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Primary Glass after Jacko
Primary Glass after Jacko
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Challenge: Deja Vu III (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 EX DG for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Sep 16, 2007
Aperture: f/ 16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1 second
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Sep 16, 2007

A vain attempt. Jacko's is a lot better. I want to try the real set up sometime. The computer monitor set up just does not work as well. Reminder...Black paper for the bottom next time, the black velvet sort of creeped up on the sides and is uneven. I did not think cloning it straight would be legal so I let it be. Also the glasses are not line up quite right. Yeesh! Next time, better.
Shot with camera on tripod, cable remote, shade white balance and only the ambient light of the computer monitor.

Post: Convert from raw in PSElements 3.0 with a +0.33 exposure compensation.Some slight lens distortion correction to straighten the background. Layer adjustments for levels, brigthness/contrast and hue/saturation. Sharpen. Spot edit dust and some mark on the glasses. Crop. Resize. Sharpen.

Statistics
Place: 74 out of 111
Avg (all users): 5.8636
Avg (commenters): 6.1667
Avg (participants): 5.5893
Avg (non-participants): 6.0204
Views since voting: 978
Views during voting: 260
Votes: 154
Comments: 12
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/23/2007 11:12:35 PM
I wish you would have worked more on lining up the refracted colors with the background and gotten more of all 3 colors in each glass. I also wish I had submitted my attempt similar to this, but didn't think it was good enough by cut-over time.
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09/23/2007 06:06:25 PM
Riveting. I love the colors and flaunting the rules of composition by using an even number of glasses and centering them.
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09/23/2007 05:54:28 PM
Wonderful tribute. Love your crisp detail and vibrant color!
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09/22/2007 05:38:14 PM
The shape of the glass is the only downfall of this attempt, failing to capture enough of the opposing color of the background, but I must rate the challenge,…7
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09/21/2007 09:23:00 AM
Lovely set-up and wonderful colors! The patterns of refraction in the glass are nice but only fully capture two colors instead of the three. My guess is that you needed taller more elongated glasses instead of the more rounded bowl shaped ones here to get the same effect as Jacko's. While the colors are beautiful the tones need to have more contrast and tonal variation. My guess is that lighting perhaps plays a key role. Playing with the lighting set-up may give you that same tonal variation in the shades of the color. Just found this on how Jacko' created his Primary Colors. If you follow the link to camera angles you will notice how the light source plays on the backdrop (specifically Primary colors angles. Here you see some nice spot on lighting that gradually fades into some deeper shades as it falls into shadow. That's what you need in your backdrop colors for they appear flat and one-dimensional. Adding that tonal variation in the shot with greatly increase the visual 'wow' of this composition.
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09/20/2007 12:05:45 AM
Big and Bold. Can't go wrong with wine glasses! ;) Shouldn't the stems be centered on the color lines? and to nitpic...the black base is uneven. There, i've got that off my chest.
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09/19/2007 02:43:32 AM
Very well done.
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09/17/2007 10:33:54 PM
Nice capture. I think it could be improved slightly by moving the camera a bit to the left to ensure the backround split between red/yellow, and yellow/blue is in line with the stems of the glasses.
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09/17/2007 01:52:38 PM
Nice image. The colors are great
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09/17/2007 09:26:57 AM
Nicely done, but I stil prefer the sharpness of Jackos shot. This also has a curved and tilted fel to it. Not that I'm picking, because I'm sure I couldn't do better. These deja vu challenges are tough.
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09/17/2007 07:58:22 AM
Lacks sharpness I think.
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09/17/2007 04:55:11 AM
colors could have been lined up in the correct order. need more of the outer most color in each glass also.
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