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The Warmth
The Warmth
shalrath


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Challenge: Still Life III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Floor
Date: Jul 24, 2007
Aperture: f8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 10s
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jul 24, 2007

Shot more than 130 shots just to get this... at my wits end and submitting because I need to...

Anyhow, predicting a 5.5 or so... hoping for better... but you guys are so good at this stuff...

Anyhow, went through several setups with strobes and fixed lights, firing from the sides, underneath and above. In the end I used a torch (flashlight for our friends from the US, not Art's village burning tool) and lit it from everywhere, painting with light style.

Statistics
Place: 26 out of 233
Avg (all users): 6.1798
Avg (commenters): 7.2222
Avg (participants): 6.0606
Avg (non-participants): 6.2500
Views since voting: 1111
Views during voting: 252
Votes: 178
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
08/07/2007 09:51:40 AM
Greetings from the critique club :)

I don´t have much to say about this image so I´ll keep this short. I do like it and probably would have given it a 6 had I voted in the challenge. It´s pretty well lit and definately meets the challenge. I would maybe have included some backlighting from the right had I taken this photo but not neccesarily sure it would have turned out better. Painting with light is well done and suits the subject. All in all it´s pretty well done technically.

However, I am not really surprised it didn´t score better, while well done there isn´t really anything that pops out from this picture, kindof mostly lacks that "wow" factor and I don´t know what that could have been. Maybe a goldfish swimming in that beer? The grinch reaching for the peanuts? Also I think personally I would have voted this higher if the backround had been an out of focus bar table instead of black but that´s just me.

Kind regards from Iceland, Lárus.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/31/2007 04:48:40 PM
good quality shot but not very original.
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07/31/2007 01:25:23 PM
I would of set the beer and peanut closer together, they would of look more combined.
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07/31/2007 09:02:20 AM
Oh Nice!!
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07/31/2007 12:31:35 AM
Nice lighting...love the glow!
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07/29/2007 07:15:18 PM
I just got really thirsty nice job
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07/26/2007 01:24:23 PM
Great lighting and professionally done. Those nuts are really lively! Thanks for providing some light around the mug so it isn't floating in space, I appreciate that. I love the specular higlight that isn't overwhelming and the great modeling light. The only suggestion would be to perhaps include a background light just to give it a little more "classical" feel, but that is just a personal preference. Oh yea and those crumbs don't do anything for me :)

9
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07/26/2007 03:49:15 AM
nice, refreshing & warm. good one!
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07/26/2007 01:27:17 AM
You could have had a very good picture here, but you have too much seperation between the drink and the peanuts. It's like there is two seperate pictures going on here. I think it would have had a lot more impact had you put the bowl right next to the glass and maybe had the lose peanuts around the base of the glass. This would have given a connection between the two objects. I think it's croped a bit tight on the left side as well.

Lighting is good as is color and focus. I could have gone a 9 or even a 10 had it been placed just a little bit better.
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07/25/2007 06:14:31 PM
nice shot
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07/25/2007 07:18:00 AM
Yum!
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