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Challenge: Still Life II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D100
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G
Location: Oslo, Norway
Date: May 15, 2006
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Emotive, Still Life
Date Uploaded: May 15, 2006

 There was some question on the forums about what still life is. I thought the object of the exercise was to reproduce as convincingly as possible a variety of textures (textile, cheese, ceramics, metal etc.). On looking further into the matter I found that one of the reasons for artists to choose the genre is the freedom to arrange the subject matter for pictorial composition. I haven't exactly pushed the envelope here, but those were the criteria I worked to. I used indirect, available light and took down the colour saturation for the sake of texture.
With a decent tripod I might have increased the depth of field, although I say that now - the limited dof was intentional at the time.

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Place: 171 out of 338
Avg (all users): 5.1373
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
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Views since voting: 753
Views during voting: 303
Votes: 233
Comments: 10
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 05/24/2006 11:36:30 AM
i get a very vacuous feeling with this
something like: life is ugly and makes no sense
im sure they have better natural light than this in Norge
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/22/2006 08:10:20 PM
The more I look at it, the better I like it. I am not quite sure what those objects are doing together like that...and that's one of the things I think I like about it.
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 05/22/2006 10:55:10 AM
I like the enigmatic grouping of objects, very poetic. The paper reminds me of an EKG, or whatever its called. The rose and the apple also evoke the notion of the "heart." The mechanical object looks like it could be part of some 19th century EKG (as if such a thing existed!), which is carried in a burlap bag (suggesting war to me). The hammer suggests things are unfinished. the EKG needs to be put together, our mind needs to "put together" these items, i.e. to make sense of them. The pencil represents a different kind of creation. Very thought provoking, with figurative and literal representations of the heart. 9.
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 05/21/2006 11:48:45 AM
I don't quite "get it." But it's an interesting photo.
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 05/20/2006 10:13:41 AM
I like the choice of objects. I think something needs to be closer to the foreground though. (or maybe crop off the bottom) The composition makes me feel like the objects are shy.
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 05/18/2006 10:59:25 PM
I love the way this picture draws your eye in and makes you think for a moment
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 05/18/2006 04:26:50 PM
Nice workout, but don't like the apple. I Don't think it fit's there..
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 05/17/2006 02:55:22 PM
Interesting.... but I just don't like the apple. I like the way the other disparate elements are drawn together by their tones, but the apple doesn't tie in in any way that I see. If it's meant as a contrast, to stand out, it's not vivid/different enough to quite succeed. I really like the lighting and composition, the leading lines, just not that one little thing.
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 05/17/2006 02:01:07 PM
Weird and interesting - lacks a bit of colour though. Maybe a nice alive colourfull rose with the dead ones.
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 05/17/2006 02:34:41 AM
I don't understand what all of these items have to do with each other. Other than the red apple, I do love the subtle colors. Lighting is beautiful.
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