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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Abstract (Advanced Editing II)
Collection: Workshop
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Date: Apr 30, 2004
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Abstract, Still Life
Date Uploaded: May 2, 2004

Mardi Gras beads in a hurricane glass. Picture was cropped and inverted.

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Place: 184 out of 208
Avg (all users): 4.3176
Avg (commenters): 5.1429
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Views since voting: 942
Votes: 170
Comments: 8
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05/12/2004 03:47:58 PM
I would have prefered to see who youre going to give them to
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/07/2004 11:53:26 PM
to many glares flash is harsh
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05/07/2004 01:28:30 AM
The upper left corner is distracting and I would have kept most of the spheres (beads) in focus. I like the colors and the lighting is good (not too harsh).
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05/04/2004 06:35:40 PM
Good imagery. Fine colours. Picture is well-judged.
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05/03/2004 09:08:59 PM
I think it would have worked better with a more selective DOF, say with only one line of balls in focus. Or with all of them in focus. As is, there seems no pattern to what's in focus and what isn't.
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05/03/2004 12:01:36 PM
Glass (or shiny plastic) is a difficult subject to photograph without special lighting, particularly in spherical form. This looks like you relied on flash for your lighting and it shows in the distracting hot spots. My suggestion is to try this again and place some kind of light source to the side of the arrangement (even a strong flashlight might do the trick). The other suggestion is to use a much higher depth of field if possible. The spehres in the foreground are very out of focus. A shallow depth of field creates distance between the objects which tends to detract from the abstract quality of the image. From my understanding, an abstract image should look very 2D, rather than 3D. Better lighting and sharper focus would make the shapes more obvious and the design they create more powerful. I would also omit the gold speheres as they aren't really adding anything to the overall effect.
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05/03/2004 02:42:41 AM
I think pushing it even darker would give it more of that "outer space" look.
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05/03/2004 01:09:29 AM
Mardi Gras beads. Seems a tad OOF, but I like the reflections and the colors.
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