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Challenge: Straight from the Camera (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Lounge
Date: Jul 1, 2006
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 400
Shutter: 2 seconds
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jul 1, 2006

 I took my inspiration for this from pidge's red ribbon winner of the same name: Cheers!

I thought the original was a great photo and decided to give something similar a go. Rather than simply try to copy it I thought I'd gave it a black background and use white wine.

Again I feel that lighting is the one thing that will let me down but given this is only my third challenge I guess I can't be too disappointed.

Editing Steps:
none :)

Post Challenge:
Lighting didn't turn out to be the big issue in this image. My monitor was! It wasn't calibrated correctly and it wasn't until I started getting comments about lots of dust etc that I realised people could see more in the image than I could!

Statistics
Place: 73 out of 389
Avg (all users): 5.9267
Avg (commenters): 7.5833
Avg (participants): 5.8710
Avg (non-participants): 6.0299
Views since voting: 1004
Views during voting: 309
Votes: 191
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0

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 08/24/2006 04:41:14 AM
Wow! I feel so flattered a picture of mine inspired someone!

My only suggestion is to maybe close your aperture a bit more to make sure all the corks are in focus, maybe use a polarizer if you didn't use one to reduce reflection.

Nice job, and congrats on your new monitor!
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 08/19/2006 05:16:35 AM
I really like the depth that you have achieved here; You should make this a print.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/09/2006 09:09:29 AM
Cute idea...love the corks but he wine glass doesn't do anything for me and the composition seems a little too centered for my tastes. Nice color and contrast though!
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 07/09/2006 07:21:34 AM
great composition. well-done.
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 07/09/2006 04:23:11 AM
Excellent.....
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 07/07/2006 03:28:54 AM
Nice composition. The lighting is effective too. I notice some dust in the lower right of the image. It is a bit distracting for me. Was the reflection in the glass intended? Good job.
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 07/05/2006 04:53:42 PM
8 - Good clean image. Symmetry/perspective seems near perfect. A variation in the lighting may have given this even more 'depth' and made this even better in my opinion. Very good 'straight from the camera' shot.
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 07/05/2006 01:42:31 PM
Hope you've been saving those corks and didn't just waste the entire cellar... !!! Fantastic straight from camera shot but if i were picky would like to see a little more definition on the top left of the glass. 9
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 07/05/2006 02:19:09 AM
great idea, nice lighting
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 07/04/2006 12:19:16 PM
Nice shot, it's very well done, i'd just have liked for the lighting on the corks to be softer.
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 07/04/2006 07:46:13 AM
Nicely done. It makes me feel as if I was there enjoying all the wine that was served.
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 07/04/2006 04:25:17 AM
Good arrangement.
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 07/03/2006 05:58:26 PM
cheers indeed! good shot and idea
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 07/03/2006 07:03:25 AM
not enough tech experience to comment, voting on what i like and how i react to the photo .
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 07/02/2006 08:57:21 PM
That is alot of drinking.
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 07/02/2006 08:41:49 PM
beautiful gold colors
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