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Challenge: Magazine Cover (Classic Editing)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE 7i
Location: Home studio
Date: Jun 10, 2003
Aperture: 2.8f
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/45
Date Uploaded: Jun 10, 2003

A measuring beaker lit from below
shot at the last minute just to have an entryit looks like a duo tone but is in fact full colour with no contrast or hue manipulation even though the backgroud was green?

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06/17/2003 06:33:53 PM
neat photo, think it's just a bit too over-lit
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06/17/2003 01:47:53 PM
That's a pretty good effect. It seems over exposed though because the white is REALLY white. That may have been your intent though.
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06/17/2003 02:55:11 AM
Like a bottomless pitt, great magazine cover. Right to the point and nothing to fault. Great image.
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06/17/2003 12:43:46 AM
light is very high. you should be using smaller aperture and higher shutter speed, because bottom is blown away.
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06/16/2003 04:47:06 PM
Incredible glow.
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06/16/2003 03:29:56 PM
Interesting lighting decision - I wish I could see a tiny bit of the bottom of the glass, but otherwise a really cool shot. 8
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06/15/2003 08:56:19 AM
Superb photo...great feeling and texture. thanks
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06/14/2003 03:20:10 PM
A neat photo with the beginnings of a really creative and excellent piece. I feel that the photo could have been alot more vibrant and 'mad-science' like if you had used a colored light source in the beaker instead (perhaps experimented with the glass and color effects).
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06/14/2003 12:04:01 PM
Hmmmm... I like the concept, how the bottom of the jar fades into a perfect brightness. However I dont like how the printing is backwards, instinctually I need those numbers and words to be on the frontside so it doesnt 'bother' me.
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06/14/2003 02:48:44 AM
Too bright in the center
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06/13/2003 04:37:10 PM
This reminds me of an old cover of a magazine called Omni. They used to have some photos that were similar. Nice work.
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06/12/2003 08:11:34 AM
Nice idea and cool lighting. Image seems a bit soft though. In terms of composition would prefer beaker to be either higher or lower within the frame.
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06/11/2003 07:16:04 PM
The light on this is awfully bright/glare-y - I assume that's deliberate, but it doesn't seem to fit in, and I'm not sure what it's supposed to tell me. With the high angle on (beaker?), it also is too tall an image, with the bottom part sort of dragging on and leaving it feeling imbalanced. Cropping it at the bottom edge of the glare (taking a distance off the bottom about equial to the distance between the right edge of the photo and the right edge of the beaker) seems to balance it out a bit more.
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06/11/2003 12:59:40 PM
Topically the photograph is fine, I can easily see this on New Scientist with the right article. I think you would have been better off with not quite so bright of lighting glow. The fade on the light would also have been softer which would help the compositor. The sharp focus on the top edge of the focus is good but it loses some at the bottom edge of the rim because of the lighting as well.
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06/11/2003 01:50:26 AM
I wish the beaker was on the lower half of the cover page. Leaving it up high leaves a lot of dead space on the bottom.
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06/10/2003 11:31:16 PM
NICE effect!
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06/10/2003 10:02:35 PM
too much contrast on the bottom of the subject. contrast too high, details lost making the photo not very catchy. However, as a magazine cover, this is good.
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06/10/2003 09:28:22 PM
This is good, would be great if there were more space at the top rather than the bottom.
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