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Feeling empty - feeling BLUE
Feeling empty - feeling BLUE
vadvirag


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Blue II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus C-4000Z
Location: Hungary - Dunakeszi
Date: Jan 30, 2006
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jan 30, 2006

 It was pretty fun making this shot. Since I have been working, I don't have time to take photos at all. However, 3 weeks ago I wrenched my knee and got a bit bored, felt a bit blue, that's how I got back to DPC again. I have been lurking around sometimes, and now I deceided to submit again, and I can tell you: photographing is the best medicine among all!!!

A long light source and a spot one covered with blue foil, white spreadsheet as background. I was also playing around with WB.

Post-processing:
- rotate CCW 0.3 degree
- crop and resize
- brightness (decrease)
- contrast (increase)
- selective colour
- decrease all colours in whites
- decrease non-blues in blues
- increase blacks in blacks
- sharpen edges
- unsharp mask
- border

Statistics
Place: 169 out of 446
Avg (all users): 5.2393
Avg (commenters): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 5.1694
Avg (non-participants): 5.3182
Views since voting: 839
Views during voting: 296
Votes: 234
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 02/10/2006 06:21:51 AM
I like the technicals which are well done. The composition is pretty good, although I may have cropped a bit more space into the left side (not a lot though). The picture is fairly noisy along the gradient, which is odd for ISO 100. People on DPC almost uniformly hate noise. Perhaps a run through Neat Image would have cleared that up. Like the last photo I commented on, I think the voters were rewarding your technicals with fewer really low scores, but perhaps couldn't get excited enough about an empty jug to score it much higher.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/07/2006 09:23:46 PM
Thank you all for all your great comments and words, I appreciate it very much!

Agenkin, I thought a lot about yours and I have to agree both on the shadow, which I did not realize during the set up and the flip as well. Most people use their right hands, I missed a point here with the composition.

I also would like to improve sharpness and quality, however noone mentioned it yet, I feel these two points might have been the weakness.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/07/2006 11:27:42 AM
love the shadows
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/05/2006 05:03:52 AM
i like the way the light goes throu the glass and the negative space
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/03/2006 04:05:30 PM
nice concept ! voted
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/03/2006 03:03:54 PM
Good lighting and photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/02/2006 04:31:14 AM
Works for me!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/01/2006 05:20:03 PM
Fun shot. I like that the glass almost appears to be the source of light for the image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/01/2006 10:54:42 AM
I think that it would be better to place the glass in the left of the frame, or perhaps, simply flip this shot. The hard shadow with the handle in the back of the glass is another nit to pick.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/31/2006 10:21:15 PM
you have been able to manage reflections pretty well!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/31/2006 08:48:26 PM
Contrast from Blue to Black is nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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