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Painting with firelight
Painting with firelight
ccraft


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Challenge: Painting with Light (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Kodak DX6490
Location: Victoria, British Columbia
Date: Jan 25, 2004
Aperture: f 3.2
ISO: 80
Shutter: 3"
Galleries: Abstract, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Jan 25, 2004

 I was trying to take a photo of my cat by the fire for this challenge. He wouldn't sit still and then I noticed how pretty the poker looked, just sitting at the base of the fireplace by itself -- so I chose it as the subject instead. This photo has only been cropped. I didn't change anything else in PhotoShop.

Statistics
Place: 78 out of 120
Avg (all users): 5.0160
Avg (commenters): 5.4000
Avg (participants): 4.5897
Avg (non-participants): 5.3211
Views since voting: 1274
Votes: 187
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/30/2004 04:25:20 AM
I dont know how to vote on this subject but I think this is nice I like the tones and coppery look to this
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/28/2004 06:22:16 AM
Very nice
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 01/27/2004 12:18:59 AM
Nice picture but the point of focus is a tad vague. You have managed to retain glorious colour and avoided any distracting reflections on the end of the poker.
I will though paste in a comment I have put into a fair number of other entries in this category.
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My only concern is, as you may have guessed from the amount of discussion on the forum re "painting with light" is whether it is painting with light.
Having been lucky enough to judge what is now a few hundred competitions in the last 30 years I feel I should say the first thing that happens is that they are sorted and any that do not immediatly seem to fit the category are dumped (hard but a fact). This is why so many competitions also run an "open category". Your picture, as impressive as it is, would, I feel have been rejected at this stage. "Painting with Light" has a fairly tight definition in photography but still allows a lot of lattitude for creativity.
I suspect that your scores may not reflect what the picture is worth which is a great shame. I believe if I was judging in another category I would have gone for a higher score.
I do hope you understand my reasons for marking it down
David
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/26/2004 02:23:47 PM
Nice lighting and textures.
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 01/26/2004 12:54:58 AM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel that this 'firelight' cannot fit this challenge as it's stationary. A nice shot, otherwise. Lovely golden hues. 2
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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