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Crystal Complement
Crystal Complement
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Challenge: Complementary Colors III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: studio
Date: Apr 25, 2006
Aperture: f16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1.3sec
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Apr 25, 2006

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Statistics
Place: 23 out of 287
Avg (all users): 6.2574
Avg (commenters): 6.7188
Avg (participants): 6.1444
Avg (non-participants): 6.3132
Views since voting: 1245
Views during voting: 416
Votes: 272
Comments: 37
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 05/09/2006 07:49:34 AM
Hey there from the Critique Club

Aesthetically, you achieved a fairly pleasing image, but this one really lacks creativity. Scoring 6.2+ on this one is about the best I think it could have done. Your focus is crisp and your exposure is dead on for this shot, but this type of image is well overdone on this site. Its just been done so many times in recent history, that I think voters are growing weary of it. You clearly captured a great image here that has fantastic elements and meets the challenge to a tee. Technically, the only issues I see are the glass reflection and the shadow at the top where the paper meets. I do believe that the symmetry serves this capture very well. I'd consider using past challenges for ideas and guideposts more than making attempts to recreate them. I hope that this critique helps out.
 05/03/2006 10:04:40 PM
Nice colors and composition. If you would have avoided reflection, this would have scored even higer.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/02/2006 10:02:24 PM
OOO I like this alot, someone teach me how to do this damn it 8
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 05/02/2006 02:02:40 PM
Well executed. Nice border.
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 05/02/2006 12:19:51 PM
Technically very good, but this way of treating glass has become somewhat a cliche and leaves me a bit cold, to be honest.
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 05/01/2006 09:15:29 PM
Very cool.
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 05/01/2006 03:27:04 PM
Very nice, the three glasses behind each other give an interesting effect.
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 05/01/2006 07:26:39 AM
Love the technique, but I think I have seen too many of these from past challenges.
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 04/30/2006 10:20:12 PM
Love the lighting.
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 04/30/2006 07:47:42 PM
Gorgeous!
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 04/30/2006 05:40:18 PM
Good variation on a shot that has become popular.
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 04/30/2006 04:14:33 PM
good spin on an old classic...maybe if the background was a bit brighter it might pop more
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 04/30/2006 02:47:47 PM
nice shot. Love the leading lines.
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 04/30/2006 09:26:44 AM
very much done in this challenge yet i dont like this one its too dark IMO so i have to devalue it even more.
the title doesnt add to the photo
 04/30/2006 06:53:17 AM
Brilliant Picture. Well done!
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 04/30/2006 06:11:52 AM
I love the lighting here, I'm guessing some will winge about 'another glass shot..." but a good photo is a good photo. I just wonder what it would have looked like with water in the glasses, did you try it?
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 04/29/2006 11:40:10 PM
love the glasses and how you used them in this shot
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 04/29/2006 09:20:33 PM
Nice perspective, I would have liked to see this a bit brighter.
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 04/29/2006 03:23:52 PM
great idea and composition. doesn't seem crisp enough.
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 04/29/2006 02:38:27 PM
great refrcation exercise ;) the receding ines are a great value to this image ;)
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 04/29/2006 01:58:01 PM
Nice effect, looks like a high scorer to me.

ahowever, this is at least the 4th entry that looks like it was shot at the same place.
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 04/29/2006 12:18:42 PM
very elegant... I may have enjoyed it more with a crop above the stem of the first glass
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 04/28/2006 03:54:26 PM
Too cliche on DPC, but techinically good job.
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 04/27/2006 06:58:52 PM
You should have glued the paper on the wall. A small distracting shadow from it ruins a bit.
Overall good.
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 04/27/2006 01:32:45 PM
Glasses and backgrounds are very popular here on DPC.
good luck :-]
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 04/27/2006 10:44:40 AM
Very nice effect
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 04/27/2006 08:24:55 AM
it's is a nice picture only the idea is not original anymore. to bad for te lack of improvisation
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 04/26/2006 11:15:59 PM
good shot
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 04/26/2006 09:34:33 PM
Another magical image.....
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 04/26/2006 06:10:28 PM
Nice. A bit to symmetrical for me, but nice, and I can see this was a lot of trouble... did you wear gloves? :-)
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 04/26/2006 03:19:20 PM
This is a mini-Tutorial on the concept! 10
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 04/26/2006 12:59:13 PM
Nice composition. Needs a bit more light though.
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 04/26/2006 09:47:37 AM
Original, I like it!
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 04/26/2006 07:31:12 AM
nice...but lighting is a little flat
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 04/26/2006 06:31:01 AM
5 - Meets the Challenge, just.. the concept is becoming commonplace so the impact is less, especially so close after the Refraction Challenge. So a bit of a risky entry, having said that, to take such a risk with a concept such as this has to be a 'special shot' and this just needs some further refinement, and also, as mentioned, something to give it an edge, in my opinion.
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 04/26/2006 05:01:24 AM
That makes 4 of this type of shot and 3 have been with orange and blue! Still, they manage to retain some individuality. Good photo.
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 04/26/2006 02:53:56 AM
Warm and Cool
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