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Cosmos at Jan's place
Cosmos at Jan's place
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Balance (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon D100
Location: backyard in palo alto
Date: Jul 17, 2004
Aperture: f11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Humorous, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jul 17, 2004

Only some cloning out the tripod in the reflection on the shaker. The whole still life was lying down and shot from on top.

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Place: 73 out of 139
Avg (all users): 5.2011
Avg (commenters): 4.8889
Avg (participants): 4.9888
Avg (non-participants): 5.4000
Views since voting: 1027
Views during voting: 335
Votes: 184
Comments: 11
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07/28/2004 07:15:31 PM
Hello Steven from the Critique Club

Your image is interesting but the over all effect is dull
It is the light effect that does that I think which is a shame as you have gone to a whole lot of effort to produce this

The white background looks greyish and that takes a lot from the image if you could backlight this I think it could stand out better or placed the image on a dark background maybe black and covered the whole tabletop with the same cloth it would appear to be balancing in space if you can understand what I mean.
Also there is a lot of reflection on the shaker which detracts from the balancing act and is a little soft in the focus this need to be really sharp with the blade
A very good effort at such a difficult image
I hope my comments help and if you have any questions you can contact me by P M
Good luck in your future challenges
Regards
Sally
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/25/2004 09:26:07 PM
I voted earlier: back for comments:
A very busy but nice composition. Colors are very pleasing.
07/24/2004 03:03:19 AM
Good idea and composition to show balance but lacks a little focus.
07/22/2004 07:18:50 PM
Something about this reminds me of a Goldberg device in a Tom and Jerry cartoon.
07/22/2004 08:01:23 AM
Great idea, good setup. The shadow of the backdrop and the tripod/lamp reflection in the mixer distract me from the overall composition. Still, better than average.
07/22/2004 01:17:57 AM
Very neat idea and picture. I like the different elements, shapes, and colors in this shot. Makes it very interesting to look at. The only thing I found distracting is the noise and variations in shades in the backdrop. Nice shot nonetheless.
07/21/2004 10:44:22 PM
its a bit grainy and fuzzy, its a decent composition if not for the excessive digital noise.
07/19/2004 07:24:12 PM
Your idea is good, but just too many elements here. Maybe try white balance so that the background doesn't look so grey. Good luck in the challenge.
07/19/2004 12:21:45 PM
Meets the challenge well. The reflections in the shaker are distracting, but hard to avoid, I know. THe only other suggestion I have for improvement would have been to shoot on a different table that wouldn't have caused the rounded shadow at the bottom of the picture. An additional soft light source might have fixed those shadows too.
07/19/2004 12:05:25 PM
Clever idea, an interesting illusion. The lighting is not very illuminating, and the reflections are distracting. If the lighting could help in the the illusion that the glass in suspended and perhaps be more dramatic, and the background should be flatter without crinkles and shadows. Perhaps against black, and on a black table would issolate the subject better.
07/19/2004 07:35:11 AM
Interesting composition. Obviously a lot of thought and work in setting it up. The colours work well together. The focus does seem a little "soft" and it seems like the jpg compression may have been a bit heavy as there seem to be some "colour artifacts" around the subjects. Good idea though.


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