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Photographer's Comments |
Challenge: Macro III (Classic Editing*)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S602Z
Location: Bedroom
Date: Dec 20, 2003
Aperture: F4
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/5s
Galleries: Macro, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Dec 20, 2003
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45 gram /1.6 ounce mini marmelade jars. They are 4 to 5cm high and 3cm wide or so.
Camera setup:
Macro mode, manual focus, manual whitebalance, telephoto end of the lens.
Light setup: 3 lights overhead and loads of reflectors and diffusers.
Background: white photography carboard, curved upwards to get an edgeless background.
Photoshop: *= December editing rule step
- Chroma Noise Reduction
- Levels
- *Select shadows, copy to new layer, screen mode, 70% opacity, flatten
- Crop 3:2
- *clone tool: Dust taken of the background
- *clone tool: Removed one reflection from the front jar
- *new layer, overlay mode, 50% gray -> dodge on the left shadow and the in-focus jar
- Digital Velvia at setting 2 (curves and channel mixing applied to the whole image)
- *Unsharp Mask, but only on the in-focus jar
- Save for the web at 97% |
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12/28/2003 09:24:50 PM |
| The idea of lining up the jars is great, and the overall mix of colors is effective, and the shapes make a nice composition. I think it might have been more effective to have your sharpest focus at the front, at least two jars in sharp focus, and then the falloff toward the back of the photo. |
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12/28/2003 03:51:40 PM |
This is excellent. Clean and simple with nice comosition, subtle colors and details. The use of a shallow DOF really makes the photo. -10
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12/27/2003 11:11:28 AM |
| Nice arrangement on a clean background , wish the focus could be on all the jars .. or at least on the front ones . |
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12/25/2003 06:25:39 PM |
| very well executed shot 10 |
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12/23/2003 03:10:32 PM |
| nice picture but not sure if it'll count as a macro. |
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12/23/2003 01:51:03 PM |
| This has a really different feel to many other entries and I can this kind of studio shot appearing in magazine adverts etc. Good use of DOF and a nice simple arrangement and perspective. |
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12/23/2003 10:33:31 AM |
| My favorite jam!!! In Canada the label is different!!! Good picture! |
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12/22/2003 04:32:26 PM |
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12/22/2003 03:33:31 PM |
| Good effort arranging the jars, good depth of field and nice focus. Good luck. |
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12/22/2003 10:40:16 AM |
| Nice, but would have liked to have seen focus thrown on first jar as well. |
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12/22/2003 09:35:04 AM |
Technical: fits the challenge. Exposure composition lighting all good. I'm not crazy about the choice made for the focus.
Personal: My eye immediately went to the closest jar and was confused by the lack of focus. Then I realized the second jar was in focus but that I can't read it's label. The others are barely readable, which makes this shot interesting but frustrating to me.
My vote: 6 |
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12/22/2003 08:42:58 AM |
| Excellent advertising shot. Belongs in a nice catalog. |
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12/22/2003 02:05:59 AM |
| Great dof, nice clean white background, yummy subject good color/composition. 7 |
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