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Challenge: Glass II (with a twist) (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Waterlandkerkje, The Netherlands
Date: Jun 27, 2006
Aperture: F/2
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Animals, Textures
Date Uploaded: Jun 27, 2006

 Among other things, I'm a collector of rare ashtrays and this one is a glass frog. It's a last minute shot as I came home very late tonight.
Problem was the set up, so I just put it on a blue envelop on the counter in front of the window (dark outside). Light came from above and I put a flashlight on the left and held my camera very low.

Post processing: resize to fit the challenge, curves to get some brightness in there, darkened it a bit and sharpened it.

Statistics
Place: 229 out of 258
Avg (all users): 4.3582
Avg (commenters): 4.2222
Avg (participants): 4.1856
Avg (non-participants): 4.4486
Views since voting: 879
Views during voting: 352
Votes: 282
Comments: 9
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/03/2006 02:51:32 AM
sharpness looks ok, but you might wanna pay some attention to the background. maybe you could place a black / blue piece of paper at the back and bottom of your subject :)
 06/30/2006 10:19:33 PM
The background item on the right and the light-colored objects behind detract from your subject, which while interesting, might be even more interesting if photographed from the front. I can also see where the paper you put under it ends - may need to get a bigger "backdrop" or shoot from a different angle.
 06/29/2006 09:33:43 PM
Although the light enhances the texture of the glass, I feel it's too much. Almost intrusive. The mirror is a little distracting as well, since we can see your reflection. I think if you had pointed the lens level with the frog (rather than the tilt downward), reduced the light and used a tighter dof (throwing the background out completely), you would have had some magical results here...
 06/29/2006 12:54:42 PM
the background and seeing the change of the surface that he is sitting on is what I find distracting.
 06/29/2006 06:43:38 AM
This isnt really bad. just lacks some WoW factor.the photo seems done technically well. sharp, and the lightings not too bad. Just a little too straight forward. maybe the frog on a real plant or something would have given in something extra.
 06/29/2006 01:19:48 AM
background leaves something to be desired, but the lighting on the frog and the translucence is nice.
 06/28/2006 04:00:57 PM
Maybe if the frog was angled towards the camera, would have suited the title better.
 06/28/2006 11:31:20 AM
This probably could have been decent if a correct background was used. It looks like a cheap snapshot. 1
 06/28/2006 09:33:20 AM
You need a background. I can see yout TV


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