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Red pill?  Blue pill?
Red pill? Blue pill?
rstocks


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Challenge: Reflections Without Mirrors (Classic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSC-P9
Location: Living room, my house, Melbourne
Date: Sep 28, 2002
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: Sep 28, 2002

Inspired by The Matrix, but it's pretty hard to replicate the original shot without a lot of Photoshop work. Also had to substitute Smarties. Looking at the pic now, I never even noticed the other reflections in the polished wood surface of the table when I took the shot!

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Place: 206 out of 248
Avg (all users): 4.5765
Avg (commenters): 5.2667
Avg (participants): 4.5161
Avg (non-participants): 4.6508
Views since voting: 1109
Votes: 281
Comments: 18
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/06/2002 01:53:00 PM
would have been more effective without the wooden chair in the background
10/06/2002 11:47:00 AM
I get it! The Matrix. lol. I'm not sure what happened to the chair in the background. Parts of it look "broken" like someone moved it during the photo, but then parts of it look just fine. Was there an upload problem? Or maybe it's just the file freaking out on my computer. I think I would have prefered the chair not in the photo at all actually, but you have a great andgle, and the focus and clarity are great. Nice shot. ~Hbunch7187~
10/04/2002 10:43:00 AM
Interesting, different, nice shapes, colours and DOF.
Kavey
10/03/2002 11:17:00 PM
check the brown pills carefully
10/03/2002 10:21:00 PM
ok nice try. VERY creative. However, Matrix is all about "coolnes" lose the background and the table top, and you would have a very "cool" photo.
10/03/2002 02:05:00 PM
Meets the Challenge: Yes
Artistic Merit (Would I print/frame/hang it?): 3
Creativity (Did a lot of thought go into this photo?): 5
Technical (Focus/DOF/Lighting/Etc): 4
Composition (Subject well-positioned and framed): 5
WOW Factor (Is the photo interesting?): 5

Score: 4 - setzler
10/02/2002 04:33:00 PM
clear but a bit bland lacking something substantial to make a great shot. great idea and use of reflective surface but arent those called mirrored sunglasses?! LOL 5 Mags Coyote
10/02/2002 03:45:00 PM
hmmm.....no
10/02/2002 03:38:00 PM
nice. was gonna use glasses, but thought, "these are mirror lenses, i'll get disqualified." guess i was wrong.
10/02/2002 09:49:00 AM
This would have been superb apart from one thing, one thing that kills a really great idea and a potentially inspired imageâ€Â¦ The chairâ€Â¦ Get rid of the chair and shoot it again and you'll see what I mean. Sorry to sound so snooty, but the chair just pulls the eye away from the central subject; it is also clashing colourwise with the rest of shot. The mood and overall balance are thrown into conflict; I'd also avoid having the tabletop in shot as well. The white area works so well with the pills and glasses; even covering the offending area with my hand adds loads to the shot. Try covering the table entirely with white cloth, re-shoot the shot so that it fills the entire background – including in the reflection and see what you thinkâ€Â¦ Sorry to be so negative and remember, this is just my opinionâ€Â¦ Keep shooting, (5)
10/02/2002 09:12:00 AM
The chair in the back in a bit distracting. A better background would have helped. Good overall picture.
10/01/2002 11:45:00 PM
Good reflection. However, this photo has no emotional appeal - for me anyway.
10/01/2002 10:53:00 PM
purple?
10/01/2002 05:38:00 PM
In a hurry for this challenge?
10/01/2002 07:45:00 AM
what would happen in the Matrix if you took them both? ........ another movie?
09/30/2002 04:54:00 PM
care must be taken of the background and surrounding. lovely idea ;-) but the chair and the tissue really isn't in style. 5.
09/30/2002 03:16:00 PM
Nice. Score 7 Justine
09/30/2002 12:30:00 PM
Good idea.
I would have done it at a different angle though. One pill in each lense.


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