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Challenge: Opening (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: home
Date: Sep 10, 2007
Aperture: f 4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/30 sec
Galleries: Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Sep 11, 2007

OMG, my first 7+ AND a blue ribbon.
What a way to wake up this morning.
Thank you all for your votes and the great comments.
It will take me a while to cool down from this excitement. May be a beer might help :)

The set up:
I used 2 difused continues light elevated over the bottle to the left and right (fill)and a flash light.
I did not want a hand to show in the picture, so my wife had to reverse the way to open the bottle, away from her.
I have to admit that the initial idea was to freeze the droplets coming out of the shaken - not stirred - bottle.
But after the second try, I realized that showing the motion had more impact. The 6th bottle showed the best result.

Thanks again of your overwhelming responses. It's a great community here at DPC!

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 143
Avg (all users): 7.0521
Avg (commenters): 7.8889
Avg (participants): 6.7083
Avg (non-participants): 7.1534
Views since voting: 10171
Views during voting: 454
Votes: 211
Comments: 56
Favorites: 12 (view)


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09/22/2007 11:18:50 AM
Quite an achievement to make bud light look alluring! Congratulations!
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09/22/2007 07:34:37 AM
Congratulations!
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09/21/2007 01:49:44 PM
Heini! Congratulations on your first ribbon and a beautiful BLUE one at that!!!! Woooooo Hooooo! I look forward to seeing many more from you. (Gosh...I feel like a beer to help you celebrate...will you open it for me? hehe!)
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09/20/2007 06:09:07 PM
Cool photographic work on the spray...congratulations on winning the blue ribbon!
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09/20/2007 08:13:57 AM
lol...the sixth bottle showed the best...You must not have been drinking the other 5 as you opened them otherwise you wouldn't have been able to tell what was best lol. Very cool image and perfectly executed...congrats.
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09/20/2007 06:51:31 AM
Well done - good capture! Congrats on the Blue.
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09/20/2007 06:43:21 AM
Wicked shot! Congrats on your very well deserved blue!!!
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09/19/2007 08:30:53 PM
holy shit! I just got back in town and saw this. I knew it was a good shot when you took it! great job and it was a long time coming. Congrats H!!!
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09/19/2007 07:53:43 PM
What a great shot ... and a nice choice of beverage :D
Congrats on the bluey!!!
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09/19/2007 01:32:15 PM
Congrats on your win and for meeting the challenge description!!!
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09/19/2007 12:32:32 PM
Just a darn cool shot! Many Congrats on the Blue! Well deserved!
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09/19/2007 12:00:27 PM
'The 6th bottle showed the best result.. '

We've all been there - in fact after the 7th and 8th bottle everything looks fantastic!! :- P

Great shot - nice bold colours and clear picture.

Congrats on your 7+ and your Blue ribbon :- )
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09/19/2007 11:34:30 AM
Congrats Heine, on a great shot and your blue. Way to go!

Jack
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09/19/2007 11:07:56 AM
Congrats on your blue! Very highly deserved and matches that rich background color perfectly :-) This has a lot of impact and could be a Bud advertisement. Wonderful work!
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09/19/2007 10:35:58 AM
Allright Teammate!!! Congrats on that blue--
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09/19/2007 09:31:20 AM
Congrats!! Terrific shot..
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09/19/2007 09:15:13 AM
There's an overwhelming response becauuse it is an overwhelmingly AWESOME photo! Wow! This is absolutely perfect execution! What a refreshing, beautiful photo! Budweiser would do well to pay you big bucks for the right to use this in their advertising.

Congratulations on a MOST deserving #1 finish with this photo!

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09/19/2007 08:36:06 AM
Congrats of your first ribbon! I hoped you win.
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09/19/2007 08:05:55 AM
Excellent idea and execution. Very nice job, congrats on the blue! Hopefully you were able to have a couple brews during the shoot!
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09/19/2007 08:02:19 AM
Very nice effect with the water, it´s what makes the shot as far as I am concerned, a bit bored with splash shot´s as they are so easy to do. Don´t really care for the light glare on the bottle wich can only be fixed with better lighting but other than that this image is spot on. Faved it, I want to try this water motion myself sometime.

