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Morning Coffee
Morning Coffee
gbautista87


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Challenge: Circle III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Home
Date: Aug 3, 2009
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Still Life, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Aug 3, 2009

This is the first challenge I've entered in a long while. Very simple setup - just a mug of coffee over a newspaper with lighting from a nearby window and a flash bounced off the ceiling. Post processing includes conversion to black and white, levels, brightness/contrast, and selective color.

Statistics
Place: 34 out of 152
Avg (all users): 5.6614
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.2453
Avg (non-participants): 5.8235
Views since voting: 908
Views during voting: 292
Votes: 189
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)


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08/12/2009 04:56:06 PM
Critique Club

Hi Garret :)

First impressions
Interesting depth of field, nice tones.

On reflection
Still lovely tones, good composition and meets the circle challenge well. The shallow depth of field works well to emphasise the focus of your image. The loss of detail in the hands is unsettling, a commenter mentioned noise reduction and I agree that it does look like that has been heavily applied, however as it's not in your PP notes it must be as a result of the shallow DOF and the overhead flash. The other unsettling thing is the lack of catchlight in the coffee, again it could be explainable by the set up, but the two things combined give an unreal feel to the image. Sorry if that sounds like I think the image is fake, just sometimes a paticular set up of lighting, aperture etc works better than others. Some of your commenters liked the softness so you can see we're in the area of subjectivity here ;)

Overall
A nicely toned and composed image that fits the challenge well. The softness of parts of the image will appeal to some and not to others.
:)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/11/2009 11:15:49 AM
Nice comp, 5
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08/11/2009 06:08:26 AM
good shot - nice softening
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08/10/2009 12:29:46 AM
This just seems to take away from the spirit of "Basic" editing. I'd love to hear your PP steps on this one.
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08/08/2009 06:20:34 AM
I like the composition and the soft feel..
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08/08/2009 04:59:58 AM
so overdone... but I like it, it's pretty, 8
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08/07/2009 04:24:33 PM
IMO your blur is to heavy handed...(mind you I like blur for sure) but it is almost to much...nice picture although
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08/06/2009 09:16:41 PM
i love the bokeh of the weather forecast to continue the theme - really lovely work
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08/05/2009 08:45:56 AM
your lighting and PP are very interesting.....cool image
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08/05/2009 02:32:07 AM
good composition, too much noise reduction
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08/05/2009 02:27:17 AM
I like the softness of this
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