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Comment by kashi:
Cute crop - I love close eye views.

Double Churned
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Comment by krnodil:
You know, I thought of that stove pic when I saw this and thought this might be you. Love the colors here and the light.

Double Churned
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Comment by bmartuch:
Christian, very cool processing. I love this.

Double Churned
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Comment by sevilduvarci:
very nice processing and tones.

September 7, 1969 - Monty Python's Flying Circus' First Broadcast on BBC
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Comment by SaraR:
I was sure I commented on this one at the time, but it appears not. Having looked theough the comments you have already received, I can think of nothing that I can add - just to let you know how much I enjoyed this photo first time round, and really glad the MAK has brought it to may attention again.

Message edited by author 2007-05-04 15:03:51.

Thresher
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Comment by krnodil:
Nice natural light and graininess. I like "quiet" images like this.

Perfect
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Comment by lkn4truth:
CRITIQUE CLUB COMMENT

This was an oustanding choice of subject matter for kitchenware! In order to set yourself apart in this challenge I felt you had to either shoot a unique piece of kitchenware that most people don't have or shoot something in a clever or unexpected way. This is obviously the unique side of the coin and an excellent choice. Unfortunately the blown out whites on the window behind the stove pipe probably held you back more than anything else. The window seems overexposed thereby making everything else seem underexposed by comparison. The lighting you captured on the dresser in the background was excellent and about the range of light I would have liked to see through the majority of the shot. All of the items in the shot seem to belong there (i.e. no distracting modern kitchenware). If you set up this prop shot you picked all the right props with the possible exception of what looks like styrofoam cups on the dresser. Not to take anything away from your photo but I was a little surprised by such a high place finish (25th). However, the 6.2 score seems pretty much where I would have scored it. As I said, I would have given you a 6 or better just for capturing something unique alone. Perhaps a suggestion to improve the lighting on the stove would be to use some very reflective white reflectors of some sort to bounce the sun back onto the object of focus. Perhaps you did this but didn't have enough reflection. It's a very worthy shot.

Thresher
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Comment by colorcarnival:
That's too bad you were sick - hope you are feeling better now! I love the light coming thru the window. The color tones and grains give it that nice old-time feel.

Thresher
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Comment by griz210:
sorry you were sick, you done a great job captureing this. you can feel how old the thresher is in the shot

Perfect
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Comment by levyj413:
Congrats on the personal best!

I'm torn about the window. I think either I'd like to see the glow knocked down so it doesn't randomly bleed over or amped up so it's clearly a deliberate effect.