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tate


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Challenge: Kitchenware (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Photo Illustration
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: my kitchen
Date: Apr 20, 2007
Date Uploaded: Apr 20, 2007

 sunlight, the tall light from my living room, and a bounced flash … cloned out corner of shelf in background, rotated / cropped / hue/sat/ noise ninja/curves / / used shadow/HL on a partially trasnparent layer … cloned out imperfections / sharpend and saved for web.
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Wow- the elusive yellow ribbon! … this is appropriate because I am completely obsessed with espresso and it (a gift for my wife) has been making perfect espresso for me (and capuccinos for her) on a daily basis. For this shot I was frothing water for added steam. Originally I didn't have that in mind but having the frother there doing nothing seemed silly. I've had luck when adding steam to images.

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 149
Avg (all users): 6.6789
Avg (commenters): 7.7500
Avg (participants): 6.5333
Avg (non-participants): 6.7462
Views since voting: 6808
Views during voting: 296
Votes: 190
Comments: 33
Favorites: 4 (view)

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AuthorThread
 05/05/2007 08:50:57 AM
Very nice shot.
 05/05/2007 08:47:21 AM


Message edited by author 2007-05-17 16:55:28.
 05/03/2007 10:19:00 PM
Woohoow@!@! go tate!
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 05/03/2007 10:01:38 PM
I love this shot. From this perspective, the machine looks so ominous. Love the lines, details, and smoothness. It's awesome. Congrats on the yellow and having enough decimals for third place lol.
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 05/01/2007 04:47:29 PM
Well done dude. Congrats!
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 05/01/2007 01:11:58 PM
Well done, Tate. This image would certainly move a lot of product if done by their advertising agency!

See you in WPL5?
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 04/30/2007 11:51:03 PM
Great angle and nice subject treatment. Congratulations on your Yellow!
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 04/30/2007 02:52:54 PM
Creative angle and good tones...congratulations on winning the yellow ribbon!
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 04/30/2007 12:13:13 PM
Congrats on the ribbon, tate, well deserved!
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 04/30/2007 11:46:46 AM
Beautifully done. Congrats on the ribbon.
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 04/30/2007 11:10:54 AM
The machine has a sorta master power over the cup with the way you shot the angle; It towers over it if you see my point. Anyway, I didn't vote on this but I love it.The title and picture go smashing. Points to you!
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 04/30/2007 10:21:04 AM
You did it again! Congratulations.
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 04/30/2007 07:46:01 AM
BRAVO!!
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 04/30/2007 06:22:27 AM
Very Nice! Congratulations!!
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 04/30/2007 03:23:48 AM
Love the duotone. Congrats on the Yellow.
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 04/30/2007 12:34:18 AM
mmm capacino... good yellow congrats
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 04/30/2007 12:20:55 AM
Congrats.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/29/2007 10:40:19 AM
Nice point of view and well framed. You could have entered this in Rule of Thirds! :) Is this a duotone? - very nice. Started at 8, bumping to a 9.
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 04/29/2007 07:01:40 AM
This would be a nice publicity for GAGGIA... love it...
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 04/28/2007 09:11:01 AM
Nice lighting, good tones. Very sharp
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 04/27/2007 03:05:23 PM
Nice, sharp product shot. Good use of DOF. I might have cropped a little more on the right, to lose the tube heading out of the frame, but otherwise nice shot.
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 04/26/2007 08:11:34 PM
OK, this is a nice image. tonemapping works well here. I reckon this could score quite high. 7
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 04/25/2007 01:21:41 PM
I had no idea espresso machines could be so phallic.
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 04/25/2007 02:43:29 AM
v smooth. great composition. The background really adds something without distracting from the coffee machine.
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 04/24/2007 03:45:26 PM
Nice, sharp image. Nice perspective, too.
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 04/24/2007 01:11:06 PM
Great POV, with good contrast. Good focus on the subject.
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 04/23/2007 09:19:44 PM
che bella! e mi piacono tanto le "duotones"! bravo!
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 04/23/2007 11:51:09 AM
nice perspective
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 04/23/2007 11:08:06 AM
Very nice perspective - and your tint works very good with this image.
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 04/23/2007 08:55:45 AM
great perspective and edit...I was going to do something similar and ran out of time...awesome edit 9
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 04/23/2007 07:50:06 AM
great image...feels like it should be in an ad in an impossibly cool style magazine
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 04/23/2007 07:23:37 AM
really nice image - very sharp - wonderful duotone image and good lighting
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 04/23/2007 04:50:43 AM
Great perspective
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