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Vintage Toaster
Vintage Toaster
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Challenge: Household Appliances (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Kitchen
Date: Aug 15, 2009
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Still Life, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Aug 15, 2009

Toaster from my Great Grandma for whom I've never met. Thought the vintage toaster gives a nice classic kitchen appliance feel. Of course with the added bonus of the range/refrigerator/kitchen in the reflection. I have a feeling this will appeal to more people and hope it becomes my new high score.

The grain you think you see is actually the counter top :|, unfortunately that doesn't help

Statistics
Place: 29 out of 71
Avg (all users): 5.3738
Avg (commenters): 6.2143
Avg (participants): 5.3438
Avg (non-participants): 5.3791
Views since voting: 4667
Views during voting: 398
Votes: 214
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0


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08/26/2009 11:03:33 PM
Hi from the C Club

You asked for an in depth comment on your recent photograph in this challenge.

Nice shot of appliances here.

I think that I am one of those ones that didn't really feel your reflections so much. I saw the oven, then all I saw and what kept drawing my eye was the electrical plug and wall. Repositioning the toaster could have eliminated this . having the toaster on the edge of the counter would have given you the whole reflection of the oven versus it just being cut off in the middle of the toaster and leaving dead space there,

Your ISO is way up there and accounts for the grain that I am seeing also, try a faster shutter speed or more light. The reflection of the power cord is a little distracting and could have been laid more flat and even mroe in focus.

Your POV is great, your DOF is good also, overall this is a good clean shot of an appliance, well done
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08/26/2009 12:31:48 PM
haha, it was the best title i could come up with, but still, type vintage toaster into ebay and you'll find some of these puppies
08/26/2009 04:26:28 AM
Great Grandmother??? Vintage???!!!!! OMGosh, you must be 3 yrs old! lolllllllllll I grew up with one very similar. OMG, I am ooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllldddddddddddddd! lolll
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/25/2009 08:59:39 PM
I like the stove reflection.......great job of not getting the camera in the shot
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08/25/2009 02:08:06 PM
Simple and fun! Nice detail. Good DOF.
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08/24/2009 01:46:10 PM
Gotta love the old chrome toaster. Always a classic!
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08/22/2009 05:41:43 PM
Cool reflection. This just doesn't really hold my attention though.
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08/22/2009 04:06:35 PM
I like the composition with the cord trailing off like some tail of an animal. The DOF on the cord is nice as well. The reflection is great, although the raised metal design in the toaster messes wiht the effect in a bad way.
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08/22/2009 10:44:42 AM
I like the reflection & flow to the composition
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08/22/2009 02:03:08 AM
Cool reflection off the toaster. I think the "spartan" counters/stove works to focus on the toaster and the reflection adds an interest of the surroundings which doesn't distract.
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08/22/2009 12:24:30 AM
I like the shot very much. There's only two things that detract from it: the lines in the upper left corner (end of counter?) and the cord so out of focus at the end. The reflection on the toaster is fascinating. With a little more depth of field and slid over more on the counter, I would have given it a 7 or an 8. As it is: 6
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08/21/2009 12:33:09 PM
Nice, reflected appliances within the appliance, nice comp 7.
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08/19/2009 08:12:07 PM
A toaster, range, and refrigerator all in the same shot. Excellent. Is that you hiding behind the fridge? 7
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08/19/2009 06:08:56 AM
Nice shot with a great reflection. I would have been tempted with a slightly tighter crop to get rid of that distraction in the top right hand corner though.
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08/19/2009 04:31:20 AM
Technically, a great photo. I just find the reflection a little boring. Maybe some knives or something would have been better than a cooker?, Or perhaps bring the Fridge into the shot to lend it self towards the theme a little more? Still nice though,
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08/19/2009 03:49:38 AM
not that catchy, noisy, 4
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08/19/2009 12:13:22 AM
nice work with the relfection
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