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Mystery potion
Mystery potion
sessa


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Challenge: Magic & Mystery (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A80
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Location: Mosfellbær, Iceland
Date: Aug 20, 2006
Aperture: F 4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: Aug 20, 2006

I used shadow/highlight, curves, unsharp mask, Hue/saturation (took out the green, yellow and blue color) brightness/contrast and rotated a little. The picture is taken of one of my mini bottle which I collect and the only light that I used was the daylight.

Statistics
Place: 73 out of 127
Avg (all users): 5.2850
Avg (commenters): 6.3000
Avg (participants): 5.1667
Avg (non-participants): 5.3268
Views since voting: 627
Views during voting: 338
Votes: 207
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0


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09/01/2006 12:56:28 PM
Hi from the Critique Club!

Technically speaking you have done a fine job with this photo. Nice DOF especially and the exposure is real clean. I don't see anything too over or too over exposed. I bet your histogram is happy (hehe camera jokes) I do notice a little loss of quality/clarity on the table portion that is in focus. Not sure what caused it, maybe the camera, maybe not, not something I would expect at ISO 100 in the daytime.

The object placement is nice and interesting enough for me to enjoy the photgraph, but for "Magic and Mystery" one would expect something a little darker and a little more mysterious to bump the votes a bit. Maybe some swirling dye in the bottles but I understand something like that may be out of the question if you don't want to wreck the capping on your bottles.

But like I said, I like this photo and I think you are on the right track, but it my not have been Magical or Mysterious enough for the voters.

Good job overall!

:)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/27/2006 03:31:27 PM
Simple and effective, painterly even. 7
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08/26/2006 05:34:46 PM
Very similar to mine..hmmmm....I think at least a 9 is in order...we think alike, scary...
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08/26/2006 03:35:12 PM
I think it would be better the the liquids weren't clear.
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08/26/2006 01:53:43 PM
NIce use of DOF. Subject may not be strong enough to push your score past a 6 but nice shot nevertheless. Would be a bit more challenge appropriate if there was a little color to the liquid. JMHO.
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08/24/2006 09:57:16 PM
Maybe with a spark, fire, flash, or something of magic. 8
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08/24/2006 12:08:04 AM
This strikes me as a still life, and a decent one at that. But not mysterious or magical without the title. Maybe if there were some color swirling in it, or if it were open and smoke were bubbling out? 4.
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08/23/2006 04:15:10 PM
I don't think the OOF bottle in the background adds anything to your picture. I'd want to see them both up front and in focus.
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08/23/2006 04:02:53 PM
Hmm, a neat idea. The flask looks exotic enough. Could we have colored it somehow to add something? The choice of surface wasn't the best. I don't like the glare. 5
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08/21/2006 01:16:25 PM
...And a small po'tion at that. (Dialect - Southern-USA)
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08/21/2006 12:29:33 PM
Its really great idea...nice composition. Just would expect a bit that potion would be in more mysterious color ;).
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08/21/2006 11:20:39 AM
Nice idea, perhaps could have colored the liquid in the volumetric to appease the cliche hounds.
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