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Challenge: Shapes III (Basic Editing)
Collection: Fun things
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: In my kitchen
Date: May 21, 2007
Aperture: f5.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Interior, Still Life
Date Uploaded: May 21, 2007

 Photo taken in my kitchen with a black back ground and black on the table. I used a star filter to exagerate the light coming from the candles.

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Place: 284 out of 343
Avg (all users): 4.8912
Avg (commenters): 4.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8588
Avg (non-participants): 4.9167
Views since voting: 940
Views during voting: 244
Votes: 193
Comments: 6
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 07/11/2007 11:09:09 AM
I love these star filters! Neat shot!
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 06/28/2007 12:08:27 PM
They look so floaty! Curious how two are straight on, whereas the shorter candle shows the top. Interesting perspective.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/09/2007 09:36:51 PM
Wonderful composition and lighting.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/05/2007 02:13:39 AM
Greetings from the critique club!

Interesting approach to the challenge. The effect you were going for works fairly well. Lighting is pretty decent and composition is okay. To cut to the chase, the technicals are fine here. Perhaps a little more depth portrayed in the shot would be nice but otherwise its alright.

Unfortunately with this shot, there's that wow factor missing. As mentioned in the previous comments, more candles might help. Perhaps moving the candles around and spacing them out and placing them at varying distances from the camera may help. You've composed using the rule of thirds which is fine. Try it also in the third dimension as well. You could also try different levels for variety. (A black hockey puck as a stand might allow the change in levels without being noticable in the scene)

Previous commenters mentioned changing the background. Maybe but I honestly like it the way it is. Your eye is drawn to the star patterns.

Potentially you could have closed your aperture a fair bit and used a shorter exposure time to try to get just the stars. (Just an idea though.)

Overall, I like the fact you were trying to be creative with your topic. Keep the ideas coming!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/24/2007 09:20:23 PM
The flames take away from the shape of the candles. But good picture
 05/24/2007 12:03:55 PM
This is a good idea, but im not a big fan of the image. I think if there were more candles and a different background, it would have been better.


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