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MIck's New Passion
MIck's New Passion
boyd2000


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Challenge: Before and After II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: my bedroom balcony
Date: Dec 9, 2008
Aperture: 4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/4000
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Dec 8, 2008

 Before and after in two ways; Mick Fleetwood from Fleetwood Mac becoming a vintner and grapes into wine. They're just regular seedless red grapes. The bottle and album are personally autographed for me by Mick Fleetwood at Costco when he was promoting his wine. Used my new reflector to help with the harsh sun. I tried this in the morning before the sun was on my balcony and did this at lunch when the sun was already a bit behind this. I would have liked some puffy clouds, but yesterday was overcast and today not a cloud in the sky. There was a Santa Ana wind today blowing pretty good, so I clamped down 3 edges of the 1/8" white board and too care it didn't blow away smashing all my props. Yes, I know it's got some crooked lines. I think that's because I wasn't exactly in front of it. And obviously the glass is from a different bottle since the seal isn't broken. They say this variety and vintage (2002) is really excellent wine. The album is Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk", the song the USC Trojan marching band plays.

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Statistics
Place: 46 out of 143
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Avg (commenters): 6.3889
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Views since voting: 1040
Views during voting: 318
Votes: 191
Comments: 18
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12/16/2008 11:37:04 PM
Nice!
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 12/16/2008 11:32:34 AM
Like the light and mood on this picture.
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 12/16/2008 08:36:44 AM
Good idea! Love the Mac!
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 12/15/2008 04:30:31 AM
Beautiful still life.7.
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 12/15/2008 02:30:18 AM
just a little busy
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 12/13/2008 08:35:40 PM
Unusual idea and image for the challenge
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 12/13/2008 05:15:50 PM
I had the wine and grapes idea, but couldn't find good grapes
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 12/13/2008 10:45:29 AM
nice idea, but to understand this picture you have to know who mick fleetwood is, i wonder is john mcvie has his own brand of beer lol 10


this ha made my favorites nice one
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 12/13/2008 07:03:32 AM
I liked the setup but not crazy about teh background
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 12/12/2008 10:18:02 PM
Certainly original! I loved this album. "Tusk" was a pretty cool song.
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 12/12/2008 08:17:31 PM
What is that big black circular thing? lol

Crop is a little light for my liking. I would have liked to see more background with your subjects in the thirds.
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 12/12/2008 11:36:27 AM
I like this setup, and especially like how you included the record. :) I think the lighting could have been a little bit better, and I might have brought the angle up a little instead of having it so dead-on. I think its a good idea and setup, to be perfected with some minor tweaking.
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 12/12/2008 02:37:40 AM
Loved the music, but have never tried the wine. Well done on composition.
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 12/11/2008 10:21:33 AM
good idea!
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 12/10/2008 04:54:35 PM
Creative take on the challenge.
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 12/10/2008 02:51:58 PM
Nice composition
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 12/10/2008 07:11:50 AM
I didn't know that. I've got the album but haven't tied the wine. (wouldn't want his initials) Good luck
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 12/10/2008 02:09:15 AM
Good idea for before and after.
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