Nothing more religious than family
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Comment by onejumpjohnny:
poor light capture, good shape, shadow and curves

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Comment by Nullix:
One more thing, please note the example I found while doing research for this challenge. Someone else did a better job than me.

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Message edited by author 2007-06-04 09:43:08.

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Comment by Nullix:
Thanks for the comments all. Some of the best I've had so far. This picture I took as a last minute picture. The background was mixed coloring, so I made it B&W.

It is dark because of the highlights from the flame. Next time I'll balence the lighting a bit more.

Also, glass is annoying in that you need to have everything cleaned. I don't like the spots on the glass around the flame.

Thanks again except to David Lopez. Sorry Dave, but I need more than a 2 word comment to be helpful.

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Comment by GeneralE:
Good idea -- I wonder, if this were under different rules, this wouldn't look even stronger divided into separate frames (quadtych)?

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Comment by EstimatedEyes:
GREAT idea! Actually, I shot this same thing (4 elements in 4 glasses) but didn't enter it because I wasn't happy with the result, so I know how difficult this shot was to set up. The glasses in this composition are just ordinary wine glasses, and I think that brings the image down and prevents it from popping. The flame and the earth are both kind of blurred by the glass as well. The water is my favorite ... nicely lit and well exposed. All in all I ended up giving you a 5 -- some good things, some could be improved, and an average result.

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Comment by Dantzr:
Good idea that meets all of them! Myself...I think this might have been a bit more impressive in color. This is nice in B&W which is my favorite medium, but with color the earth would have stood out, the candle's flame would have made it's presence felt...and the water (maybe with a little light blue food coloring) would have jumped out at us. Sorry...

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Comment by bergiekat:
This is beautiful! What a lovely sculpture. Wish the light was a touch more on the face of Joseph. Great detail.

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Comment by Lorene:
Great idea and layout. It seems a little dark to me, and I only say that because I think it might be hard to know what is in all the glasses without the title (and outside of the challenge, of course). Also, it would be really cool if the flame of the candle was sharp.

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Comment by myqyl:
You have some lighting issues here...

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Comment by tonyv:
Pity that there is not more light on the bottom of the earth glass. Nice concept, well executed.