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Still Life in the style of the Old Dutch Masters
Still Life in the style of the Old Dutch Masters
glennc


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Yellow IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Holland
Date: Jan 12, 2008
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 4s
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jan 13, 2008

 Attempted to recapture the genius of the Old Dutch Master painters here.

Very simple lighting using a hand-held LED torch and a long exposure (hence the bluish effect on the glass and the silver based bowl). Would have used more sophisticated lights and flash guns if only I had any.

4secs @ f8.0 and 100ISO setting

Developed from RAW with only light cropping and a smidgen of sharpening in PS once reduced to 640px.

Statistics
Place: 159 out of 273
Avg (all users): 5.0116
Avg (commenters): 4.1667
Avg (participants): 4.8675
Avg (non-participants): 5.0795
Views since voting: 4824
Views during voting: 362
Votes: 259
Comments: 8
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/22/2008 10:02:04 AM
A nice study in still life overall. The lighting could be softened and warmed a little (a polarizer can help control the reflections some).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2008 08:49:36 AM
Burnt out areas of the lemon, could have done with softer lighting to overcome that. Painting with light techniques would have given an added dimension to this and increased the difficulty factor to this otherwise relatively straight-forward still life.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2008 05:24:17 PM
Better lighting would have helped
 01/17/2008 08:55:13 AM
Harsh light creating some harsh shadows..
 01/16/2008 05:10:53 PM
No, sorry, old Dutch masters dont't use harsh lighting. ;)
 01/16/2008 01:46:18 PM
For me the lighting is too harsh - sorry.
 01/16/2008 08:43:01 AM
I like the composition. Would like to see more light on the grapes. Overall the photo seems very dark. Also, the chrome base of the bowl doesn't seem to match the rest.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/16/2008 07:22:39 AM
Needs more light, the overall image seems dim.


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