme. The fish makes it. If it weren't basic editing I'd suggest removing the piece of brown stuff under the fish.
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 05/02/2006 06:43:47 PM
An amusing collection, indeed, marred by lacluster lighting and a sense of not-quite-sharp-enough for this sort of shot.
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 05/02/2006 02:10:37 AM
nice, love the colours and the fishy :P
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 05/01/2006 11:47:08 PM
neat shot! 8, bumped to 9 - impressive shot
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 05/01/2006 07:20:49 PM
This does have DPC written all over it. Light's a little harsh on bottom right of glass - still an 8 for the setup.
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 04/30/2006 09:31:54 PM
Blown out hightlights around the glass and blurry glass edges take a little away but nice idea and overall nice work.
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 04/30/2006 09:13:43 PM
wish there werent any reflections in the glass
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 04/30/2006 07:48:56 PM
Yes, a collection of cliches, but well done cliches.
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 04/30/2006 07:26:57 PM
very, very cool
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 04/30/2006 05:34:37 PM
lol-- at least you admit it, this still is a 10 no matter how Cliche'
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 04/30/2006 04:34:45 PM
Yeah, nice work.
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 04/30/2006 01:23:32 PM
!!!! :)
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 04/30/2006 12:08:10 PM
Nice idea..seems a little soft..
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 04/30/2006 09:20:29 AM
Good effort but the light refracting through the bottom of the glass is a bit distracting.
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 04/29/2006 11:50:29 PM
now this is the best of the glasses I've seen so far with the fish thats just awesome. this is one of my favorites
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 04/29/2006 08:22:25 PM
Cute! Very nice idea. For this one though I wouldn't have minded a centered crop. Find the right side's reflection on the glass a bit severe when compared to the other side and the blue slide isn't even. But still really like this one. - 7
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 04/29/2006 02:49:12 PM
its a cliche indeed but a good capture nontheless ;) good luck ;)
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 04/29/2006 12:54:30 PM
*I am only commenting, and not voting on this challenge*

How'd you train the fish to stay on the blue side?

Only thing I can see that'll hit you with voters is the light coloring, and reflections on the glass.
SO hard to deal with, but imperative. Deeper, more vibrant color, and smoother, reflection-free (or reflection-muted) glass will garner you a better score.

However, the idea is top-notch, even though it's been done before, never quite like this.
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 04/29/2006 09:20:57 AM
good capture
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 04/29/2006 08:30:18 AM
I can see your reflection in the glass.
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 04/29/2006 07:50:41 AM
wow such nice focus on the fish. great job!
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 04/29/2006 07:27:14 AM
I feel you will be one out of the first ten.
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 04/28/2006 04:50:04 PM
Nice idea.
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 04/28/2006 03:15:50 PM
Like this one, would like it even better if the whole image was in focus, but I think it works well for the challenge, and is a lot more unique than the million red and green pepper images submitted for the challenge.
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 04/28/2006 01:36:59 PM
At least you admitt it. It's a good photo.
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 04/27/2006 10:06:13 PM
where is the blue, um, goldfish? lol
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 04/27/2006 09:13:40 PM
Well titled and well executed. A pretty good job of lighting the fish while keeping the reflections on the glass somewhat under control. Bumping up
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 04/27/2006 08:59:29 PM
To much light on the right side of the glass.
Nice idea, good focus on fish and a nice try!
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 04/27/2006 04:33:54 PM
Ah, combining to pics that have been done over and over again. LOL Still cool, though. 8
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 04/27/2006 03:55:47 PM
Great idea and setup. too shallow DOF
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 04/27/2006 02:20:10 PM
This is great. Super colours. The goldfish is the icing on the cake. Well done.
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 04/27/2006 01:57:37 AM
There are several shots like these, but none as clever as yours.
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 04/26/2006 11:24:32 PM
good shot
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 04/26/2006 10:06:41 PM
Great effort here. I don't know how you did it. Good one.
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 04/26/2006 07:42:02 PM
4 - Colors are quite good. Not 'clean enough' to be a good refraction shot though in my opinion. Also a little risky doing such a shot here so soon after that other Challenge, unless it is 'special'.
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 04/26/2006 04:24:49 PM
Yes, but with a good dose of creativity thrown in that lifts it up a few points!
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 04/26/2006 02:51:44 PM
extremely clever, but not smoothly executed. 7
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 04/26/2006 11:58:08 AM
Cliched, yes, but VERY cool. The fish (positioned as it is) pushes it out of the realm of the ordinary.
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 04/26/2006 08:59:10 AM
A classic with a twist! Very nicely done!
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 04/26/2006 05:06:47 AM
this should do really well...a top 10 finish I reckon...I thought we would see a lot of these shots, but thankfully for you, there are not many...this is the best one, good luck 9
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 04/26/2006 04:40:17 AM
Cliche allright! Still, good idea. The fish is a great focus point, but the light on the bottom right of the glass snatches my attention away. Perhaps with a smaller aperture the depth of field would be increased, and the edges of the glass would be in focus too. A black background behind the camera may have removed the reflections in the glass, and the little something at the bottom of the glass caught my eye (fish food?). Good photo!
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 04/26/2006 01:04:45 AM
very cool!!! nice use of colors! 10
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