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Challenge: Painting with Light (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE 7i
Location: Home
Date: Jan 21, 2004
Shutter: 4"
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jan 21, 2004

I know the pepper thing has been done before, but I had been wanting to try it and i saw this challenge as my opportunity. I had never used this technique, but I found it quite simple. I'm happy with the results.
I used PS7 to resize, fix contrast, and levels and used the Healing Brush tool to remove glare and some minor imperfections on the red pepper.

Statistics
Place: 104 out of 120
Avg (all users): 4.4521
Avg (commenters): 3.4706
Avg (participants): 3.9024
Avg (non-participants): 4.8774
Views since voting: 1495
Votes: 188
Comments: 19
Favorites: 2 (view)


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02/23/2006 10:18:42 AM
"I had never used this technique" What technique are you reffering to?
(just want to learn)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/01/2004 07:16:10 AM
I like your picture. It is very well done. The lighting, colors and shadows are excellent. I just have the feeling it should have been used in a different challenge and it would have done much better.
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01/30/2004 11:57:15 AM
Not a particularly interesting shot to me. Nothing to indicate that there was a non-stationary light source.
01/30/2004 08:58:47 AM
Nice but how does that fit the theme...
01/29/2004 04:46:04 PM
Maybe I'm just daft, but I fail to see how it relates to the subject, even if the lighting source was handheld
01/28/2004 10:21:39 PM
Beautiful! I love the color and the shadows!
01/28/2004 05:58:10 PM
I don't have an appreciation, from the photo, of how "painting with light" applies. If you have the time can you tell me? Other than that, it's a lovely photograph - well balanced, colorful and clearly focused. Good compotision.
01/28/2004 05:32:09 PM
IMO, the light isn't painting your. Maybe a less and more defused light would have worked on your subject.
01/28/2004 05:56:39 AM
ordinary
01/27/2004 01:13:41 AM
Good food shot - but try it again after giving the peppers a polish or a spray with a mister. It pulls the picture right out and gives a couple of highlights.
But I will copy in some text I have added to a few other pictures in this category
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My only concern is, as you may have guessed from the amount of discussion on the forum re "painting with light" is whether it is "painting with light". It is not obviously so.
Having been lucky enough to judge what is now a few hundred competitions in the last 30 years I feel I should say the first thing that happens is that they are sorted and any that do not immediatly seem to fit the category are dumped (hard but a fact). This is why so many competitions also run an "open category". Your picture, as impressive as it is, would, I feel have been rejected at this stage. "Painting with Light" has a fairly tight definition in photography but still allows a lot of lattitude for creativity.
I suspect that your scores may not reflect what the picture is worth which is a great shame. I believe if I was judging in another category I would have marked higher.
I do hope you understand my reasons for marking it down
David
01/26/2004 06:29:15 PM
This is a very clean shot... looks almost good enough to use for a product advertisement. The photo makes it difficult to see 'painting with light' though.
01/26/2004 09:58:40 AM
very nice image. sharp and well composed, It is well lit, but I don't see this one as painting with light.
01/26/2004 08:37:55 AM
this is a nice still life shot, but i think it shows more lighting than what the challenge calls for
01/26/2004 07:29:51 AM
Not bad, but the light is too strong so that we can feel the painting effect.... that was the challenge, was'nt it?!!
01/26/2004 04:56:04 AM
Certainly different... Don't know if it is the best choice for this challenge, it's a very nice picture though. The lighting is really goos, the boldness of the colours is good too. Just don't think it meets the challenge.
01/26/2004 02:04:15 AM
I am not sure where the painting with light comes in here?
01/26/2004 01:54:12 AM
Before I vote, help me to see how this relates to the challenge.
01/26/2004 12:24:49 AM
Where's the non-stationary light source?? Is it called different because it has nothing to do with the challenge?
01/26/2004 12:15:30 AM
nice picture, but...what does it have to do with painting with light?


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