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Cappuccino Time!!
Cappuccino Time!!
AmeedEl-Ghoul


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Table Shot III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Kitchen
Date: May 3, 2009
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: May 3, 2009

 Strobist: One flash, mounted using VAT, snooted with a magasine advertismenet brochur. 1/16.
Thanks to my wife and mother in law for helping :)

Processing: Open RAW, change white balance to Shade in CS4, contrast, vibrance, saturation, increase temperature to 7800. Duplicate Layer, increase contrast to maximum, and mask the mug and the glasses.
Dodge and burn, levels, NeatImage, SFW

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 98
Avg (all users): 6.0602
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 5.7368
Avg (non-participants): 6.1895
Views since voting: 1321
Views during voting: 285
Votes: 133
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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 05/12/2009 01:02:40 PM
Originally posted by Melethia:
This is adorable! Clever idea, well executed! On my screen it looks as though it could use just a touch of sharpening. Can't see where you had that in your steps. Try resizing aftter you've finished processing to twice the size you want to end up with (ie 1440 pixels wide if you want 720 pixels as your finished size) and "Sharpen" once - then maybe once more if it needs it. THEN resize to 720 pixels.


Thanks Deb, appreciate your comment, the problem was having to shoot this from the table level :) Had the focus on the glasses which when enlarged is tack on, but that left the word cappuccino a bet soft, as it curves, not even shooting at f8 could've got everything in focus from such a short distance :) once again .. thank you for your time and kind critique, really appreciate it,
Ameed,
 05/11/2009 03:09:50 PM
This is adorable! Clever idea, well executed! On my screen it looks as though it could use just a touch of sharpening. Can't see where you had that in your steps. Try resizing aftter you've finished processing to twice the size you want to end up with (ie 1440 pixels wide if you want 720 pixels as your finished size) and "Sharpen" once - then maybe once more if it needs it. THEN resize to 720 pixels.
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 05/11/2009 03:01:59 PM
Originally posted by michaelmonn:
im quite upset that this didnt do much better. it was the only image in the entire challenge i gave a 10 because it just has so much personality. excellent shot.


Thanks Max, I really appreciate your kind words,
All the best, Cheers,
 05/11/2009 12:20:59 AM
im quite upset that this didnt do much better. it was the only image in the entire challenge i gave a 10 because it just has so much personality. excellent shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/10/2009 11:34:29 PM
brilliant!
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 05/10/2009 11:33:23 PM
lol this is cool. love the personification.
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 05/10/2009 01:17:02 PM
Very cute and creative.
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 05/09/2009 11:16:10 PM
Clever. The snooted lighting is superb.
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 05/07/2009 10:49:10 PM
Cute image. The lighting works well. Clever use of those cups.
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 05/07/2009 02:06:27 PM
Great humour and a great picture. Love it
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 05/07/2009 01:22:42 PM
Great lighting and love your creativity. 8 from me.
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 05/05/2009 06:35:00 PM
Oh no! First he convinces you to drink the coffee, then it's not long before he convinces you to set fire to the whole town! Smash him now!!!

Aaahh-- now that that's out of my system - GREAT job! Love the technicals and the humor in the shot.
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 05/05/2009 11:46:04 AM
Laugh out loud funny and one of the best humor images seen in a while in these challenges. Nothing technical to worry about and as stated, it is laugh out loud funny and humor is always appreciated providing a break in the process of rating and commenting. Very effective from an artistic standpoint with a clever use of everyday objects and inventive lighting. Very well done - by rights this should place extremely high in the challenge just for being different and out of the box.
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 05/05/2009 11:26:20 AM
Cute as hell. It put a smile on my face.
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 05/05/2009 03:27:36 AM
Hilarious. The new spokescup for Columbian Coffee. Wonderful imagination.
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 05/04/2009 10:15:09 PM
May be a tad out of focus. Great shot, good luck, Mike
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 05/04/2009 07:00:30 PM
clever image would like to have seen its perspective to the table depth...
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