Lenscap scores - DPChallenge Forums

05/24/2006 01:55:38 AM · #226

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Or what could I have done to make this a better shot? (with basic editing)

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I will gladly email the original to anyone willing to help me out... also, camera/set up tips appreciated also. I searched forums for glass glare and I think I did alright there, and I don't have a black backdrop and I figured that the cap would blend into that anyway.

Thanks for any help/suggestions!

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/24/2006 01:59:36 AM · #227

I'm used to the rejection. Got Cheese and Industrial Bronze being my most successful one getters. It's a territory on the edge that gets you lots of love or hate votes (which produce some funky curves) and very average scores.

We both shot for humor this time, so did scalvert. But, from what I have noticed about DPC is the only humor that works well is very G-rated humor.

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

You know, the best thing about my shot (and Fotomann's) is the absolute rejection.

Here is a breakdown of the 1 and 2 scores of the photos around us:

114th 1/7 (that's one 1 and seven 2s)
115th 2/5
116th 2/4
117th (Leroy's) 12/13
118th (mine)...wait for it...21/8
119th 3/7
120th 4/6

You have to make it down the 171st and the black box to get close to that many 1s. Is that Nikon people voting me down? or is it DNMC for having the lenscap too small?

ShutterPug

Canon EOS-6D

05/24/2006 02:02:05 AM · #228

well, I tried a Rikki and used an image on my laptop screen of the moon, then taped my lens to the screen to make a lunar eclipse. Damn near didnt get the lens to unstick from the screen without damaging it. ooops. All that and I finished 55th. Oh well. It was a fleeting thought shot.

05/24/2006 02:04:20 AM · #229

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Nice to see you finish one above me Leroy. I considered pulling the shot, but then though, "I'll wear it as a badge of honor as my own personal cheese shot!"

That second to last comment really put the icing on the cake too...

ICE ICE BABY, dun nun nun na na na na, lol!!

05/24/2006 02:04:36 AM · #230

Amanda, for what it is worth, I would have shot the milk against a colored background for contrast. You run into a lot of issues with white-on-white if you don't have very sophisticated control of the lighting.

I'm thinking a nice red background would have given your shot a few more points.

Originally posted by amandalore:

lol, hahahaa.... well, I did pretty good, but for some reason, I thought I'd do better than the first two, just goes to show, I also thought that nobody would understand what I was trying to do, but turns out half the challenge entries had the same idea. and I suppose the blown out milk was rated worse than I thought it would...

oh well, (I haven't started yet, but I'm pretty sure my architecture idea is going to bomb, we'll see)

Ok, would this entry have been better with the milk less blown out, but with sensor spots and backdrop wrinkles showing and front of lens cap darker?

like so: ?

Or what could I have done to make this a better shot? (with basic editing)

:

I will gladly email the original to anyone willing to help me out... also, camera/set up tips appreciated also. I searched forums for glass glare and I think I did alright there, and I don't have a black backdrop and I figured that the cap would blend into that anyway.

Thanks for any help/suggestions!

05/24/2006 02:11:31 AM · #231

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

red? ... hmmm... what about a cool tone like blue? would that of worked?

also, what sort of problems do you run into with color bouncing off of the background (which for me would have to be a big piece of posterboard) onto the subject, and how do you handle that (PS?) ?

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

05/24/2006 02:19:28 AM · #232

Originally posted by amandalore:

Blue would have worked too...probably better. :-)

As far as color bouncing back onto the object, especially with closeup shots like this, it happens :-) There is some yellow on my camera in my pic.

You can try to minimize it with black paper (or preferably felt) on either side of the frame to absorb excess reflections.

I'm actually not sure how to PS it out under basic rules. Perhaps someone can educate us both ;-)

Message edited by author 2006-05-24 02:20:15.

Bullie

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

05/24/2006 02:21:52 AM · #233

Two shots that I pass on.. Now I wish I would of entered one of them instead..

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05/24/2006 02:23:15 AM · #234

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by amandalore:

red? ... hmmm... what about a cool tone like blue? would that of worked?

also, what sort of problems do you run into with color bouncing off of the background (which for me would have to be a big piece of posterboard) onto the subject, and how do you handle that (PS?) ?

Blue would have worked too...probably better. :-)

As far as color bouncing back onto the object, especially with closeup shots like this, it happens :-) There is some yellow on my camera in my pic.

You can try to minimize it with black paper (or preferably felt) on either side of the frame to absorb excess reflections.

I'm actually not sure how to PS it out under basic rules. Perhaps someone can educate us both ;-)

Thanx Leroy

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/24/2006 02:24:03 AM · #235

Originally posted by Bullie:

Two shots that I pass on.. Now I wish I would of entered one of them instead..

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Both, IMO would have scored higher in the challenge. I especially like the one hanging from the dog jowels ;-)

ShutterPug

Canon EOS-6D

05/24/2006 02:27:02 AM · #236

Originally posted by amandalore:

also, what sort of problems do you run into with color bouncing off of the background (which for me would have to be a big piece of posterboard) onto the subject, and how do you handle that (PS?) ?

You could try going to Adjustments / Selective Color - then say you had a blue cast to the white milk, choose the color White and subtract the blue. This would be legal under basic from what I understand as it will take the blue out of all the whites in the entire image, not just the milk.

Bullie

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

05/24/2006 02:27:13 AM · #237

"Both, IMO would have scored higher in the challenge. I especially like the one hanging from the dog jowels"

My thoughts were the cap is the (MAIN FOCUS), at least I thought that's what the rules said.. Maybe I over analyzed?

ShutterPug

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/24/2006 02:28:23 AM · #238

Originally posted by Bullie:

Two shots that I pass on.. Now I wish I would of entered one of them instead..

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Bullie, I agree that either of those two would have done better as they incorporate creativity. They make the image more intersting than just a lenscap sitting on black. I like the dog one best myself.