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The Optimist and the Pessimist
The Optimist and the Pessimist
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Opposites (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Sony DSC-P32
Location: Greenville TX
Date: May 8, 2004
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 10/1250
Galleries: Still Life, Persuasive
Date Uploaded: May 8, 2004

 Two glasses, each half-full (or half-empty, as the case may be), shot with one back farther than the other for a slight optical illusion to represent the half-empty/half-full opposition. Adjustments made were: cropping, desaturating the colors a bit, sharpening.

Statistics
Place: 83 out of 286
Avg (all users): 5.2383
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 5.0500
Avg (non-participants): 5.3652
Views since voting: 1177
Votes: 298
Comments: 21
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/18/2004 10:14:48 AM
Would have preferred to have the same amount of liquid in both glasses...I guess I'm being a "half-empty" kind of person with this comment... :-) 6
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 05/18/2004 12:28:15 AM
I really like the depth perception here, works really well.
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 05/17/2004 06:08:25 AM
Kudos on the idea.
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 05/17/2004 03:49:55 AM
This is a great shot, I'm not really feeling it for the challenge but its a great shot none the less. Good job...
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 05/17/2004 02:00:01 AM
tricky, but I like it.
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 05/16/2004 08:12:35 AM
Excellent comparison, I think I'd prefer the farther glass in focus, but that's pretty minor. 10
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 05/16/2004 12:45:55 AM
Cropped a little tight for my liking. Personally, I would have laft a little space above and below the front glass. Other than that I like it. Nice and simple. Good focus on the front glass. Lighting works well here.
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 05/15/2004 03:23:11 AM
well done.
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 05/14/2004 05:56:29 PM
A very interesting set up for this challenge. I like the forced perspective, showing that it is point of view that allows one to judge something as a positive or negative. I would have liked to see a little higher contrast to this shot. Very well done.
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 05/14/2004 05:29:32 PM
No comment.
 05/14/2004 03:42:52 PM
great lighting!
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 05/14/2004 09:58:26 AM
Very clever use of perspective (mental AND photographic!)
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 05/13/2004 05:46:24 PM
a different color liquid in the glass may have helped make this photo more dramatic
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 05/13/2004 11:31:57 AM
I wish you had left a tiny bit of space around the top and bottom of the glass in the foreground. Given the area left and right the bottom and top feel squeezed. Very tough subject matter well shot.
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 05/12/2004 03:12:25 PM
Though someone else had the same idea, I really liked the way you did this. I think the way you set it up was poignant, you made your point well, and it was interesting to look at. It would perhaps have been even stronger had the "half full" glass been yellow, and the "half empty" one blue, but perhaps the simplicity of your shot is still best. I gave you a 10, nice work. :)
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 05/12/2004 01:44:50 PM
Great take on the challenge! The image is very effectice - nice composition (but a bit crowded at the top), nice DoF. Lighting could have been a bit better.
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 05/12/2004 01:17:40 PM
Lots of people had the same thought, and managed to execute the shot better than this. It needs COLOR somewhere in it, just to give it some zap !!
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 05/12/2004 11:02:56 AM
one of those glasses looks half empty and the other looks half full, wait a minute.....I get it :-)
Good idea.
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 05/12/2004 03:38:12 AM
The colors are a bit dull. Needs to be in true b&w or have some splash of color, maybe instead of water you could have used something colorful?
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 05/12/2004 03:33:27 AM
looks like the crop might be just a hair too tight, but very clever idea :-)
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 05/12/2004 12:09:10 AM
And I thought I had an original idea... (grate minds must think alike.. :)
we both made almost the same exact shot...
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