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The Trap is Set
The Trap is Set
Sebi


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Challenge: Empty Room (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot Pro1
Location: guestroom in basement
Date: Jun 4, 2006
Aperture: 2.4
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Interior, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jun 4, 2006

 11 Pm Rush!!! woo.

Setup downstairs, scratched floor moving furniture, :(

Did a few takes, got some advice, retook it a few times.

Just a mirror in a room :)

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 114
Avg (all users): 6.2400
Avg (commenters): 6.7059
Avg (participants): 5.6712
Avg (non-participants): 6.4746
Views since voting: 2010
Views during voting: 591
Votes: 250
Comments: 50
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 05/17/2012 11:22:49 PM
Brilliant!
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 11/24/2006 08:07:52 PM
cool! really cool! how much I love visual "paradoxes", geat idea!
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 06/18/2006 01:56:56 AM
Creative twist very well done. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 06/12/2006 05:59:50 PM
Congratulations on your top 20 finish. Great idea and outcome!
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 06/12/2006 04:42:35 PM
Thanks everyone. I'm very happy about the score :D

I understand what your saying about two objects in a room.

I honestly didn't think about that, when I was taking the shot, I was very careful to make sure that I only had the mirror in the shot, and thought of the mirror as just one thing, I guess I didn't think it through.

Anyway thanks for all the input.
 06/12/2006 01:10:48 PM
Congratulations on a great finish!! Cool shot!
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 06/12/2006 09:05:11 AM
Awesome! Congrats on the top 20 finish! :)
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 06/12/2006 08:07:25 AM
Hehe, nice idea. Congrats on the high score. Just imagine how well you would've done if your shat had met the challenge! ;-)
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 06/12/2006 12:32:07 AM
Hey there from the Critique Club

First of all, congrats on a top 15 finish, as well as your second highest scoring image to date.

Camera Work/Technical: At first glance, everything appears very crisp and nicely focused. Looking at the image longer, something the average voter does not normally do, I can see that the mirror's edge is blurred and there is some pixelation in your shadows. I think I would have preferred this one with a deeper depth of field.

Lighting: Your lighting is terrific, and your near flawless tones and coloring suggest an excellent white balance choice. The top of the mirror frame appears to be a touch overexposed, but I think that is more of a focus than an exposure issue.

Composition/Content: Your composition give a great feeling of emptiness. You used the mirror very well to establish some very interesting leading lines. My only composition change would be to edit that shadow out of the right hand side of the frame. It is mildly distracting and competes for the eye's attention.

My Opinion: Mice job meeting the challenge. I think you did a very nice job meeting the voters' expectations for this challenge. I believe that this one scored nicely and very close to its potential.

Eric
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/11/2006 11:30:35 PM
Highly clever ! Great idea and nicely executed :) Top5 fave.
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 06/11/2006 11:11:18 PM
Cool idea, abstract like. Pretty artistic. Did you try black and white or duotone here - it would allow you to concentrate more on form and shapes.
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 06/11/2006 11:09:32 PM
Nice idea, but what is the object, the mirror or the apple? Like the picture.
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 06/11/2006 07:59:03 PM
There is a creative mind behind this shot! Love the idea and the set up.
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 06/11/2006 07:56:38 PM
Looks like you brought two things into the room...
TC
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 06/11/2006 04:53:17 PM
If only the mirror was slightly more tipped towards the wall, you could have made it seem as if the plint was continuous with a bend in it. Still a lovely picture though.
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 06/11/2006 01:22:51 AM
Very interesting to look at.
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 06/10/2006 11:26:07 PM
Creative and nicely done.
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 06/09/2006 08:48:58 PM
Great concept, well done. One of the more creative entries.
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 06/09/2006 03:01:28 PM
cool! this is so imaginative
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 06/09/2006 02:50:59 PM
If the moulding in the mirror on the right side had matched the moulding along the floor behind it, this would have looked even better! But as is, it's still a good shot and an intersting take on the challenge.
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 06/09/2006 02:45:12 PM
Nice!
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 06/09/2006 07:21:09 AM
Very clever indeed.
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 06/08/2006 04:24:11 PM
Great idea and well executed. I like the surreal look of it.
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 06/07/2006 06:00:49 PM
Creative idea and well executed. I hope it is not getting DNMC comments because you have used 2 items.
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 06/07/2006 05:51:09 PM
like the use of a mirror to make this a very cool composition
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 06/07/2006 10:02:52 AM
like the creativity here
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 06/07/2006 09:15:41 AM
great idea
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 06/07/2006 01:17:01 AM
1-2 Meets Challenge - 2
1-3 Technical Merit - 2
1-3 Creativity - 1
1-2 Extra Credit - 0
Final Score - 5
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 06/06/2006 09:09:17 PM
Very interesting play of lines. Great colors and original set-up.
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 06/06/2006 07:49:17 PM
This seems like it's two thing, a mirror and an apple.
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 06/06/2006 07:32:06 PM
This is VERY cool... (Do the mirror and the apple count as 2 things? No points off from me.) Very creative and visually appealing.
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 06/06/2006 02:31:24 PM
Very unique, great colors and excellent composition. 10.
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 06/06/2006 12:37:55 PM
Too much going on apple is a nice tough but without mirror reflecting
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 06/06/2006 06:44:11 AM
ok, i'll say it: DNMC! take ONE thing into an empty room. not TWO, but ONE. mirror + apple = TWO. excellent shot, but lucky for you, i'm only commenting and not voting ;-)
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 06/06/2006 12:12:49 AM
that's way creative! 9
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 06/05/2006 10:42:20 PM
interesting pic.I like it!
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 06/05/2006 08:57:28 PM
Unfortunately, I don't have time to vote. During browsing through the submissions, your caught my eye though. Nice to see an interesting composition, but in a nice and clean, and brightly lit room. It's intriguing and lets me make up all sorts of stories around that photo. I like it a lot. Good luck in the challenge!
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 06/05/2006 07:53:06 PM
Good idea ! :)
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 06/05/2006 07:11:34 PM
Nice but isn't that 2 things in an empty room?
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 06/05/2006 05:11:54 PM
Sorry TWO items... mirror and apple. Interesting shot though. I like the colors, lines, and lighting.
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 06/05/2006 01:14:21 PM
I like the shot, but you have more than 1 thing in the room.
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 06/05/2006 12:41:46 PM
Very creative, even if I do see two things (mirror and apple). :)
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 06/05/2006 10:16:27 AM
Clever.....
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 06/05/2006 07:06:42 AM
Clever ... I like that idea. I'm wondering if people will say that you have 2 things and a camera.
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 06/05/2006 06:17:10 AM
Good photograhpy...
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 06/05/2006 02:20:06 AM
different but i Like it especially the z of the scotia boards , wonder how it would be cropped to the edge of the mirror 7
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 06/05/2006 01:53:39 AM
two things in a room ... thats fine cos it works.
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 06/05/2006 01:27:47 AM
hahaha... I like this, bump 9
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 06/05/2006 01:11:21 AM
great idea, would have been even better if you had aligned the right edge of the molding in the mirror with that of the room
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 06/05/2006 12:54:33 AM
Beautiful shot of two objects in a room, mirror and apple; I wonder how that's gonna go over?
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