Had a few ideas for this challenge, but had wanted to try painting with flashlight for a while, so decided to go for a simple composition. Took about 200 shots(!), with the camera set in manual mode, focused with the light on, turned it off and used a small flashlight to paint the bottles (much easier said than done!) Had some compression problems, tried using unsharp mask on it, for the first time, had problems with that too!
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Congratulations Natasha. This is very well done. The composition, lighting, texture, forms, and execution are all handled beautifully. It is definitely deserving of first place.
Excellent picture with a great mood and a very professional feel to it. Part of that comes from the quality of the surface it's on, and the other part comes from the very soft differential lighting on the milk bottles.
A few possibilities you could try:
a) a lower angle looking more less down on the bottles
b) more empty space at the top of the screen
c) a little less empty space at the bottom
d) another angle from the more the front of the line and lower.
very cool shot that definitely meets the challenge. i like the lighting and the reflection, it all works really well together. there are a couple of scratches or something in the bottom left on the surface, they are a little distracting. but i'm nitpicking because this is such a nice photo :)
oooooo very nice lighting... great clarity and color in the flections... also, I love the condensation on the bottles... there is little or no room for improvement here... is there enough wow factor to get a ribbon? might be tough.. we will see
Pretty! I love what you achieved with the lighting here, and the effect of that textured, metallic gold surface. One of the better artistic achievements in this challenge.
Very pretty and difficult shot. The lighting and composition are excellent as well as originality and creativity. I love the way that last bottle almost disappears into the background. The only thing I would nit-pick about is that scratch on the metal in the lower left corner. 9
I like the lighting a lot. Really great photo. I wold love to know what light you used and what the background the glass is sitting on is. GREAT job ! 10
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