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05/05/2008 05:39:40 PM |
| just passing by to say: Congrats!!..well done! |
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05/02/2008 11:17:00 PM |
| Great angle! congrats on the ribbon! tnx. |
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05/02/2008 09:20:17 PM |
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05/02/2008 05:39:14 PM |
I always like Jeff's image and this one is great too!
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05/01/2008 10:34:57 PM |
| I'd say it did pretty well. :-) Congrats! And imitation is a very good way to learn - now you can apply what you've learned to shots you take in the future. Very nice work! |
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04/30/2008 08:02:16 PM |
Originally posted by Moose408:
Originally posted by yanko:
I understand trying to recreate a shot can be educational but why not at least put your own spin on it instead of trying to copy every last detail? |
That's a fair comment and I agree.
Here's how this came about. I feel like I've been doing well on DPC from a creative stand point but was not doing so well with the technical. So I've been working on lighting and post-processing and really applying myself to learn to improve in these areas. As part of that exercise I happened to be trying to recreate this photo when the Odd/Even challenge was announced. My initial thought was a few ideas for the Even challenge and then it occurred to me that what I was shooting would fit the Odd. I was already setup to take the photo and liked the results. I did feel a little bad about making an exact copy and thought about not even including the link to the original but felt that was even worse. I've seen a lot of photos here where people copy others work so I decided it was OK.
So I guess it's a hollow victory. I will be more original in the future. |
Thank you for not taking offense to my comment. It's not a hollow victory by any means. There are many who have tried shots like this and failed so it is an accomplishment you should be proud of. |
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04/30/2008 06:36:40 AM |
| Congratulations on your Blue ribbon. Great shot. :) |
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04/30/2008 06:17:43 AM |
| Congrats on your first Blue and PB! |
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04/30/2008 04:39:04 AM |
Congrats on your first ribbon. Well done.
PS: I like your composition (and wine glases) better than those in the photo on Flickr, but there's a wrinkle in the upper right of your backdrop that mars the shot.
Message edited by author 2008-04-30 08:44:10. |
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04/29/2008 10:08:00 PM |
Originally posted by yanko:
I understand trying to recreate a shot can be educational but why not at least put your own spin on it instead of trying to copy every last detail? |
That's a fair comment and I agree.
Here's how this came about. I feel like I've been doing well on DPC from a creative stand point but was not doing so well with the technical. So I've been working on lighting and post-processing and really applying myself to learn to improve in these areas. As part of that exercise I happened to be trying to recreate this photo when the Odd/Even challenge was announced. My initial thought was a few ideas for the Even challenge and then it occurred to me that what I was shooting would fit the Odd. I was already setup to take the photo and liked the results. I did feel a little bad about making an exact copy and thought about not even including the link to the original but felt that was even worse. I've seen a lot of photos here where people copy others work so I decided it was OK.
So I guess it's a hollow victory. I will be more original in the future. |
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04/29/2008 09:53:15 PM |
| I agree with yanko here.... even the colours are the same. My photo wasn't very good and had very little thought put into it. I can see you obviously put effort into trying to perfect and learn a new technique to you and your result is very good, but try at least be a little more original. |
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04/29/2008 08:40:59 PM |
| Cool new idea for slanted liquids (I have a little experience with that myself)! Congrats on your first ribbon and new personal best! :) |
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04/29/2008 08:34:44 PM |
| I loved this when I saw it during voting. You did a great job here. Big congrats on the blue, Craig. |
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04/29/2008 08:26:00 PM |
| Way to go Craig!! Congratulations on the blue. |
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04/29/2008 08:25:51 PM |
| I understand trying to recreate a shot can be educational but why not at least put your own spin on it instead of trying to copy every last detail? |
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04/29/2008 08:25:33 PM |
Originally posted by yospiff:
Man you have gotten good in a hurry! Congrats! I knew I would be one of the few to critique this. |
Thanks. You're right about the stair stepping but I don't think it's from the JPEG compression as I compressed at 100% quality trying to get the filesize up and this was as high as it would go. I'm thinking I oversharpened it and that caused the stair-step effect.
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04/29/2008 08:16:16 PM |
| Man you have gotten good in a hurry! Congrats! I knew I would be one of the few to critique this. |
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04/29/2008 08:03:25 PM |
coooooool
congrats on the blue! |
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04/29/2008 08:02:58 PM |
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04/29/2008 06:10:00 PM |
| A great shot, but you hurt it with some excessive JPEG compression. Your file is about 2/3 the size it could have been and it shows. Quite a bit of stair stepping is visible on the glasses as well. Try a different resizing algorithm to possibly smooth that out a bit. The shot is really good, and I'll probably be the only one to leave such criticisms on an otherwise outstanding entry. |
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04/29/2008 12:48:26 PM |
| Very Clever; I love it! Must've taken quite a while to get this one perfect |
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04/28/2008 01:19:04 PM |
| A nice idea shot nicely. I wish the middle was green. |
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04/25/2008 09:37:30 AM |
| simple and nicely executed. congrats. |
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04/25/2008 04:37:36 AM |
| Interesting picture. Very artistic way to illistrat odd but simple. 9 |
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04/25/2008 12:52:33 AM |
| great conception of odd, i like the simplicity of it |
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04/24/2008 04:50:12 PM |
| good continuation of a line through the three glasses - there are some oversharpening artifacts and the contents in blue seems a bit blurry |
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04/24/2008 09:27:18 AM |
| Great idea! You'll do well I think. This must have taken quite a bit of setup time to get right :). |
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04/24/2008 03:55:10 AM |
| beautiful...nice colors and light is great |
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04/23/2008 11:32:19 AM |
| excellent, love how you made sure the levels were varied to form the line. |
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04/23/2008 08:42:05 AM |
| I love how you lined up the levels. Color and lighting are great too. Well done! |
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04/23/2008 08:33:38 AM |
| I like it... might have thought about cropping off a bit at the top though... |
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04/23/2008 06:15:31 AM |
| Love the concept, though the blue glass needs to be a tad emptier! |
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04/23/2008 04:53:56 AM |
| Would like to see the setting! Really good compo and the colors are awesome! |
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04/22/2008 08:12:14 PM |
| Nice lines. Maybe a bit much negative space. |
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