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Challenge: Pop Culture (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: 2007 Challenges
Camera: Canon PowerShot A700
Location: Oxford Mills
Date: Mar 23, 2007
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 15secs
Galleries: Urban, History
Date Uploaded: Mar 24, 2007

 A pop culture unto itself in the 70s. The setup is in my tiny bathroom.

The backdrop is a black towel draped over a chair and the towel rack. The killer silver-glittery heels are from the days I did drag, and the glitterball from the local loonie store.

I used a tripod and a tiny little blue LED light to pick out the reflections on the ball and cast them around the set, then left the shutter open for 15 seconds. The colour isn't quite what I expected, but oh well!

PP: rotate, healing tool, curves, levels, brightness/contrast, shadows, cyan blue filter, usm, resize, save for web

Statistics
Place: 82 out of 102
Avg (all users): 5.0339
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8163
Avg (non-participants): 5.1172
Views since voting: 927
Views during voting: 278
Votes: 177
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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 06/08/2007 04:50:36 PM
Ooh, I love those :) Very shiny shoes! Absolutely fabulous - tall ladies in high heeled shoes rock!
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 04/08/2007 10:10:19 AM
*** Critique Club ***

First impression: Fits nicely with your title.

Composition: Good choice of perspective. Gives the impression of platform shoes and disco. The objects are well placed within the frame.

Exposure: The image does not feel balanced as parts of the main objects are in shadow and some areas are too bright. I think this would probably work better if the exposure were more even over the shoe and glitter ball.

Impact: This image has kind of an 'in your face' effect. (to me that's not a good thing) The bright blue colour probably has something to do with that. A different white balance may have helped to get the colour you wanted.

Remember, this is just one opinion.

Colette
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 04/05/2007 04:23:55 AM
i think the blue colours have been pushed to much, and blown out a little. nice set up with the shoe and ball, very 70's
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 04/03/2007 10:43:14 PM
Color is AWESOME. I like the softer focus although I do agree that a different bottom fabric might have been better. Composition is nice and I love the background. Really great image overall.
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 04/02/2007 12:17:28 PM
This is really interesting. I like how the black backround really brings out the blue spots. I would've given it a 7. I think you deserved a MUCH higher score.
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 04/02/2007 12:14:52 PM
I like the setup, except for the towel or rug -- kind of needs a shiny floor for disco. I like the blue color too, and I remember that often there was a single color used for light. I really like he reflections on the back drop. Focus not quite sharp enough. My camera doesn't focus well in low light, and maybe that's the same for yours.
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 04/02/2007 07:46:57 AM
Oh God, please don't bring the disco era back! Nice idea but the focus could be just a touch sharper. Great color for the idea though.
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 04/02/2007 02:40:54 AM
I like it! I thought this would score much higher!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/01/2007 07:19:27 PM
interesting idea, focus is a bit soft
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 03/30/2007 03:19:05 PM
Hmm if i had to guess, Apex in DC?
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 03/29/2007 09:36:54 AM
I won't penalize you for the fact that the moment I saw your image, I got a "greatest 70's hits" track on loop running through my head. :) Nice lighting brings out the sheen of the shoe fabric, would have liked to see less shadow in the top of the image.
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 03/27/2007 01:20:20 PM
I get that you were trying to have a strong color for disco but for me I'd rather see lots of different colors. Seems there is a weird cast around the shoe, lacks derail and the... carpet? whatever it is on the ground I find distracting.
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 03/27/2007 09:24:57 AM
I think this would have been cool as a black & white
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 03/27/2007 06:56:14 AM
Very disco, very 70s! Scary, too.
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 03/26/2007 06:10:38 PM
perfect for pop.....
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 03/26/2007 09:43:18 AM
I really like the colors here. Nice job!
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 03/26/2007 05:24:10 AM
Probably the idea is very good, it remember me "autoerotica" of helmut newton (I have an image with that title). I liken't the realization, too blue. perhaps including even other colours in the image was most "disco"
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