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Puddled Victory
Puddled Victory
Parker


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Challenge: Still Life II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Room
Date: May 10, 2006
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: May 11, 2006

 Was originally an ice luge (to take shots out of shots) at a partu, and I saw it the next day utterly melted away, but taking a much more interesting shape, in a bin and immediately saw the capabilities. So I took her two floors up to my room (almost dropped her twice) and set up, took about 120 to get this..but that's how it goes. Hope it does well, cause I soaked my carpet doing it. Ice melts!

Oh and setup was just 3 pieces of old white matte board and two lamps set up until it was intersting. Set the camera White Balance to incandescent mode to get the lamps' light colored properly and the natural sunlight blue.

Statistics
Place: 62 out of 338
Avg (all users): 5.7512
Avg (commenters): 7.8000
Avg (participants): 5.6375
Avg (non-participants): 5.8195
Views since voting: 954
Views during voting: 318
Votes: 213
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 05/30/2006 12:58:53 AM
*Critique Club*

"Puddled Victory" is a wonderful image into the Still Life II challenge. Not too bad of a finish in the top twenty percent, but I do have to say I thought it would finish closer to top ten.

This piece has amazing focus on capturing the light. I love all the lines and shapes you included. Great choice going with the blue for lighting and background, it adds to the cold effect. I almost get mesmerized looking at it like an abstract piece trying to see something in the ice. Personally I see a bunny, like the Easter chocolate. This is a great piece I love the light reflecting even on the inner smooth side. Wonderfully composition, the placement of the subject is great.

Overall great work, I would say all of your effort was defiantly worth the final piece. I look forward to your future pieces.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/23/2006 10:26:14 AM
Wow- what you caught here is great- all the reflections and color- I really like this one
 05/22/2006 05:17:17 PM
Really nice composition and great lighting.
 05/22/2006 10:10:16 AM
Very cool shot. Nice coloring and lighting.
 05/20/2006 07:48:30 PM
An unusual and creative take on the challenge. Well done! Among my top picks.
 05/20/2006 06:17:20 PM
Wow! This is my favorite so far. I love the colors, and the shape of your subject is really cool too. Good work!
 05/20/2006 10:41:03 AM
Nice lighting; creative; great composition.
 05/18/2006 08:57:11 PM
Nice color and lighting. This is a nice abstract piece of art. Lovely.
 05/18/2006 01:24:20 PM
A very intriguing abstract with wonderful colours.
 05/18/2006 01:12:58 PM
This meets the challenge - inanimate and arranged. In a way... Striking image.
 05/18/2006 05:12:19 AM
This intrigues me as I have no idea what it is. I think it's ice but then I want to be able to identify it as 'something' (an ice sculpture, or icicle or such). This has too much form to be purely abstract so my mind wants it to BE something. I love the blues and the lighting.
 05/17/2006 01:54:59 PM
This is an AWESOME shot. :) I like the sharp focus, the glimmer of light coming off the edge of the ice, the cool blue tones, and the shapes in the background. Absolutely beautiful.
 05/17/2006 01:45:03 AM
wow


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