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Challenge: Absolut Advertisement II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L IS USM
Date: Jun 19, 2011
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/20 sec
Galleries: Still Life, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Jun 19, 2011

 I like the idea even though it’s a bit lame but I’m not particularly happy with this shot. I plan to re-due this but if you’re reading this comment I failed to better this shot. The way it stands this is not really worth more that a high 4 in my opinion although my daughter quite likes it. I was tempted to re-due my entry from the first Absolut challenge (same bottle filled with water again) but think that might be the better entry for Take Two as I did receive good advice on how to improve the shot and I still have the props required. Anyway, not much point wasting time writing here as I plan to get a better shot.

A couple of hours before roll-over and I didn't get to re-shoot. This was only a test shot that didn't come out too badly considering it was at 1/20 sec and hand held. This is on the top shelf of my book shelf and I took some shots from down low with the idea of 'Absolut top shelf'. Those shots turned out pretty crap and I only had a few minutes to take the shots. I had problems with the white balance as the lights hitting the books were a combination of fluorescents and tungsten and the light source behind the bottle was LED. I adjusted the white balance to get the most natural lighting for the bottle. I mucked around with the processing to a level that I feel the shot is worth entering but I expect it to get creamed in a challenge that I feel brings out the best people for product shots, imagination or humour from this site. I feel a high 4 now may be a bit harsh and this shot is more like a 5.3xxx.


[Jun. 28th, 2011 10:43:58 PM]

About an hour to go and the vote's around the 5.53 area so I'm happy with the result. I probaly should have entered my other shot that I was going to use for the Take Two challenge (I'll post it in the outtakes thread).

Thanks everyone for the kind and helpful comments.

Statistics
Place: 38 out of 63
Avg (all users): 5.5550
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.4286
Avg (non-participants): 5.5886
Views since voting: 901
Views during voting: 377
Votes: 200
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/27/2011 08:10:02 PM
like the lighting and great shot and concept - I would have liked to see more antique books to really give it that final polish
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 06/24/2011 06:54:24 PM
Overall okay. I like the point of view, angle and crop.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/23/2011 10:03:26 PM
a nice idea, just lost a few points for the lighting of the bottle as it seemed quite harsh. if you could have found a way for the whole bottle to "glow" and somehow make the shadows look like the light was coming from the bottle i think it would be much improved.
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 06/22/2011 07:50:48 AM
Nice lighting!
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