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Antique Store Glass
Antique Store Glass
Sheryll


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Challenge: Lucky 7 II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 90-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM
Location: Oregon Coast antique store
Date: Jul 7, 2007
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Vintage, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jul 7, 2007

Went to the Oregon Coast today with my Mom and we stopped in this antique store that some glass jars and containers sitting in the window. I liked the way the light was shining on them so I snapped two shots. Saw this speed challenge and went through all the shots I took today and this one looked to me as though it could work for this challenge. I cropped off a few extra bottles so there was only 7 in the shot and edited the background separate from the bottles. Applied gaussian blur to the bacground layer and unsharp mask to the bottles layer. A little adjustment to the bright/contrast and shadow/highlight on the bottles layer. flatten, resize, usm very minimally and save for dpc.

Statistics
Place: 42 out of 98
Avg (all users): 5.4404
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.2857
Avg (non-participants): 5.5036
Views since voting: 766
Views during voting: 264
Votes: 193
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0


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07/19/2007 12:29:27 PM
Greetings from the critique club :)

Well this certainly fits the challenge. I did not vote in this challenge but if I had, I would probably have given this a 5 or a 6, not really sure wich and would have to compare it to the rest of the challenge to decide fully. That means I think this is a pretty good photo, not bad at all but just isn´t as interesting as the subject could be and seems a bit like a snapshot, a good snapshot but still a snapshot.

Before even reading what you had to say about the photo I got the feeling like you only took a couple of photos and just let that be enough instead of exploring what angle was best for this subject. I can´t put my finger on it but I just get the feeling this was not the best angle or perspective on these bottles. They do seem interesting to me so coudos for spotting them and taking a picture, not sure normal people would do that so great eye to spot them.

I like the colors and DOF, shot is just a tad too dark for my personal taste but nothing that is bothering me. I think the lighting is mostly what´s \"wrong\" with the shot, just compare this glass shot to the one in the 4th place and you should get what I mean. I know you didn´t control the lighting in this shot but that is pretty much the biggest difference between this shot and the one in the 4th place, the feeling of lighting and carefully set up glasses versus your shot.

Anyway, like I said, this shot is allright despite my nitpicking :)

Kind regards from Iceland, Lárus.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/11/2007 11:44:01 AM
ok
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07/10/2007 09:59:13 AM
Nice colors and light.
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07/09/2007 12:25:38 AM
I have a thing for bottles also, neat comp like it.
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07/08/2007 08:01:56 AM
interesting...
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07/08/2007 05:41:26 AM
The different shapes and colors make this shot an eye catcher
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07/08/2007 03:36:32 AM
Nice colors...love old things, especially old glass. Nice image!
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07/08/2007 12:47:22 AM
Don't get too upset but, your display could use some arranging to help make it look interesting.
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07/08/2007 12:44:48 AM
Nice colour assortment.
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07/08/2007 12:07:16 AM
Nice colors on this picture.
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