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09/15/2003 05:09:43 PM · #1 |
I shot this image for the //www.fredmiranda.com Opposites theme this week. I was wondering how this would have fared with the voters here for our past Opposites challenge...
I wanted to think of an opposites theme that was just one object, not two. I decided on the age old question... Is it half empty or half full? The shadow, to me, represents the pessimist as it is dark. The bright, colorful goblet represents the optimist! I see it half full, and getting fuller all the time!
Good luck to all, this was a fun and thought provoking challenge!
 //www.pbase.com/image/21378833
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09/15/2003 06:17:58 PM · #2 |
Very nice shot! You did a good job with te lighting. I think it would have done alright in the "opposite" challenge. It is considered thinking out of the box. Some voters wouldn't have got it.
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09/15/2003 06:26:42 PM · #3 |
I like the idea more than the shot.
Reason: the idea is based on judging a level and the level, because of the chosen perspective, it is not evident.
I don't know if it would have been more photogenic a more orthogonal perspective but it would have certainly helped the original idea.
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09/15/2003 06:27:48 PM · #4 |
Very good photo, and i follow your line of thinking, but the angle you shot at makes the shadow look more than half full, and the glass look more than half empty, which is kinda the opposite :P
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09/15/2003 06:32:24 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Sonifo:
Very nice shot! You did a good job with te lighting. I think it would have done alright in the "opposite" challenge. It is considered thinking out of the box. Some voters wouldn't have got it. |
Thanks, Sonja...
I have to admit, this final image is more Photoshop skill than lighting... I was at home with my three small children and they did not allow me the time to really set up for this and do it right. I ended up going outside in the sun and using an old not-very-white- plastic board for a bkg. Here is the original... it is pretty horrible, but the best I could do with a very limited timeframe and kids with lots of needs. (They always seem to have the most needs as soon as you try to do something, don't they?).
This image is a classic example of what editing skills can do to improve an imae, not make it digital art. With film, I would have thrown this original away. With Photoshop, I was able to make it what I envisioned in the first place...
Thanks for commenting...
JD
 //www.pbase.com/image/21380424
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09/15/2003 06:35:10 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Konador:
Very good photo, and i follow your line of thinking, but the angle you shot at makes the shadow look more than half full, and the glass look more than half empty, which is kinda the opposite :P |
I noticed that, but my straight on shots (that showed the glass clearly half full) lacked interest. This one had more interest with the composition, shadow, etc... I saw that as a problem, but chose to go with the better image than the one that best fit the title. Not a great habit to get into, but as I stated in response to Sonja, I had limited time and resources, and didn't get to try to make it better in a reshoot.
Thanks, Ben , and Glimpses for the same comment!
JD
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09/15/2003 08:39:25 PM · #7 |
It's a nice shot, but my simple mind wouldn't have gotten the opposites angle either. The shot, or at least the explanation did make me remember this old joke:
Q: What's the difference between an optimist, a pessimist, and an engineer?
A: The optimist sees the glass as half full, the pessimist as half empty, the engineer... as having a glass twice as big as it needs to be.
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09/15/2003 08:45:12 PM · #8 |
After seeing your original shot, I figgered out what looks odd in the finished photo. The greys that are reflecting in the glass itself are still visible in the finished shot.
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