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Sweet Revenge
Sweet Revenge
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Challenge: Sugar (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Location: Riverside, CA
Date: Jul 20, 2008
Aperture: f/13
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/10 sec
Galleries: Humorous, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jul 20, 2008

 Great Shoot with cutlassdude70 as my EXTREMELY patient and expressive model! (He got the payoff later with MASSIVE amounts of candy!) This was shot with natural light, blurred the background (the felt was not cooperating with my idea of "smoothness"). Lots of dodging and burning along with several layers and layer masks to enhance areas of interest.

Statistics
Place: 16 out of 114
Avg (all users): 6.1103
Avg (commenters): 7.4000
Avg (participants): 5.8723
Avg (non-participants): 6.2245
Views since voting: 1380
Views during voting: 323
Votes: 145
Comments: 8
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 07/30/2008 03:04:07 PM
Critique Club Review:

Color Saturation and Hue: All are done extremely well. Candy should have bright, jewel like colors, and that is what you have done here. Skin tones still look natural, so the hues are accurate.

Brightness and Contrast: Brightness is excellent. Contrast may be just a tiny bit high. The brown M&Ms are heading towards black.

Focus and depth of field: Perfect!

I love this photo! Personally I like the gummies the size they are. Any larger and they would not be able to stand on the skittles, and would have sunk into the candy.

About the only criticism I have is it appears noise is creeping into the image. A lower ISO and brighter lighting could help here. At 1/10 sec, the shutter speed is pretty slow already. A larger apreature would have killed your depth of field. On a small picky side note, the border appears a tiny bit heavy. Borders are always a risk in the voting, and about half what is here might have helped in the voting.

All in all a very strong photo, and a well deserved top 20 finish. Nice work!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/25/2008 11:39:53 AM
Colorful, though I think the gummies are just a bit too small and overpowered by the M&Ms, maybe. Great clarity and light.
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 07/23/2008 08:17:38 PM
Very unique concept. Nicely executed.
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 07/22/2008 08:58:56 PM
Not that I'm biased or anything, but your model is spectacular! ;) No, but seriously, you did such an awesome job with this shot! The colors absolutely pop, the focus is sharp, and the element of humor makes this a very enjoyable shot. Well done! :D
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 07/22/2008 07:03:08 AM
Nice image, creative with a bit of humor.
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 07/21/2008 09:38:36 PM
Very funny!
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 07/21/2008 04:24:43 PM
creative take on the challenge. I like the focus.
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 07/21/2008 11:27:48 AM
Love the idea!!! Nicely done.
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