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Zoom, Peas!
Zoom, Peas!
llerma


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: PEAS! (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Carson City NV - my backyard
Date: Aug 10, 2006
Aperture: F/6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 4.5sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Aug 11, 2006

My first challenge! All the items in the photo were purchased for this challenge. Even the peas. 'Cause I sure won't eat them! The zoom effect was done by zooming in on the peas about half way through the exposure. Photoshop 7 was used to darken the image a little bit.

Statistics
Place: 177 out of 209
Avg (all users): 4.4866
Avg (commenters): 4.6667
Avg (participants): 4.0909
Avg (non-participants): 4.6939
Views since voting: 780
Views during voting: 355
Votes: 224
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
09/03/2006 04:37:13 AM
Interesting shot and creative presenatation..
08/28/2006 08:07:47 AM
Hello from the Critique Club.

I thought the zoom effect was a very creative idea for this challenge and I love the spoke like pattern from the peas. However, the chopsticks and the table runner produced a competing pattern for the voter's attention. The chopsticks would have been more effective as a prop if they had disappeared when you zoomed in on the peas or placed in a manner where the zoomed sticks could have been cropped out without removing the original set. This could be worth the time and effort to go back and see if it can be done.

There are a couple of other minor compositional issues you may want to watch for in the future. First is the cropping of the bottom of the plate. With so little of the plate missing, it looks like a mistake instead of something you intentionally planned. The other is the object in the top left corner. I'm not sure what it is but it is somewhat distracting. Since this was an advanced editing challenge, this could have been cloned out.

With regard to the lighting, I see from your notes that you made your image darker during post processing. This may have worked against you, as the peas in the center of the image are not as vibrant in color as the DPC voter tends to like.

For your first challenge you showed a lot of creativity. You will find that when done well, creativity is rewarded. I predict your score will improve as you enter more challenges and gain experience. Good luck.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique.

Tim
08/22/2006 09:47:25 PM
thanks for your comments! Um, the 'rest of it' is chopsticks, a plate and a wood table runner. thats it.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/20/2006 03:59:41 PM
interesting. I hope you have better luck than i did with this technique.
08/19/2006 01:21:20 PM
Interesting...
08/18/2006 12:19:57 AM
i get that it is peas, but what is the rest of it? nice idea though.
08/15/2006 12:09:53 PM
I was messing around trying to get this effect a couple of weeks ago. Did you start zoomed in or out?


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