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Still life for the soup
Still life for the soup
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Challenge: Reflections Without Mirrors IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM II
Location: Home
Date: Feb 9, 2008
Aperture: F8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/4
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Feb 10, 2008

Boy, it's harder to take a picture of a curved, metal surface than I realized! A terrific learning experience, though. Thanks to my husband for the idea!

Post-processing:
- conversion from RAW
- curves
- crop
- unsharp mask
- border
- resize for web

Statistics
Place: 83 out of 188
Avg (all users): 5.6931
Avg (commenters): 6.2000
Avg (participants): 5.5679
Avg (non-participants): 5.7870
Views since voting: 1012
Views during voting: 310
Votes: 189
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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02/22/2008 08:59:40 PM
Critique Club Comment

I like this image - as mentioned previously, it is creative!

Composition is good - the knife and veggies are placed at a good point within the frame, and the background is balanced with the inside of the pot. Perhaps some viewers would have liked to see the pot not cut off at the bottom. This was definitely my first reaction.. after looking some more I decided I liked it the way you had it, but others may have stuck with that first impression.

Also mentioned previously was the sharpness. I agree that this is one area that the photo is "lacking". I don't find it too bad, but it definitely could have made the photo better if the pot were in clearer focus. One thing is that DPC voters simply love sharpness, and another thing is that your subject of veggies/knife is un-focused, so it is nice to have something that is in focus.

Colors - I know that the wood is yellow, and present throughout most of the image, but it gives the image a yellow tone overall, which could be corrected by a levels adjustment.

Overall I have been nit-picky but I did want to suggest some improvements. Overall I do think this is a nice, appealing image - good job!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/14/2008 08:20:05 AM
Very well thoughout, I like how the woodgrain runs off to the left at a diagonal while you used the knife to counterbalance as a diagonal as well.
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02/11/2008 11:00:24 PM
I love the curves and the colors and composition. I just wish it were just a slight bit sharper. Very nice!! 7
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02/11/2008 10:59:12 PM
hah, love it
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02/11/2008 09:23:55 AM
this is nice creative - more of the kitchen blurred in the bkgrnd might make it even better
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02/11/2008 06:21:26 AM
Interesting use of reflections to send a message.
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