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menele


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Order (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: Home
Date: Jun 30, 2010
Aperture: 11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Macro, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2010

 Argh, food colouring everywhere! :)

Simple set up with one speedlight on the background to give everything a nice glow and definition to the glass. Took a little while to assemble the pipette rig but worth it in the end I think as I'm rather pleased with this one - even if it bombs with the voters.

[Jul. 12th, 2010 06:35:09 PM]

Seems to be doing well and in the low 7's atm having been up at 7.5 for ages - hope it hangs in there :) A validation request was raised during voting on this shot which I took as a huge compliment! Well on course for a new PB so colour me happy!

[Post Challenge Edit]

Wow, first ribbon and it's blue! So happy :) Thanks for the votes and comments guys, much appreciated.

If you are interested, the setup for the shot was:


Not a lot of editing really, just levels and curves to tidy it up!

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 72
Avg (all users): 7.0829
Avg (commenters): 9.0000
Avg (participants): 6.6389
Avg (non-participants): 7.1847
Views since voting: 4594
Views during voting: 389
Votes: 193
Comments: 25
Favorites: 7 (view)

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 07/16/2010 09:22:53 AM
Always love the setups and the kind photographers that provide them!
Lovely shot too!
Debbi
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 07/14/2010 09:36:17 PM
This is a beautiful shot! Congrats on the blue!

But not that I know it's pipettes, I would have loved to have seen drips coming out of the bottom and falling randomly! (drat, I supposed that wouldn't be order... :)

ooh! I just noticed that it's your first ribbon -- and a blue to boot! Double congrats!

Message edited by author 2010-07-14 21:37:09.
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 07/14/2010 08:33:56 PM
Awesome photo. What a funny spike of 4s! Those must have been from the nonbelievers who thought they'd spotted a fake.
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 07/14/2010 06:16:47 PM
congrats on the ribbon- great colors
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/14/2010 04:06:19 PM
congrats of the ribbon! great shot! Thank you for sharing your setup too.
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 07/14/2010 02:12:55 PM
I knew this was a winner as soon as I saw it. Congrats on the ribbon! Cool eye droppers, I might have to look for some of them. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/14/2010 01:32:15 PM
Beautiful image! Thanks for the setup shot and note.

Huge congrats on the ribbon!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/14/2010 12:41:28 PM
Congrats on your first ribbon with this most excellent image. I was scratching my head on this one too! Great job.
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 07/14/2010 12:18:53 PM
Wonderfully done... all of it. Congrats on your ribbon!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/14/2010 08:53:35 AM
Congrats on your first ribbon.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/14/2010 08:07:42 AM
Congrats on a first ribbon and a blue one at that! Woot! :-0
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/14/2010 06:27:23 AM
Oh yes, definitely a well deserved blue! Congrats.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/14/2010 12:49:12 AM
a very well deserved Blu here, my congratulations, i'm very happy for you, one of my higher votes...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/14/2010 12:37:25 AM
Congratulations on your blue ribbon! That is a brilliant shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/14/2010 12:03:19 AM
CONGRATS Menele!! A very well deserved blue!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/13/2010 02:27:26 PM
I'd like a piece of the cherry eye candy, please.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/13/2010 12:24:30 PM
Brilliant colors.
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 07/13/2010 02:21:23 AM
I like this. Shows great perspective on order. There is obvious order. Good job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/11/2010 08:16:39 PM
Nice color, cool idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/11/2010 10:41:49 AM
I did some reading on the colours of the rainbow just now, and wikipedia, at any rate, seems to give 7 colours in the spectrum. It's a big debate, I think, and I'm far from an expert in that field, so I can't justify using that as an excuse to take marks off.

Yours is an excellently composed image. I like the background and the lighting (and I've no idea how you did it!).
My only problem with it is that as the colours narrow at the bottom the... vibrancy of the colours appears to diminish. This might have been intentional but I think I'd've preferred a continuous strength.
You gonna tell us how you did this? :)
9
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 07/08/2010 01:11:14 AM
This looks like a magazine ad for a paint company. Nicely done. Great shapes, depth on each strip, and color saturation.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/07/2010 02:20:32 PM
! Perfect!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/07/2010 12:09:49 PM
ROYGB(I)V Love it!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/07/2010 09:02:58 AM
The best representation of order so far that I've seen in the challenge. 10
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 07/07/2010 06:46:47 AM
Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just love this.
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