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Yellow Cliché #FFFF66
Yellow Cliché #FFFF66
Jovan


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Yellow IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Home
Date: Jan 14, 2008
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Abstract, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jan 15, 2008

I've seen a lot of these on DPC and have always wanted to try one. This was my first attempt, so I'm not really expecting this to do all that well.

I set the camera on a tripod and tried to get it as level as I could. I had the lens zoomed out to 70mm and placed this wine glass on the other end of our dining room table. Behind the table I put my SB-600 on my daughter's play chair and aimed at the wall. I think the flash was zoomed out to 70mm as well and the power was at 1/4. I used a Rosco Gel (Daffodil) on the flash to get the yellow color.

The flash was triggered using a household cable and Wein adapter. I fired a few test shots off to get the exposure I wanted and then started playing around. I used the self-timer and just guessed when to pour the water. I took about 10 shots in all and this was the last one.

- Shot in RAW
- Basic RAW adjustments (brightness, white balance etc.)
- Cropped
- Cloned out a few sensor dust spots
- Sharpened
- Curves
- Hue/Saturation
- Resized for DPC
- Sharpened again
- Save for Web

Statistics
Place: 28 out of 273
Avg (all users): 6.1353
Avg (commenters): 7.4545
Avg (participants): 5.9157
Avg (non-participants): 6.2350
Views since voting: 1548
Views during voting: 417
Votes: 266
Comments: 12
Favorites: 3 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/21/2008 11:43:52 PM
everything almost good.
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01/21/2008 06:19:05 AM
I love this, especially the splash at the bottom. It's yellow without being lifeless.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/18/2008 12:26:26 PM
Nicely done, good capture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/17/2008 08:42:50 PM
But a cliche done well.
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01/17/2008 04:20:07 PM
Though wine glass shots are cliche here, this one still attracts eyes. Nice work
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01/17/2008 11:53:20 AM
the photo is perfect even if you obtain the yellow only with the post work. 10
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01/16/2008 08:06:17 PM
The only ten I gave was for this. Well done. Lit perfectly.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/16/2008 07:22:18 PM
contrasting background would be stricking
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01/16/2008 06:05:07 PM
Great Shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/16/2008 08:23:21 AM
Great shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/16/2008 01:29:24 AM
very nicely done. I'd like to know how you got this shot. great
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01/16/2008 12:45:13 AM
great job of (yes) a cliche' image...
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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