Message edited by author 2007-09-19 08:03:31.
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09/19/2007 07:56:35 AM
Blue ribbons are like beer, the first one goes down so well you can't wait to get the next one.... congrats
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09/19/2007 07:53:26 AM
Congrats! great comp, color, and movement.....very well done!
and I like the beer!

Message edited by author 2007-09-19 07:53:50.
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09/19/2007 07:20:37 AM
Congrats! I knew you'd have a ribbon soon. Nicely done!!
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09/19/2007 07:01:56 AM
Well done! I knew this would make it =)
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09/19/2007 03:37:32 AM
Congrats, very well deserved blue!
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09/19/2007 02:51:26 AM
GREAT SHOT,WELL DONE/CONGRATS
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09/19/2007 02:21:24 AM
WOW. My team mate has a blue!!!! Maybe I can learn from you now, LOL.
Congrats on your wonderful score for this great shot.

Álex.
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09/19/2007 01:01:40 AM
Hey a blue for H! Grats bud on your first ribbon!
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09/19/2007 12:56:53 AM
How cool is this? Excellent shot, congratulations on a well deserved win.
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09/19/2007 12:26:32 AM
Love this photo. Hate the beer.
you should market it this to Anheuser-Busch, tho. They'd probably wanna use it.
You should put it on YouTube and see how people react to it too.
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09/19/2007 12:20:40 AM
Congrats! Cool shot, good beer!
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09/19/2007 12:18:47 AM
congratulations on this well deserved ribbon!
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09/19/2007 12:10:36 AM
Congrats on your first ribbon and new high score! This captures the concept perfectly. Your creativity has really shown through in your recent entries. :)
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09/19/2007 12:06:36 AM
Excellent capture. Congratulations on the blue! How many Bud Lights did you go through to get this shot?
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09/19/2007 12:03:07 AM
Great shot...well deserved ribbon. Congratulations!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/18/2007 11:12:11 PM
perfect title!
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09/18/2007 03:30:41 PM
Great shot !!
10
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09/18/2007 03:04:50 PM
Cool shot. Good luck
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09/17/2007 08:17:24 PM
You got it! Very commercial and I like it! love the blue! 10. hope you win.
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09/17/2007 02:44:45 PM
I think this picture is sweet, I'd also like to see it at a shutter of 1/1000.
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09/17/2007 01:42:51 PM
I see more blue than your background in store for you ;-) 10
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09/17/2007 09:35:42 AM
Well captured, the lighting needs some diffusion.
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09/16/2007 10:00:18 PM
That looks sweet
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09/16/2007 09:37:48 AM
AKA Pffffftt. Good timing.
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09/15/2007 02:31:08 AM
good luck H! Best beer|beverage shot in the challenge so far
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09/15/2007 01:56:43 AM
Wow, nice set up! Sorry about the beer though.
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09/15/2007 01:23:36 AM
Ya gotta luv it! Good technical stuff.
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09/14/2007 11:20:56 AM
great capture.
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09/13/2007 04:56:47 PM
Horrible beer but a great shot...
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09/13/2007 02:42:14 PM
very cool shot. well done
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09/13/2007 09:07:30 AM
Great capture! The colors are amazing, so clear.. can almost hear and feel the "psshhhffff"!
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09/13/2007 07:52:31 AM
Nice image. I would score this higher if there were some fill light to lessen the harsh light reflection on the bottle. I do like the little Psshhh near the bottle cap. Well done.
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09/12/2007 07:37:00 PM
Good sharp take and advertizing
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09/12/2007 09:30:19 AM
nice shot, would've been a better score for a better beer =P
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09/12/2007 07:05:15 AM
I hope no stubbies were hurt in the making of this photo ;P Really nice take on the challenge!
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09/12/2007 05:44:22 AM
Very good.This fits the challenge perfectly.
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