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Magic Potion
Magic Potion
javamoose


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Single Light Source II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Canon
Location: Home
Date: May 30, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.4
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: May 30, 2006

Single maglite suspended directly overhead. Couple drops of food color...
Crop, levels, sharpen, border

Statistics
Place: 92 out of 238
Avg (all users): 5.7045
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.6053
Avg (non-participants): 5.7485
Views since voting: 1021
Views during voting: 327
Votes: 247
Comments: 5
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06/11/2006 04:59:10 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First impression: Interesting shot, but not the greatest. Where does the light come from?Oh, yes, from above. That creates nice concentric circles at the bottom.
But... what's up with the shade on top? Not symmetrical, and its off-center position does not improve the composition. Also, the orange and blue look more like a smudge (especially orange) then like a something that makes this image interesting. What would have helped here?
-composition: have it centered horizontally, but have more negative space above the glass.
-lighting: if you attempted to create more shade in the background, so that there is higher contrast between the glass and the background. This way the lighter portions of the background mull the glass that was supposed to be the main object.
-setup: since this was a set up shot, you could have come up with a more interesting swirling colors in the glass. Since the whole scene is grayish, some warmer colors could have been a better choice (orange is OK, but blue is too cool.)

I hope this helps. 5.7 is a reasonable score for this shot. If you have any questions about this comment, please feel free to PM me. Best of luck in the future challenges here at DPC!

-Serge
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/06/2006 03:48:40 PM
I like what you did, but it feels a bit too gray.
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06/03/2006 01:31:48 PM
I think if you had added some fog mist or fizz coming up from the water it would have really added to the magic potion feel. Nice sharp focus, well composed
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06/02/2006 04:45:21 PM
interesting
05/31/2006 06:38:59 PM
nice idea.


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