100% Pure Apple Juice
by Moose408

Comment by JulietNN:
So simple and so brilliant. Very very clever and wel deserving of this 10

Odd Angle
by Moose408

Comment by karenk:
Congratulations on your Blue ribbon. Great shot. :)

Odd Angle
by Moose408

Comment by Nald:
Congrats on your first Blue and PB!

100% Pure Apple Juice
by Moose408

Comment by KarenNfld:
Cute! Reminds me of this image:

It might look better with a different colour background.

100% Pure Apple Juice
by Moose408

Comment by one2one:
Great idea and well photographed. The only thing for me is the apple looks crooked and the glass too.

100% Pure Apple Juice
by Moose408

Comment by h2:
when you try to recreate a ribboning image at least you should try to make it better than the original

Odd Angle
by Moose408

Comment by citymars:
Congrats on your first ribbon. Well done.

PS: I like your composition (and wine glases) better than those in the photo on Flickr, but there's a wrinkle in the upper right of your backdrop that mars the shot.

Message edited by author 2008-04-30 08:44:10.

Odd Angle
by Moose408

Comment by Moose408:

Originally posted by yanko: I understand trying to recreate a shot can be educational but why not at least put your own spin on it instead of trying to copy every last detail?

That's a fair comment and I agree.

Here's how this came about. I feel like I've been doing well on DPC from a creative stand point but was not doing so well with the technical. So I've been working on lighting and post-processing and really applying myself to learn to improve in these areas. As part of that exercise I happened to be trying to recreate this photo when the Odd/Even challenge was announced. My initial thought was a few ideas for the Even challenge and then it occurred to me that what I was shooting would fit the Odd. I was already setup to take the photo and liked the results. I did feel a little bad about making an exact copy and thought about not even including the link to the original but felt that was even worse. I've seen a lot of photos here where people copy others work so I decided it was OK.

So I guess it's a hollow victory. I will be more original in the future.

100% Pure Apple Juice
by Moose408

Comment by k9logic:
Clever --- and well done.

Odd Angle
by Moose408

Comment by OpenMaTT:
I agree with yanko here.... even the colours are the same. My photo wasn't very good and had very little thought put into it. I can see you obviously put effort into trying to perfect and learn a new technique to you and your result is very good, but try at least be a little more original.