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Challenge: The Color Purple (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: At home
Date: Jul 2, 2004
Aperture: F36
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1 Second
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jul 2, 2004

 This is a small, 1 inch high pot of model paint, it originally had orange paint in it so I had to clean it out. I managed to slice my finger on the sharp edge inside the tin so luckily there are no blood spots on the picture anywhere...

I bought a pot of purple paint, used a syringe (borrowed from my work) and gently squeezed out the larger drop of paint coming from the tin. I then very very gently squeezed out the other little drops as I thought it added a more realistic look.

I spot edited out some dust spots, removed some of the reflections, selected the pot & paint, inverted the selection, adjusted levels to whiten the background, a little Match Colour and upped the intensity of the purple, a little Neat Image and a touch of USM…

IMG_6918

Statistics
Place: 37 out of 172
Avg (all users): 5.7165
Avg (commenters): 5.8182
Avg (participants): 5.6354
Avg (non-participants): 5.7959
Views since voting: 1115
Views during voting: 292
Votes: 194
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/11/2004 11:38:26 PM
Nice, shadow takes away from the overall effect though...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/11/2004 10:14:57 PM
Pretty nice but the purple needs more purple color.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/10/2004 12:31:11 PM
very cute!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/09/2004 10:30:37 PM
Intereseting idea and nice color.. but I'm not sure about the lighting. The bright glare on the top right of the can is a bit bothersome.
 07/09/2004 04:28:54 PM
I don't buy that the paint really came out of that can.
 07/09/2004 01:49:21 PM
Very uninteresting. Don't get me wrong, I'm extremely vunerable to this as well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/09/2004 01:00:57 PM
my favourit
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/09/2004 03:03:44 AM
I really like the composition of this image. The lighting is also well done. Just enough to get the tonal gradations in the paint looking right.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2004 09:42:12 PM
succint and to the point.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2004 08:09:48 PM
another one of my favourites form this challengereally nicely executed (9)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2004 02:31:28 PM
Perfect studio shot ! a9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2004 09:44:00 AM
Nice composition. I'm wondering why the reflected light under the shadow of the paintcan is yellow while the highlights on the side are bluish in tone. I would've have desaturated those two elements I just mentioned as well as giving the background a pure white tone. Lighting appears warm. Excellent composition! It's just the lighting that bothers me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2004 05:16:46 AM
Nice idea, but the focus seems a bit soft and this shot really needs crisp focus. You did a great job with the paint. Good job!
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