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Challenge: Black and White in Color (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Gateway DC-T50
Location: OKC
Date: Jul 22, 2006
Aperture: 5.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/3
Galleries: Snapshot, Sports
Date Uploaded: Jul 23, 2006

 Lighting was done with my normal 60w soft white lamp, held just to the right of the shot. And I though that this would be an interesting shot. I did have to burn out a small portion of the desk, as it was scratched. Brightness/contrast mask.

I was going for the black mixing in with the background and the white coming off of that.
//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=370600 I didn't want the alternating white and black look. I wanted the feel of the white popping off the black background.

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 08/04/2006 07:51:07 AM
Another response from your forum post. You've already heard about the contrast issue so I thought I would add one more item as food for thought. The way you stacked the chips gives this image a lot of potential for patterns if cropped differently. As is, the image is all about symmetry, which is slightly off. If you crop tightly around the dice (About a dice width to the right and left of the end dice) and intersect the chips with the top and bottom borders of the image, the dice become the focal point of the image but the pattern from the chips add a lot of eye appeal. I often play around with cropping to see how much different looks I can get from an image.
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 08/04/2006 05:18:18 AM
You posted in the forums that you were looking for comments on how to improve... so here goes.

When I look at this photo, it doesn't scream wow to me. It's a very contrived set up and for taking so much time to set it up, I'd think you'd have been a bit more careful about making it more precise. The spacings on the bottom row are uneven, and the dice are slanted at slightly different angles. With such a symmetrical type of shot, any deviation from an exact setup draws attention to itself I think.

The lighting was good for what you were trying to achieve, but as others commented, a bit more contrast might have helped. You also lost some light down in that lower corner, which also draws attention to itself.

Overall, it's just kind of a flat shot. Meets the challenge, was a creative idea as far as technique, but just not executed as well as it could have been.

Hope this was helpful.
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 08/03/2006 02:04:35 PM
As symmetrical as you tried to achieve, the top chip set is slanted the opposite of the bottom chip set. The dice are not evenly spaced. The concept and execution are good except as noted. I do like the lighting and agree the contrast could have been boosted a bit.
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 08/03/2006 01:58:02 PM
Originally posted by CTBruce:
There doesn't seem to be enough contrast between the black and white...seems a little dull.


I'd agree with this, need to bump up the contrast... also, the shot seems too "posed" and too far off to the top right... also you have shadows on the bottom row of chips and nowhere else so it looks out of place.

I would've just tossed the pieces onto the table and shot from table height perspective to try to give this some more interest... good camera work with the lighting, though it's hard to tell what is in focus and what is not because it's so flat

good take on the challenge
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 08/03/2006 01:12:13 PM
I think this is a good shot - you definitely achieved the white popping off the background as you desired. I agree that it could be improved upon but of course most photos can :-)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/01/2006 05:05:27 PM
hmm, some side or back light could be nice
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 07/31/2006 09:33:34 AM
Could use to be brightened up quite a bit -- so the whites look white.
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 07/29/2006 12:12:21 PM
Nice photo.
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 07/29/2006 04:30:12 AM
There doesn't seem to be enough contrast between the black and white...seems alittle dull. I do like the idea for your shot though.
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 07/27/2006 04:12:27 PM
missing a little pop in the white areas, keep at it. though.
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 07/26/2006 05:34:27 AM
Needs more contrast.
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 07/25/2006 08:38:08 PM
mmmm I'm game...
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