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A bird...I think
A bird...I think
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Challenge: Glass II (with a twist) (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5
Location: Modesto, CA
Date: Jun 27, 2006
Aperture: 5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 125
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 27, 2006

An interesting trinket. I actually set-up a photoshoot in Ross on a shelf. I used the store lighting, and made my own arangement on a top shelf. I did some dodging and a slight tweak of the levels.

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Place: 160 out of 258
Avg (all users): 4.8870
Avg (commenters): 6.4286
Avg (participants): 4.8438
Avg (non-participants): 4.9082
Views since voting: 842
Views during voting: 381
Votes: 292
Comments: 8
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07/09/2006 01:03:10 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This is a very cool shot. I like the lines, the curves, the overall feel. There are a few things that stand out to me though. First teh green reflection or dot on the glass object itself. Very distracting, not sure what it is but it keeps yelling, "LOOK AT ME" to me.

Second is the shadow on the right side, very slight but again, there and a bit distracting to me. Being a basic challenge there really isn't much you could do about either of them, but now that the challenge is over you could redo it and fix those two things I noticed.

I see this is your fourth challenge, welcome! Back to the picture now. I'm looking at the glass and there is nothing that really stands out other than the light green circle. It blends in with the background, doesn't stand out from it and the angle of the shot seems a bit off for some reason. I understand coming from under for a different perespective but maybe if you moved to left and did a true profile shot?

The DOF also doesn't really seem to work for me on this shot. For the size of the object it seems it should all be in focus yet the tail is fuzzy. I like that the foreground grass is out of focus, bringing you into the bird but then the bird isn't all in focus.

REading your notes I love that you did this in a store! Do you work there? I would be way to chicken to start arranging a shoot in a store, LOL!

Looking at your other shots, you have an eye for the pictures, now comes the fun part, fine tuning it. I hope my comments help and Good Luck In Future Challenges.

Deannda
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/01/2006 06:24:40 PM
Interesting setting for the object!
06/30/2006 04:13:22 PM
not a very "exciting" picture.
it meets the challenge, but has no wow factor for me.
06/30/2006 01:32:47 AM
For soem reason I really like this shot - wish I could put my fingure on exactly why. I would have preferred a more uniform background, without the blemish on the bottom right.
06/29/2006 09:19:07 PM
LOL @ your title. This needs some witty motivation saying/quote on it ! Ya know...I like it. It makes me smile :)
06/29/2006 12:49:33 PM
Focus and exposure are dead on. Good job.
06/29/2006 10:48:39 AM
nice white background. there's some weird shading or something in the lower right hand corner just above the grass though that is distracting.
06/28/2006 06:07:04 PM
Keeps to the criteria of the challenge, not sure about the background..


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