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A Half Cup for Me, Please
A Half Cup for Me, Please
scarbrd


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Half (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8
Location: Houston, TX
Date: Sep 30, 2007
Aperture: 9
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Humorous, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Sep 30, 2007

 This was a lot of work for what I predict will be an average score!

I shot the scene with an empty cup. Then I printed it to the exact size of the actual cup. I cut out the circle of the cup ifself, then cut that in half. Then I filled the cup with coffee and placed the cut out of the empty cup on the edge and photographed it again.

I lot of touch up editing and blending to take out the rough edges. Still has an issue at the bottom, but everything I do makes it worse.

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touch up as described above.
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Statistics
Place: 26 out of 184
Avg (all users): 6.2016
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.9600
Avg (non-participants): 6.3649
Views since voting: 1552
Views during voting: 258
Votes: 124
Comments: 18
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 10/19/2007 06:10:39 AM
This idea is superb!!! Don't know what's doing in 26th!!!
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 10/09/2007 08:34:23 PM
Cool, fun, creative shot, David. Well done!
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 10/08/2007 11:26:05 PM
Wow, really cool. I bet if you'd have placed the spoon, in the cup,it really would have blown people's mind!! Very underappreciated!! Good job!
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 10/08/2007 12:09:02 AM
Very nice! Thanks for sharing your technique -- I'd never have guessed.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2007 12:10:59 PM
haha. nice job:)
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 10/06/2007 10:14:40 AM
love everything about this shot - the comp, the complementatu colours, the textures. Love to know how you got this. 10
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 10/05/2007 03:59:58 PM
Sweet photo, (PS. Is it jello in the mug?)
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 10/03/2007 01:44:49 PM
Nice work!
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 10/02/2007 10:00:36 PM
This is cool! Intersting take on the challenge. beautiful use of color I love that everything is tan except for inside the cup, the spoon doesn't add in my opinion, it adds a silver element which contradicts the dichotomy created by the blue and warm colors.
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 10/02/2007 01:50:41 PM
Wow thats cool, how? psart 8
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 10/02/2007 01:39:22 PM
Nice colors and the texture of the mat is good for the subject. It caught me off guard a little, even though I knew it was a "half" picture. Nice work.
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 10/02/2007 11:54:53 AM
WOW! Love the colours, Love the effect!
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 10/02/2007 09:59:36 AM
Great composition and lighting!
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 10/02/2007 02:44:18 AM
Excellent idea and well presented!
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 10/01/2007 09:29:15 PM
I don't know how you did this but it's unique and imaginative and because it's crafted so well I'm giving you a 10.
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 10/01/2007 01:50:44 PM
Great idea - but I think you missed a bit on the execution. The cup is slightly off-center on the plate, and I don't know why, but the spoon and chocolate don't seem very complimentary as-placed.

Still, a clever idea. 7
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 10/01/2007 07:57:41 AM
very clever. great balance!
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 10/01/2007 03:42:13 AM
very well done, though the color inside the cup hurts the image. How's that done, jelly?
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