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Glass Peacock
Glass Peacock
yjoshi


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Single Light Source II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Sony DSC-T7
Location: Hyderabad, India
Date: May 29, 2006
Aperture: f3.5
ISO: Auto
Shutter: Auto
Galleries: Black and White, Traditional Art
Date Uploaded: May 29, 2006

Very Simple idea...
Placed the antique piece (the glass peacock which is used to store perfumes... a traditional indian artifact... ofcourse its empty as you see) in front of my laptop screen.

Hope you guys like it

Post processing (in Picassa..)
1. BW
2. Increased the brightness
3. Slight straightning

Statistics
Place: 210 out of 238
Avg (all users): 4.3992
Avg (commenters): 3.7273
Avg (participants): 4.0563
Avg (non-participants): 4.5407
Views since voting: 788
Views during voting: 332
Votes: 243
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)


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06/09/2006 03:42:09 PM
Hello from the Critique club, my name is Jon Rowe, and i will be looking at your image this evening :)

Composition/Lighting : I believe you chose the perfect composition for this, this is the perfect way to show off such beautiful glass. it is centrally framed, which strongly brings the eye to the subject, especially w/ the background you chose. well done. now, the sharpness. with something that has nothing to focus on but one piece of "eyecandy" if you will, it should definitely be as sharp as possible. having a more powerful backlit setup or even underneath lighting would have given you more lighting i believe.

Challenge : This was a tough challenge, with some great competition. overall i believe you did well. w/ just a few tweaks in your lighting, it would make this a better picture. w/ as beautiful as a figure as you have here, i would definitely reshoot and try as many different lighting angles as you can until you find that one golden one, maybe mess around w/ some different color backgrounds. find the one that sings to you.

Conclusion : This is really a great image. Great job. you should be proud of this, and the potential it has. there were some really great comments left for you by other members, so take these all in consideration, and along w/ your already great photography skills you will continue to get better.

Keep on shootin!

Good luck on your future challenges:)
-Jon Rowe
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/06/2006 09:50:08 PM
Backlighting is the (almost) only lighting for glass. This is so blurry though that the effect is completely dulled.
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06/06/2006 04:18:42 PM
out of focus? a bit too gray, but this is a great object to photograph..keep trying. :-)
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06/06/2006 08:47:56 AM
I think you should pull back on the composition a little bit and maybe get the entire object in frame. The bottom isn't so bad, but the top of the peacock on the edge of the frame creates a lot of visual tension for me.
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06/04/2006 12:42:04 PM
focus issues ?
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06/02/2006 04:34:33 PM
needs to be sharper
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06/01/2006 12:30:14 AM
Lighting is too diffused.
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06/01/2006 12:23:14 AM
Cool looking glass
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05/31/2006 07:55:00 PM
Is it a bit out of focus?
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05/31/2006 07:31:27 PM
This type of subject needs absolute sharpness, you're a little blurry here.
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05/31/2006 12:31:31 PM
focus needs to be sharper, and maybe shoot from a different angle than profile. Would have been nice to see some light refractions off the glass.
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05/31/2006 11:47:03 AM
I like the photo, but my one problem is that I can't really tell where the focus is. I would have given it a higher rating otherwise.
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05/31/2006 04:27:28 AM
It looked so beautiful in thumbnail but the soft focus is a killer. This had making of great photo. 5.
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05/31/2006 02:32:20 AM
a little flat, IMHO. There is no ultimate white.....a bit more contrast?
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05/31/2006 12:19:38 AM
Might try this a bit sharper.
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