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manish


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Challenge: Out of The Ordinary (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Date: Apr 11, 2010
Galleries: Humorous
Date Uploaded: Apr 11, 2010

 [Apr. 14th, 2010 11:40:32 PM]

Wow! Still 4 days to go and it looks like I am heading for my PB, just wondering how much better it would have been if I had overcome my laziness and shot it again without the beer can and the table cloth (almost everyone has pointed that out and it looks very silly)

This was a test shot to check the symmetry of the flowing chocolate. I dropped working on that later because of the light reflections on the magazine and finalized this


for final submission.

Changed my mind at the last minute, though for good I guess :)

Statistics
Place: 6 out of 122
Avg (all users): 6.8061
Avg (commenters): 7.0417
Avg (participants): 6.4063
Avg (non-participants): 7.0000
Views since voting: 3241
Views during voting: 489
Votes: 196
Comments: 32
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 04/25/2010 08:37:31 AM
You were unlucky to miss out on a top 5 here. I think the can and table cloth add to the 'out of the ordinary' feel. If you'd made it look like a studio shot it wouldn't have looked so unusual.

Message edited by author 2010-04-25 12:37:58.
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 04/19/2010 07:46:43 AM
Thanks Roz and Ken,feels good being on the first page :)
 04/19/2010 03:09:34 AM
congrats on an extraordinary image manish and a new pb ... totally awesome .. :)
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 04/18/2010 11:22:53 PM
Well done, Manish! Congrats on 6th!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/18/2010 06:58:04 PM
Very nicely done. I like everything except for the can. Seems to have no reason to be in the shot and is distracting.
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 04/17/2010 07:05:29 PM
Good one!
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 04/17/2010 02:16:54 AM
Wow!!
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 04/16/2010 02:41:09 PM
What a GREAT photo!
....8
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 04/15/2010 11:29:50 PM
Great setup and concept! I wish the framing was bit tighter to exclude the distractions!
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 04/15/2010 02:38:45 PM
My fav of the challenge. I would have not included the can as it distracts a bit, well it does me anyway, ;-)...but still my fav. Very original and clever. 9
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 04/15/2010 11:31:18 AM
Neat idea but I think if you had left out the can, the shoulder, the wrinkle in the magazine and done a closer crop it would really help.
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 04/14/2010 09:02:25 PM
Great idea and brilliantly executed.9
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 04/14/2010 04:50:28 PM
good use of illusion
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 04/14/2010 10:42:16 AM
This picture has a ton of potential. There are a few changes I might try for effect. For instance a tighter square crop, cutting out most of the shoulder, the beer can and the much of the table cloth. The chocolate drip is perfectly in line and looks completely natural. The glare on the bottom of the magazine is slightly bothersome. Well done. 6
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 04/14/2010 06:56:35 AM
Nice,very nice,R 5
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 04/13/2010 12:45:40 PM
top shot
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 04/13/2010 10:15:26 AM
very clever- top 10
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 04/13/2010 09:14:19 AM
If only you could do that. Nice job and great idea.
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 04/12/2010 06:54:18 PM
nicely executed...I think it could be improved w/o the soda can and, better trimmed fingernail and tighter crop on top right and bottom.....No vote
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 04/12/2010 03:44:20 PM
Clever
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 04/12/2010 01:34:05 PM
Excellent concept, and the chocolate portion is well executed. I find the red background terribly distracting and overwhelming, and don't quite understand why there is a soda/beer can in the background.
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 04/12/2010 01:05:24 PM
very well done the shadow on the upper hand is distracting 7
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 04/12/2010 11:24:36 AM
WOW .. this is absolutely amazing .. !!
such a clever & imaginative idea and so well done .. hope you do well ..
i'm not voting . :)
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 04/12/2010 11:24:11 AM
Very nice idea, and well executed. The composition is not my favorite part of this photo, especially the white shoulder in the foreground. Nice one anyway, congratulations.
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 04/12/2010 10:09:10 AM
Great idea and well executed, it looks like the chocolate is really coming out. The only concern is the distracting can which is in my opinion ruining the photo from being great. 8
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 04/12/2010 07:40:24 AM
great idea,,,,,,, hehehe,,,, good one,,,,,,,,,, like,,,,,
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 04/12/2010 06:54:40 AM
very creative!
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 04/12/2010 06:20:14 AM
this is a great idea! But the powerful red background and the beer take my eyes away from the subject
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 04/12/2010 04:44:54 AM
Excellent. I'm a bit distracted by the beer/soda can, and the edge of the table.
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 04/12/2010 04:31:49 AM
Creative!!
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 04/12/2010 12:53:04 AM
Brillant idea, but could be so much better without the beer can, the table cloth, the OOF shoulder and the small piece of background (not to mention the reflection on the paper)
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 04/11/2010 08:45:16 PM
Wow!!!
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