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Challenge: Oil (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: la Closet of Doom dans la Chateau Snaffles
Date: Aug 2, 2009
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Interior, Macro
Date Uploaded: Aug 2, 2009

A black studded wineglass set inside the Closet of Doom, filled with canola oil, just starting to overflow. Camera on tripod, shot with ambient light (hence the high ISO) and a mostly-nekkid photog! Cleanup took some time.

pp: RAW-TIFF, shadow/highlight, curves, desat, contrast, resize, usm2x, sharpen edges, save for web

Statistics
Place: 111 out of 113
Avg (all users): 3.8968
Avg (commenters): 3.0000
Avg (participants): 3.7381
Avg (non-participants): 3.9762
Views since voting: 914
Views during voting: 233
Votes: 126
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0


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08/11/2009 08:27:11 PM
Hi from the CC CLub!!!!

Well, I am not sure what the closet of doom is, but I think I may have several of them in this house. Mostly under my kids beds!!!

I like your idea of an overflowing glass. I think what killed your shot here, was the darkness. Because the glass is black you would need a fairly bright light to see what is going on in the shot. Maybe a little more spot metering would have helped with the light. In Post processing, adjusting the exposure may have light it a bit more and then playing with brightness and contrast, but I still think this would have been fairly dark

Now if I tilt my screen, I can see your shot fairly well.

Your high ISO is giving off a lot of grain, you are a little tilted as well and the bottom bit of the glass is cut off and out of focus.

But the focus on the oil pouring in and the top of the glass is sharp. Your shot is very centered, maybe having only half of the glass showing on the right with the oil pouring out of it, would have given you more depth and POV.

I would retake this shot and see what you can do , cos I think with the black glass it could be stunning!
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08/10/2009 03:50:32 AM
Brown gold -
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08/10/2009 01:49:43 AM
I think a clear reflection of the "mostly nekkid photog" would've bumped this into the middle of the pack. ;-)
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08/10/2009 12:47:11 AM
lol i came to comment on the photo but now I am more interested in finding out what the "Closet of Doom" is hehe

I like how you captured some of the strands dripping off the glass.
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08/10/2009 12:39:59 AM
yay snaffles! lovely new brown ribbon
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/03/2009 06:18:16 PM
Nice idea, but the lighting and focus need some work.
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08/03/2009 07:55:27 AM
Sorry but just way too dark, grainy and flatly lit for my taste.
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08/03/2009 01:27:35 AM
I'm afraid this comes off to me as quite a bit flat and poorly composed. Sorry to be so harsh, but I'd rather give you the honest feedback than leave you with no comments explaining why.
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