"Good old Canadian Sleeman Honey Brown Lager.
Hmmmmmm, soooooothing… that is, until the fight breaks out!"
Post-Processing:
NeatImage, rotated, inverted coulours(except for the label), cloned out small debris, cut out background, recreated it using many layers of gradients, gaussian blurred the new background, added noise, cut out chucks of glass and repositioned them, digitally recreated some chunks, added a crack to the bottle neck, cropped, added noise to the whole thing.
Thanks for getting your three black sheep back up and posted for us to enjoy. How ironic that there is exists at DPC an advanced editing competition where the majority of the advanced editing tools are not permitted. How absurd. The advanced editing competition at DPC is like going to the bowling alley with a sack of golf balls. A very closed minded majority indeed.
jodiecoston
Nikon Coolpix 8700 04/13/2004 10:44:56 AM
Great effect - congratulations!
stickylizard
Nikon Coolpix 3100 04/13/2004 03:43:04 AM
not meaning to be rude but this is not photography.
jmsetzler
Canon EOS-10D 04/13/2004 12:22:59 AM
Maybe 10% of the pixels in this image are from the original photograph.
TooCool
Canon EOS-300D Rebel 04/12/2004 11:26:19 PM
Originally posted by dsidwell:
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Very exciting image! Had you tried other colors of backgrounds? I find the gray less than exciting, but very nice capture. Timing must be just right!
Timing had nothing to do with it....
Looks like ya fooled everyone again.
TC
Message edited by author 2004-04-12 23:27:37.
daisy77
Nikon D70 04/12/2004 05:20:49 PM
sorry i didn't comment before. life getting busy, just glad i got to put a vote on all the photos. anyway, this was definitely my favorite of the entries. excellent shot. highest marks. congratulations on your well deserved ribbon. m
Zownd
FujiFilm FinePix S2 Pro 04/12/2004 02:26:46 PM
It is reaaly cool that with so much work on a picture you end up at the predetermined finish. Bravo! A man who knows what he wants and how to get there.
Rasai
Nikon D1X 04/12/2004 01:19:27 AM
I voted a 5 on the finished results as I prefer a photo that gets tweaked with the post processing yet if there were a category that acknowledged or awarded a ribbon for a great idea and a post processing that congealed it ...I would have given this a 10! There is no way that AA (Ansel Adams) made his pictures any better than yours in the 'Photoshop/Darkroom'. I will not feel so ill at ease in this competition when I have mastered all the tools available to us! Well deserved ribbon! (most of my shots are out of the camera.since I have not mastered Photoshop)
Message edited by author 2004-04-12 01:20:49.
Rooster
Canon EOS-300D Rebel 04/12/2004 12:27:02 AM
Congrats Aleks! Can I call 'em or what!
JasonPR
FujiFilm FinePix S602Z 04/12/2004 12:11:27 AM
Congratulations. This is great. I could tell some of the shards were digitally created and I guessed this was yours after your post about how you did your butterfly knife shot. You're very talented at that kind of photoshop work. Outstanding.
tyt2000
Canon EOS-300D Rebel 04/12/2004 12:05:41 AM
Chaotic, but not a 100% photo!
Message edited by author 2004-04-13 03:12:03.
dsidwell
Sony DSC-F707 04/12/2004 12:04:29 AM
Ya did it Aleks! Congratulations!
Comments Made During the Challenge
dsidwell
Sony DSC-F707 04/11/2004 11:53:59 PM
Very exciting image! Had you tried other colors of backgrounds? I find the gray less than exciting, but very nice capture. Timing must be just right!
Rooster
Canon EOS-300D Rebel 04/11/2004 09:17:28 PM
I imagine this is a ribbon winner. Nice capture!
dagaleaa
Olympus C-4000Z 04/11/2004 06:55:02 PM
nice take on this difficult subject.....good photo.
lnede
Olympus E-20P 04/10/2004 09:52:06 PM
In a difficult challenge that did not have many entries that truly satisfied the theme yours is outstanding. Great job.
Sverige52
Olympus C-700UZ 04/10/2004 01:14:20 PM
great photo!
Dave Gordon
Nikon Coolpix 990 04/09/2004 11:30:42 AM
great effect - it really looks like flying glass. Is it???
rananculus
Olympus C-4040Z 04/09/2004 06:12:03 AM
My choice for best of show. Good Luck!
photom
Nikon D100 04/08/2004 07:43:56 PM
I like the black & white image with just that one touch of color.
caba
FujiFilm FinePix S2 Pro 04/08/2004 12:39:10 PM
just excellent, great idea.
Beagleboy
FujiFilm FinePix S602Z 04/07/2004 08:14:39 PM
By far THE best image of the lot. Sleeman beer... you must be Canadian, jut like me. Hope you drank that fine stuff before you broke its container. I hope you will tell us how you achieved this awesome shot.
frozensun
Canon EOS-300D Rebel 04/07/2004 11:54:44 AM
Hilarius capture, very nice detalis, lighting is perfect as well as positioning and composition. This can hit the top ten easily... Good luck
mhamilton
Sony DSC-F828 04/07/2004 11:27:51 AM
Very interesting. Good effect and sharpness.
scrum8
Olympus C-740UZ 04/06/2004 04:32:46 PM
Hope you were wearing goggles. Excellent shot. Still trying to figure out how you got it. Anyways, well done.
pcrymble
Nikon D70 04/06/2004 04:21:53 AM
Totally love this. Looks like your either an expert in photoshop or smashed about 30 bottles to get this right! Seriously, lovely shot. Suits the chaos theme well. How DID you do it?
soup
Canon EOS-300D Rebel 04/05/2004 10:56:13 PM
good stop action
jpochard
Sony DSC-F717 04/05/2004 08:19:19 PM
I would have liked a little more brightness or light in this shot....maybe some color besides gray for the background. Good catch of the breaking glass, and I can see how it would be used to convey the theme.
dkubin
Nikon D100 04/05/2004 03:03:41 PM
Great concept and execution!
olnos
Nikon D100 04/05/2004 11:00:19 AM
Nice shot.
rhipster
Canon EOS-D60 04/05/2004 08:08:33 AM
...and one ribbon, one...
Natator
Canon EOS-10D 04/05/2004 04:23:35 AM
Excellent timing, love it. 10
ozdick
Canon EOS-300D Rebel 04/05/2004 04:07:41 AM
How many bottles did you have to go through? Great shot - one of the better chaos photos here. Good luck - 9
Tiberius
Canon PowerShot A70 04/05/2004 02:22:37 AM
Very good picture with very good composition and contrast, colours. Nice capture of the moment. Still not sure why is Chaos but I'll give it a 9
jonr
Olympus E-1 04/05/2004 12:10:43 AM
So, how many had you to drink before this excellent shot?
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