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Challenge: Beer or Soft Drink Advertisement (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 8800
Date: Sep 28, 2006
Date Uploaded: Sep 28, 2006

Quotes about beer:

"Beer is proof God loves us."
"If God had intended man to drink beer, He would have given us a stomach."

Statistics
Place: 94 out of 127
Avg (all users): 4.8383
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.3333
Avg (non-participants): 4.9333
Views since voting: 637
Views during voting: 427
Votes: 303
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/08/2006 11:28:59 AM
Now THAT'S an ice cold beer!!
10/06/2006 08:59:03 PM
I like the idea, concept and the way the dof isolates what you're selling. The bottle for some reason, doesn't look frosty. This is one of the photos that really doesn't need text to be an ad. Very nice.
10/06/2006 03:16:53 PM
nice effect, but I'd go for a closer crop
10/06/2006 05:22:44 AM
I cannot really figure out how this can be used as an advertisement.
The main point here is that the sensation is not of a cold drink: it seems more dirty or painted than covered with ice.
10/05/2006 10:36:40 PM
REALLY nice - I think I'd like an even tighter crop of the sides.
10/05/2006 04:14:54 PM
I really like the concept of this photo... frosted bottle, with just the logo wiped away. It could work well being worked into a 15 second TV spot or something, even -- maybe someone gets the beer out of the freezer, whipes off the logo to make sure they're getting the right bottle, pops the top, chugs it (or pours it out into a glass), and then sets down the empty, still frosted, logo showing. Or something like that... could be quite compelling, I think. (And I don't even drink beer. ;-)

As for the photo, though, I think there's a lot of room for improvement. I find there's too much going on in the background -- it's all blury and indistinct, but it's still busy enough to be distracting. I also think a nice single directed light source type situation might work well for this... somewhat hard, but somewhat soft too -- like maybe close to a table lamp or something, where it would make bright highlights and dark shadows. As it is, it's a bit dull looking. Also, it'd be nice if you'd grabbed the bottle by the bottom or top only, and not at the level that was going to be in the shot, so all the ice would be intact, except for the logo.

I'm thinking I can't rate the photo all that highly, but I liked the idea enough that I wanted to let you know my thoughts.
10/05/2006 12:12:01 PM
like the idea of focusing on the frostiness but should have been a macro shot and i can see your finger smudges
10/04/2006 11:21:15 PM
seems to be very vague...
10/04/2006 04:35:43 PM
Intriguing, but too obscure and unrelated to the product.


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