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Challenge: Silhouettes II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
Location: Makeshift kitchen studio, Oxfordshire
Date: May 15, 2005
Aperture: f10
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: May 15, 2005

Kitchen Studio Setup:

1. Take a long cardboard tube, cut in half.
2. Selotape some coloured tracing paper between each half of the cut tube.
3. Remove the shade from the living room table lamp and place the lamp horizontal, resting on a box of tissues (note, if not careful this can be a fire hazard!).
4. Crack open a bottle of your finest red and let your wife (model) consume most of it.
5. Fill a glass with water and red food colouring (as the red wine has by now been consumed, the technical reason is becasue light shines through coloured water better!).
6. Shoot away, ignor all the 'you fool' comments!

Post Processing:
Shot in raw, slight exposure compensation and brightness/contrast tweaks. Cropped and edge sharpened. Some minor marks on the background and water splashes in the glass removed.

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 248
Avg (all users): 6.7510
Avg (commenters): 8.2000
Avg (participants): 6.4762
Avg (non-participants): 7.0420
Views since voting: 2287
Views during voting: 377
Votes: 245
Comments: 34
Favorites: 4 (view)


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05/23/2005 12:54:55 AM
Great image and very charming. Congratulations on your top 20 placement.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/22/2005 10:04:44 AM
The raised pinkie makes it. Great work.
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05/22/2005 04:52:54 AM
This pic looks very similar 2 a winning entry in the Fujimugs Challenge..........
I liked it then also.................
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05/22/2005 03:47:31 AM
Very, very nice. Like the glow of the wine, beautiful colors.
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05/21/2005 04:20:24 PM
cleverly done and great colour
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05/21/2005 12:28:37 PM
Well captured silhoutte emplying a transparant portion to give the image full body and dimension. Bump.
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05/21/2005 12:46:31 AM
Nicely done!
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05/20/2005 10:45:46 PM
Cool shot. Different than the typical sunset silhouettes. I like it!
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05/20/2005 09:49:34 PM
Very nice colors
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05/20/2005 12:00:52 PM
Brilliant photo, solid silouette and perfect for the challenge. Well done!
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05/20/2005 05:36:58 AM
Love the warm tones and the radiating light, nice composition too; good silhouette.
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05/20/2005 02:06:08 AM
This is fantastically well done. It's a little artificial for my tastes, but I admire the skill of it. Fine entry!
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05/19/2005 11:23:39 PM
This is an outstanding sutdio silhouette with excellent lighting and strong, rich colors. Really great job!
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05/19/2005 12:54:18 PM
So perfect !
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05/19/2005 08:47:01 AM
This is a very creative silhouette. I like the splash of red the wine creates which adds interest. Nicely captured.
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05/18/2005 12:27:49 PM
This is great. Simple, graphic, clever idea.
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05/18/2005 12:06:52 PM
great sillhouette, lighting and positioning and composition - well done
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05/18/2005 09:08:15 AM
Simple and gorgeous. I'd love to see how you lit this from behind. Excellent entry!
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05/17/2005 11:40:48 PM
Very nice color, gradient, sharp edges. Good job.
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05/17/2005 09:44:14 PM
great silhouette and composition
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05/17/2005 08:43:02 PM
fantastic work, great colors and composition.
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05/17/2005 07:14:13 PM
Another excellent shot. One of the best I think.
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05/17/2005 05:45:10 PM
I love this. It's a perfect silhouette picture! I love how sharp and focused the glass is right in front of the light. Very appealing!!!
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05/17/2005 04:37:56 PM
SOMETHING OFF THE BASE OF THE GLASS(THE RIGHT HAND?)REALLY DETRACTS FROM AN OTHERWISE EXCELLENT SHOT
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05/17/2005 12:55:11 PM
Love these colors and the composition, spot on focus. Outstanding shot.
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05/17/2005 02:19:29 AM
Cheers . . well thought out and composed. Maybe if we could see the base of the glass better? Looks like a finger in the road. Well done
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05/16/2005 05:11:09 PM
Very nice I like that the wine in this picture is not a Silhouette, but the rest of the main subject is. Very nicely done <7>
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05/16/2005 07:28:56 AM
very very nice, love what u did with this.
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05/16/2005 06:32:10 AM
very nice. Lost a bit of detail in centre of glass (more even colour might have been nicer.
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05/16/2005 05:37:08 AM
I prefer a cheeky little chardoney actually but this is a very effectve shot 9
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05/16/2005 02:31:36 AM
Nicely done, don't know about the pinky though, guess it makes good balance...
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05/16/2005 02:31:22 AM
Love the colors you used here. Very well done...one of my favorites that was taken indoors. Great silhouette.
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05/16/2005 01:33:37 AM
Excellent. Perfect control of colours and space, balance, focus the angle and even the rim of the glass. 10
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05/16/2005 12:33:48 AM
i absolutely love this image, thanks for leaving the drink red and not blacking it out... makes this image so much better, 10
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