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Challenge: Knife Fork Spoon (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 8700
Location: Tucson, AZ
Date: Dec 3, 2005
Aperture: F3.1
ISO: 50
Shutter: 4 sec
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Dec 3, 2005

 Shot on top of mirror with black canvas type material for a tent next to window. The colors were purely accidental but I thought it really added to the picture. The red is from my shirt and the gold tones from the frame of the mirror. The utensils are actually silver.

Used PSE for fill flash, brightness, contrast. MDIPro for crop, auto color fix, Blend brush. Neat image applied, resized, sharpened and saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 105 out of 163
Avg (all users): 5.2062
Avg (commenters): 6.8000
Avg (participants): 4.9195
Avg (non-participants): 5.4393
Views since voting: 679
Views during voting: 309
Votes: 194
Comments: 8
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 12/17/2005 12:40:17 AM
** Greetings from the Critique Club **

I like the background, yet the angle the image is displayed makes it difficult to look at for very long. Almost as it confuses the mind somehow. The colors reflecting on the silverware are nice. I would have liked to see the focus improved. Cool idea overall - just needs a little more technical work.

- Linda
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 12/12/2005 11:22:07 AM
Probably the biggest thing that hurt this was the DOF. Why do we want the knife in focus while having the fork and spoon OOF? It's looks accidental and doesn't seem to serve a purpose. If your subject is going to be OOF, it should be so for a reason.

I do like the colors of the silverware. The background is a nice abstract, but again, I'm not quite sure of the "why" to it. Pictures don't always need a "why", but it helps if there seems to be a unifying idea.

I gave it a 6.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/11/2005 06:57:29 AM
I don't know how you made this background, but I really like the outcome and esp the reflections. Good work!
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 12/07/2005 06:41:01 PM
Very cool. The running rain looks awesome in this shot. I also like the coloring of your knife, fork and spoon.
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 12/06/2005 03:03:39 AM
This should finish up top or ill eat my head, with a spoon of cause -8-
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 12/05/2005 05:58:29 PM
background is a little distracting...it takes away from the "main subject"....good idea though
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 12/05/2005 07:15:09 AM
Is this photo upside-down? It's somewhat weird.
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 12/04/2005 09:47:16 PM
fantastic love this so much and the way you have achieved the cutlery as it looks like it is floating in space. Wow!!!!!!!!!
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