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The Morning After
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Samantha_T


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Challenge: After The Party (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A700
Lens: Sony SAL-18250 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 High Magnification Zoom Lens
Location: Hutto, TX
Date: Jan 31, 2012
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/20
Date Uploaded: Jan 31, 2012

 "First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you." ~Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald


Thank you all! After taking a short break, I came back with my first BLUE!! :)

When I read the title of this challenge, this shot immediately came to mind. Partially because I have had many mornings just like this one in college....

I wanted to give the photo a foggy look, to convey the hangover feeling of "After the Party", and the liquid in the shot glasses is actually tea. I took the picture mid-day during the week and wasn't willing to have my bathroom smelling like Jack Daniels (though, it is my drink of choice)...

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 61
Avg (all users): 6.8581
Avg (commenters): 9.2857
Avg (participants): 6.9630
Avg (non-participants): 6.8359
Views since voting: 5332
Views during voting: 380
Votes: 155
Comments: 30
Favorites: 11 (view)

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 02/12/2012 02:15:34 PM
Many of us have been there! I like the greenish cast of light which can depict exactly how one can feel in the stomach "after the party". JD is my drink of choice also but he can be very mean at times.
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 02/10/2012 03:54:19 PM
Excellent shot and capture of the morning after - well done on the blue! :-)
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 02/09/2012 07:42:57 PM
this is an amazing image.
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 02/09/2012 10:28:20 AM
Thanks everyone!

@Giles_uk, Yes, that is me and sorry! I am already taken. ;)
 02/09/2012 10:00:13 AM
Welcome back, and congrats on the blue!
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 02/08/2012 09:40:14 PM
Really great shot. I love the DOF, and the cross processed look. The color of the liquor just jumps off the page. Well done and congrats!
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 02/08/2012 06:00:50 PM
Congratulations! AWESOME shot.
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 02/08/2012 05:49:10 PM
is that you or a model? if its you id like to take this opportunity to ask or your hand in marriage haha ;) still love this image great shot.
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 02/08/2012 11:42:51 AM
Congrats,works a treat for this challenge.
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 02/08/2012 07:55:24 AM
Excellent story telling. Congrats on the Blue.
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 02/08/2012 03:50:17 AM
Excellent! Well done and congratulations!
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 02/08/2012 02:35:34 AM
congrats on the blue.. very nice idea..!
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 02/08/2012 02:21:20 AM
WD on the Blue!
ETA: After reading Giles_uk's take I feel more at ease saying this. I also thought most of the shots were shoe horns. This is just masterfully shot and deserves the win.

Message edited by author 2012-02-08 02:23:48.
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 02/08/2012 12:36:25 AM
i love the rich feel and colors in this. nice one. congratulations.
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 02/08/2012 12:11:17 AM
Been wondering where you were. Good to see you back with a strong image. Congrats on the blue!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/07/2012 11:43:17 PM
Sexy, really sexy. Until I noticed the crapper... :) 9.
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 02/07/2012 03:22:19 PM
For me this image personifies one of those nights you want to forget. I hope this scores well for you.
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 02/07/2012 04:16:37 AM
My Blue... 10
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 02/05/2012 03:40:20 PM
Very nice, the lady in the background "hugging the porcelain queen" really brings home the theme.
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 02/04/2012 05:38:16 PM
Excellent tilt. Good job on the backlighting. Real life. (bumping score up.)
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 02/04/2012 11:29:21 AM
Love this photo, I especially like the angle. Great!! :)
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 02/03/2012 11:09:30 PM
Wonderful window light and DOF!
 02/02/2012 07:54:52 PM
This is one of my other (very few few) 10's for this competition, I think it's an awesome photograph. A lot of emotion here, very well done.
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 02/02/2012 02:44:10 PM
An image that holds my for more then 5 sec better be a good one.this one has done it for me ..I stoped counting after 10 sec..

great work.10! DOF is excellent.
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 02/01/2012 04:34:55 PM
Woowww!!. This shot is just superb. My complete favourite for this challenge (10). The glasses, the Jack Daniels's, the girl... specially the light on the girl's leg, head and shoulder, i't so nice!. I'm adding this photo to my favourites. I hope to see it on the top
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 02/01/2012 11:42:37 AM
I imagined there's be a lot of praying to the porcelain god images. Thank you for making subtler than most.
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 02/01/2012 08:19:10 AM
The cross processed look works well here. To me, it kind of adds to the fuzzy/hangover effect.
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 02/01/2012 06:59:29 AM
I really love this processing. Favorite of the challenge.
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 02/01/2012 06:44:31 AM
excellent image in a sea of shoe ins and titles more fitting than photo along comes a beacon of excellence and wonder, lovely job and if this doesnt ribbon then im going to be even more annoyed ;) with the voters on here.

love the DOF and the pose and the slight intrigued of her underwear 10
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 02/01/2012 01:13:33 AM
Very nice. Similar idea to an image I submitted recently, which would've fit this challenge SO much better than the one I submitted it for lol. Lovely shot, can't fault it
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