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Combinations for a Deadly Cocktail
Combinations for a Deadly Cocktail
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Challenge: Beverages (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Rooftop Apartment, BeiTou Area, Taipei, Taiwan
Date: Sep 27, 2005
Aperture: f4.0
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Sep 27, 2005

 This is the first time I have tried to take a "set up" shot with a background. I was advised to shoot with non-direct sunlight. This was as non-direct as I could get it. I have 3 other versions of this that were okay, but this one seemed to be the strongest. I really tried to work with the other images to get really high quality results with truer colours, but ended up with too much noise and quality lost in the crappy cheap glass. When will Canon come out with optically correct drinking glasses?

Next time I shoot indoors my way.

This picture combines a surreal exterior with a rather clear window on my little gift from the Chinese Doctor.

If you don't take the real world seriously, you're gonna get stung.

PS. The beverage is Orange Fanta. I had to cover the Scorpion with honey to prevent excessive bubbles. Regardless, it was drop and shoot quickly from bubble formation.

At 9 hours and 70+ setup shots, this is my most elaborate shot yet and I'm pretty excited about it.

Oh yeah. Post Processing Details:
Curves - auto
Hue +44
Saturation +100
No USM.
Very minor crop.


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 07/26/2009 07:27:12 PM
a sting in the tail. with these colours, i would say you are more going along the lines of a drug induced drunk lover teh saturation and your message comes across about the drink driving
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 10/08/2005 11:51:49 AM
Of your alternate versions, the orange works best because it has the most containment of the saturation. In other words, the saturation is left to the liquid rather than to the keys, bottle, and background. (Yes, there is some, but it looks fairly natural).

I'd like that one best.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/05/2005 08:54:21 PM
Alternate versions of this pic are:


Please feel free to comment on the alternate versions as well.

Thanks!
 10/04/2005 09:58:07 PM
It was bold of you to submit something so heavily worked to this challenge. I still like the idea and the colors. If you could have gotten the colors fields to be even instead of grainy, this would look really cool. Maybe some combination of blur, cutout filter, and noise removal? I dunno. good luck with the next challenge.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/02/2005 02:44:53 PM
Good comp & I like the boldness of the colors. cool image!
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 10/01/2005 05:58:01 PM
Creative -- I like the colors -- and the composition is laid out well -- but overall a bit too processed for my taste --
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2005 03:17:25 PM
I'm not sure that I'm particularly fond of the "effect," but I rather like the idea.
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 10/01/2005 10:25:32 AM
The scorpion is a little too disgusting inside a drink and you can see all the dots that make up the photo.
 10/01/2005 09:59:44 AM
what happened to the colors?
 10/01/2005 07:43:14 AM
I wonder how well this would have worked w/o the extreme saturation?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2005 07:06:12 AM
Not sure why the keys are there. Is this supposed to promote drinking and driving? Other than that it's kinda cool.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2005 12:55:06 AM
brings the message home
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/30/2005 12:13:38 PM
While I think the composition is good and the story is there, the Digital Art look of this image is distracting to me.
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 09/30/2005 09:54:18 AM
nice... but too much worked!!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/29/2005 05:35:25 PM
I don't like the freaky colours. Does not add to the image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/29/2005 02:07:17 PM
ah, scorpions are always good :)
I think that the posterization works pretty well here--conceptually--but it's too rough to really look like a professional presentation.
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 09/28/2005 07:48:02 PM
Yeah...that's pretty nasty alright. I'm not a fan of post-editing filters (guess I'm kind of a photo purist, if you will). The noise doesn't bother me as much, but it's the lack of noise on the glass and the scorpion. Good composition though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/28/2005 04:19:45 PM
Whoa. Not sure what else I can say about the over-processing here...
 09/28/2005 04:02:14 PM
If the coloring was regular then this picture would be really good. The bright neon colors are just a bit too distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/28/2005 08:24:22 AM
I'm not sure I like the effects that you put on it but I like the message.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/28/2005 12:32:46 AM
nice idea
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 09/27/2005 09:26:51 PM
mmm, I don't think the super saturation is gonna fly...
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