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Challenge: Still Life II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: My Dining Room Table - Riverside, CA
Date: May 15, 2006
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.6 sec
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: May 16, 2006
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In trying to think of an idea to shoot for still life, I was inspired by a Michael Godard piece. The painting that inspired me is titled "Scotch and Black Jack". While I really like the original work, there were a few small details I wanted to change. For one, I thought that the cards would look better as hearts than as spades. I also decided that blue chips would look better against the green felt than black would.
However, rest assured, I did use real scotch. :D Glenlivet, to be precise. And no, not a drop of it went to waste. ;) I didn't have any cocktail napkins handy, so my resourceful assistant came up with a great idea. We took a paper towel, folded it over and cut it to the correct size (that of a napkin). Then she used a fine-tip marker to give it a black border. Not bad, eh?
Post-processing included adjustment layers for Brightness/Contrast, Color Balance, Hue/Saturation, and Levels. Cropped slightly, passed through Noise Ninja, and used Bicubic Sharper when resizing. |
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05/23/2006 10:13:36 AM |
| This would be very successful if lit from the front or from above. Good composition and subject. |
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05/22/2006 05:03:53 PM |
| Just a little over exposed. |
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05/22/2006 11:52:15 AM |
| excellent. Love the deep green of the table. |
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05/17/2006 11:22:15 PM |
| a little hot in the top left corner, very good composition. -6- |
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