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Ratatouille. Walt Disney
Ratatouille. Walt Disney
BrianR


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Scene It! II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Home Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia
Date: Nov 4, 2007
Aperture: 11.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/5
Galleries: Humorous, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Nov 4, 2007

 Ratatouille. Walt Disney

Not having an animated rat wanting to become a chef, used one that we have as a family of Ornaments, who is dressed as a chef.
Creating the background was done by using the backdrop scene for the movie , and then placing a window frame over it placing it at the back of the island stove.
Found a cane basket and a rack of spices to act as frame for the shoot. The meal on the wooden spoon is German rye bread with a slice of cheese, the spoon was taped to the handle of the fry pan to counteract the weight..The lighting is from a sky light in the kitchen,natural.

Opened in Photomatix pro 2.35 and tone map

PhotoShop

Remove distractions
Match color on head from poster
High pass sharpen
Rotate canvas
Crop
Noise NI
Usm Final Sharpen
Boarder.

The Making of Ratatouille

Paris


Window


Insperation scene




Poster


The window backdrop was made in photoshop.

Thank you for all your votes & comments, Had fun doing this challenge.


Statistics
Place: 20 out of 83
Avg (all users): 6.3728
Avg (commenters): 7.5333
Avg (participants): 5.8542
Avg (non-participants): 6.5111
Views since voting: 2497
Views during voting: 468
Votes: 228
Comments: 22
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 11/12/2007 11:17:13 AM
Very well done.

I love the saturation of the colours - it really makes it look very 'cartoon' worthy.

Congratulations on such an excellent shot.
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 11/12/2007 05:13:32 AM
I like how you put all the elements together - great work! Congratulations on your top 20!
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 11/11/2007 10:29:24 PM
Terrific! VERY well done!!!!
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 11/11/2007 09:43:36 PM
Oh congrats so much on top twenty!!! This is SO AWESOME.
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 11/11/2007 08:40:11 PM
TOTALLY COOL image and a great position in an amazing quality field Brian.....

I am so pleased you are back in the sixes mate, as this really deserved a great score, and has been so well processed to get this amazing result.....
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 11/11/2007 07:11:45 PM
wow you went for it! great finish and image result even better!

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 11/11/2007 07:05:57 PM
Being familiar with the movie, I can fully appreciate the efforts you made to put this image together. Very nicely done. This is still one of my favorites.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/11/2007 02:06:30 PM
This is so well done. Beautifully lit and wonderfully composed. I just saw this movie and this is a terrific tribute. 9
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 11/11/2007 12:23:34 PM
(I have never seen this movie, just the t.v. previews, so I'll vote on quality.)
What a great set up, is this really Paris? :) Composition is nice, lighting a tad harsh, colors are great, 7.
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 11/09/2007 06:20:37 AM
Didnt see movie but this has a disney effect to it. Good job psart 7
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 11/09/2007 01:29:12 AM
heh, cute image. very scenic, lot of depth here. composition is great. this for some reason screams scalvert to me. if not him, GREAT use of imagination :D
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 11/08/2007 05:12:37 PM
very well done...great movie also :) 10
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 11/08/2007 08:09:25 AM
Background looks printed, to me. It's okay if it is, but eliminating the "look" would make it a stronger pic. 7
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 11/08/2007 02:31:07 AM
Excellent! Lots of rich color and detail plus very current timewise. 9
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 11/06/2007 01:28:04 PM
nice set up - the background is pretty good and the various kitchen objects fit pretty well
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 11/06/2007 07:21:18 AM
you did a great job setting this up! if it was a real mouse it would be a killer shot, but even as is it is pretty darn good. One small nitpick: i think the focus is slightly behind the mouse.
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 11/05/2007 06:55:38 PM
very sweet and creative -9
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 11/05/2007 03:52:15 PM
GREAT job!!!
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 11/05/2007 11:55:29 AM
Very unique idea. Lighting is good.
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 11/05/2007 10:42:23 AM
cute and well done
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 11/04/2007 08:22:08 PM
so cool! haha
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 11/04/2007 07:17:21 PM
cute, but our buddy seems to be slightly OOF. would have been an 8+ otherwise. 7
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