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Still Life with Tulips
Still Life with Tulips
ladyhawk22


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Challenge: Still Life II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Lens: Konica Minolta AF 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6(D) DT
Location: Urbana, Illinois
Date: May 13, 2006
Aperture: f22
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/6 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: May 14, 2006

 This challenge served as really good practice for some of the lighting techniques I've been reading up on. It was a bit of a chore for me because lighting isn't really a strong suit of mine, and I also had a vision of very soft light that I wanted to emulate--as if sun was shining on the fruit through a large window. I used a three light set-up, pointed towards the fruits from either side and at about the same height. I also used some white foam board as reflectors to fill in the light a bit. As much as I could without using art filters, I wanted this shot to have something of a painted feeling.


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Place: 63 out of 338
Avg (all users): 5.7444
Avg (commenters): 5.8333
Avg (participants): 5.3118
Avg (non-participants): 6.0538
Views since voting: 933
Views during voting: 297
Votes: 223
Comments: 14
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 12/06/2007 11:30:50 AM
I wish the pears were lit up a little bit more... but this lighting is very interesting! It looks like it's coming from behind and the side of the subject. Neat!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/22/2006 08:29:56 PM
Lovely composition.
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 05/22/2006 04:16:57 AM
looks underexposed
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 05/21/2006 11:57:38 PM
A tad dark, but otherwise nicely done.
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 05/20/2006 09:05:13 PM
Lovely lighting and colors. The color combinations gives the photo an antique feel. I like your choice of filling the entire frame. Well done.
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 05/19/2006 06:06:19 PM
colors could have been richer.

how does it look in B&W?
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 05/19/2006 12:22:10 AM
Nice composition, but maybe a little too much shadow.
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 05/18/2006 09:07:33 AM
This photo looks like you took a subject that is normally a artists subject and made it real. It's the still life we were all initially taught and bought to life. Great photo.
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 05/18/2006 07:31:24 AM
This meets the challenge – it’s inanimate and arranged. It's basically a cropped bowl of fruit though. Maybe some diffuse lighting and/or desaturation might have helped with the stony textures. 6
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 05/18/2006 06:13:39 AM
perfect still live ! many of the other contestants seem to have missed the challenge ... well done
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 05/17/2006 11:32:05 PM
too much confusion..........
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 05/17/2006 07:03:55 PM
Needs more foreground lighting. Nice arrangement.
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 05/17/2006 02:49:03 PM
Too Dark and way too busy. Try less objects with a nice contrasting background and improve the lighting.
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 05/17/2006 05:28:07 AM
crop a bit tight, overall too dark
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