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Life Blood
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Red III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
Location: My desk
Date: Nov 11, 2008
Aperture: F/6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50sec
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Nov 11, 2008

It's punch flavored Kool-aid!

The Vignette is natural due to how I had my foam core positioned vs where my flash was hitting it. I wish I would have had more room at the top, but my dumbass wasn't level when I took the shot, so I had a nasty rotation to cover up. It's still a little crooked, but I think it's okay with this kind of rustic processing.

Rotate
Smart Sharpen - Amount 31, Radius 29.8
Selective Color on reds and lowered the Cyan %
Brightness/Contrast
Hue/Saturation to bump red's Saturation
Fat border to cover up the rotation
Neat Image
Unsharpen mask


Statistics
Place: 87 out of 205
Avg (all users): 5.4573
Avg (commenters): 6.6000
Avg (participants): 5.2759
Avg (non-participants): 5.5566
Views since voting: 812
Views during voting: 268
Votes: 164
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0


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11/20/2008 01:56:47 AM
I think the image itself is beautiful! My problem would be with the border - because the outside edge is so dark (the lovely vignette) it doesn't work at all with a white border, to me, because my eye is brought to the border and the harsh line between black and white.. No border or a black one would be better, and that way the light part that stands out would be your subject alone.
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11/19/2008 07:30:38 PM
What I like about the image is that there are only three "colors" - red, black and white. What I think could be improved is that the lighting is uneven. It is darker on the left-hand side. I don't like the bright reflection in the glass. If you had placed some black card on the right-hand side, that might have resulted in a black edge to the glass on the right as well as on the left and made the glass look more symmetrical. Lastly, the crop of the top of the glass seems a little tight.
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11/19/2008 06:44:24 PM
--Feedback Request--

Camera Work/Technical:Your focus is sot-on and your tones are wonderful. I really like the feel that you portray to the viewer here. The crisp image paired with the crisp reflection and imperfect background give this one a feeling of third world medicine and a struggle for life and health.

Lighting:The lighting is also one of the strengths of the image. Your background is bright, but it does not compete for the eyes attention with the subject of the image. The two highlights on the glass itself are a bit distracting, but not enough to pull from the vote I would have given it.

Composition/Content:The tight crop really adds to the tension and the 'darkness' of the image. I'm not sure if that what you were aiming for or not, but it certainly adds to the mood of the image and increases the overall interest for me. Your composition also flows very well for me. The crisp, red glass grabs my eye right away, then the leaf serves well to pull my eye through the frame and investigate what else is around. The imperfections in the background and the vignetting that you created with the foam core do a wonderful job to keep my eye within the frame, yet exploring the entire image.

My Opinion:I like the image, so my opinion is that it should have scored higher. However, its just not DPC-friendly. The voters here like pretty images that are clean, crisp and mostly unoriginal. 7 of the top 10 images are just copies of what someone else has already shot, as you will probably find to be the case with most of the challenges. I did not vote in this challenge, as I refrain from the open challenges due to the ridiculously low image sizing that DPC requires. I am sure that with a more properly sized image that this one would have done better. I like it, and I'd really like to see a better size of it. Nice work!

Eric
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11/19/2008 05:49:44 PM
I gave this a 6. I like the leaf the best, it's deep and dark. The reflection of the leaf and the glass is good. Not too fond of the glass, the reflection on it is a bit distracting. What I don't like most about this is the background. If it were perfectly white I think you would have scored better. As it is now it looks blotchy and the "vignette" doesn't look even.
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11/19/2008 04:52:37 PM
The leaf adds loads of interest for me, the blacks and reds are very nice. I like the reflections and the fact they are only small and the image is not symmetrical. The flash reflection on the glass bothers me a little, and I don't like the black line across the back, that bothers me the most about this shot I think. I like the natural vignette but would have preferred no line through the center. I gave this a 7 in the challenge.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/15/2008 01:05:41 PM
Good concept!
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11/14/2008 08:16:34 PM
if you would have turned the leaf on edge it would have been more visable
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11/12/2008 11:45:14 PM
Meets Challenge 2
Technicalities 2
Interestingness 1
Creativity 1
Personal Bias
Total = 6
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11/12/2008 01:27:54 PM
Nice colors, I like the red on black.
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11/12/2008 04:26:59 AM
I would have preferred to see the glass alone.
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