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Celebrate Success
Celebrate Success
kaidaehnke


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Success (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Location: Baltimore
Date: May 22, 2006
Aperture: f13
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/8
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: May 23, 2006

Cropped photo, sharpened, used a overhead warm light

Statistics
Place: 71 out of 184
Avg (all users): 5.3744
Avg (commenters): 7.1429
Avg (participants): 4.8214
Avg (non-participants): 5.5556
Views since voting: 854
Views during voting: 284
Votes: 227
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
06/06/2006 03:41:10 AM
Hi from the Critique Club!

Another Champagne image, I think most members entered the success challenge just to give themselves an excuse to drink the bubbly stuff:))

First impressions: I like the close up. The angle of the bottle creates more interest than a straight up and down shot. The angle also creates a half and half image, creating a diagonal running from bottom left to upper right, giving a sense of balance.

At first I found the blue on the ice and on the top of the bottle a little distracting, but then I noticed it plays well against the brown of the label.

You've caught the highlights on the label well.

That upper right hand corner though is little lost...if it were either total black, or we could see the ice against it, it might have been better. As it is, it's neither one or the other.

I know how hard it is to capture ice, but a smaller aperture may have sharpened it up more.

A good quirky take on Champagne.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/30/2006 12:09:03 AM
Coming back to comment: A time honored tradition of toasting success with Champagne - well photographed
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05/29/2006 10:50:21 PM
Really cool pic, but I don't like the message it sends across..The whole drinking thing. Good pic all in all, though.
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05/27/2006 09:18:27 AM
nice inspiration (I don't say that because I'm Champennois ;) ) and composition, but I find it a little bit too dark...
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05/26/2006 05:11:11 AM
Nice one
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05/25/2006 06:13:28 PM
well done.
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05/25/2006 12:36:02 PM
A nice, sharp closeup.
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05/24/2006 10:26:16 PM
Success ROCKS!!!!
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05/24/2006 03:08:30 PM
would have liked to see the ice a little sharper
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