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Japanese Teapot
Japanese Teapot
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Challenge: Zen Photography (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
Location: My bedroom
Date: Jul 30, 2006
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 10s
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jul 30, 2006

Teapot by the window

Statistics
Place: 22 out of 329
Avg (all users): 6.4000
Avg (commenters): 6.6842
Avg (participants): 6.2432
Avg (non-participants): 6.5596
Views since voting: 1287
Views during voting: 334
Votes: 220
Comments: 21
Favorites: 5 (view)


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AuthorThread
08/07/2006 01:07:03 AM
Thank you all for your kind comments and interest!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/06/2006 04:22:47 PM
I love the simplicity of this. The organically shaped teapot contrasting with the linear scope of the blinds, the cool blue-gray contrasting with the brightly colored teapot and the low horizon line contrasting with all the verticals. Simply fabulous. I do wish there was a little light on the left side of the teapot but that's a minor thing. Very well composed and I find it meets both the challenge definition of zen and my own inner definition. Bumping from a 7 to a 8.
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08/06/2006 12:43:55 PM
Put more light on the teapot
08/06/2006 01:26:48 AM
I cannot pour your
teapot. I cannot drink your
picture. I go home.
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08/05/2006 11:59:17 PM
BRILLIANT!! This is my favorite image from this shoot so far. As a matter of fact I'm adding it to my favorites! I love the way you used the Venetian blinds as dead space.
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08/05/2006 03:05:08 PM
Looks like an English teapot to me ;) ... still gets an 8, I like the balance, the splash of subtle colour and the soft lighting.
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08/05/2006 12:43:34 PM
A very nice still-life. Love the composition and teh gentle shades.
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08/04/2006 03:53:04 AM
Awesome simplicity, nice minimal use of color, however, the striping in the blinds makes it a bit busier than I'd like to see. I'm scoring high, but not as high as I'd like because of that reason. Great job from the 'Great Job Baggie'!
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08/03/2006 08:53:02 AM
Nice and simple. Great lines and the teapot breaks it up just enough. Fits the challenge perfectly. Bumping up.
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08/02/2006 08:08:30 AM
Good simplicity and Zen image,
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08/02/2006 02:39:36 AM
this is very lovely, and nicely creative. i love the composition and the clever use of space (rule of sixths, aye?). my only slight criticism is that i wish it was a little brighter, or the colours a little boulder; my preconceived expectations would be for a very red rather than maroon tea pot. it's still a very nice shot though - 8.
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08/01/2006 11:38:36 PM
I don't think the teapot helps here. Placing it on the shelf especially suddenly makes the shelf just a shelf and also makes the window blinds, window blinds. Without the teapot, the image becomes something totally different, which for me would have been more zen-like. Anyway, just my opinion.
08/01/2006 10:52:40 PM
I like the lines and the composition. Maybe a little too top heavy.
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08/01/2006 06:48:39 PM
Great composition, would have liked to see a little better light on the teapot
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08/01/2006 05:00:20 AM
would have liked this better in landscape format (had cropped the upper half off)
08/01/2006 02:09:54 AM
Surely Zen. I love your choice of bright small subject and large colorless background. I just wish the lighting was a little better on teapot ...maybe a little warme. Hope this does well for you.8.
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08/01/2006 01:00:55 AM
This is a very interesting photo. I really like it, because it is diffrent. I think of Zen when I see this right away, but it is very nice. 7
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07/31/2006 10:48:33 PM
Kind of imparts an "industrial" zen for some reason. I think it's the blinds.
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07/31/2006 08:06:15 PM
Great shot!
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07/31/2006 02:49:04 PM
nice color and balance
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07/31/2006 07:20:31 AM
awesome simplicity and light...great composition and colour, excellent for this challenge
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