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"Cook's Illustrated"
"Cook's Illustrated"
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Challenge: Magazine Cover Revisited (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Olympus C-4040Z
Location: New York City
Date: Mar 20, 2004
Aperture: 2.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Still Life, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Mar 18, 2004

Taken against a matte background using ambient daylight. Adobe PSE1 and Microsoft Picture It filter applications (gaussian blur, chalk) to create painted effect.

Statistics
Place: 86 out of 147
Avg (all users): 5.4199
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.1494
Avg (non-participants): 5.6702
Views since voting: 1212
Votes: 181
Comments: 19
Favorites: 1 (view)


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10/02/2007 12:23:44 PM
So pretty - The filter works so well here, creating a classy, painting-like effect. The warm colors, intricate lighting, and textures create a lovely still-life. :)
03/29/2004 06:37:16 AM
Nice still life. I wouldnt mind seeing it prior to the filter, but looks great as is.
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03/28/2004 11:06:28 PM
Lovely piece of "art".
This sort of work is never appreciated the way it should be.

Well done.
Gordon
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/27/2004 11:50:47 AM
Wow, love the effects you've put on this. 8
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03/26/2004 01:55:14 PM
Yes, I could easily see this on a magazine cover. The painterly effect is overdone for me, though (this site is, after all, about photography- not painting). The same shot without the effects would probably score much higher (particularly with dramatic lighting).
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03/26/2004 10:01:25 AM
Hope you don't get burned too much for using a "creative" filter. I like it and I think it could work as a magazine cover.
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03/26/2004 07:08:04 AM
Nice shot, and a good magazine cover, with a vertical format and space at the top that could carry type without spoiling the picture.
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03/25/2004 02:56:56 PM
I don't know whether you deliberately went for an arty look of if this just comes from over-compression, but it looks good.
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03/24/2004 03:12:08 PM
Very nice lighting & composition, and I absolutely love the use of PS (or equivalent) to give it a painted look. Very natural, not overdone. Kudos.
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03/24/2004 02:20:55 PM
Very interesting..
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03/24/2004 10:45:32 AM
Lovely shot and really nice use of "artistic" filter. Great composition and colour too. The negative space you have left for magazine title and features text is intelligent and well placed.
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03/23/2004 03:59:56 PM
I like the graininess of this shot. Composition leaves room for text.
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03/22/2004 06:06:15 PM
I find apples are the almost perfect subject to practice on. Good lighting and composition. The handle looks too blurry for some reason. I hate to say it, but your score is lower than it would have been without the filter. Sorry.
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03/22/2004 05:14:57 AM
You might get some points knocked off for the effects, but I think it's done perfectly! Simple, but very well done, I believe. I think this would make a wonderful cover.
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03/22/2004 04:23:03 AM
Not sure which filter was used, but it seems to work well. Good composition and contrast also. Hope you don't get beat up for trying something different.
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03/22/2004 02:03:13 AM
Although I like this effect very much, I feel that this kind of processing takes the final product away from photography and into graphic art. You've produced a very fine image, but it's not photography. 8
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03/22/2004 01:46:26 AM
A little too "disturbed" to me..., but the colours are beautiful
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03/22/2004 01:34:28 AM
Perfect for a magazine front....hope this doesn`t get hammered for the "arty effect".....10
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03/21/2004 08:12:09 PM
I like the effect you have achieved here. Hope this does well.
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