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11/28/2006 11:14:31 AM |
| great shot!!!! im thirsty, congrats. |
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07/28/2005 03:50:10 PM |
| Sure makes you want a drink. Great shot! |
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06/17/2005 09:51:58 PM |
| Nice one, i like it one of the best |
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07/20/2004 05:18:10 AM |
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07/20/2004 05:08:26 AM |
As a bartender who once worked at a Scotch bar, I certainly hope you used the 18 and not the 12 y.o. variety ;)
Excellent shot! |
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07/18/2004 07:41:24 PM |
| Congrats on your first ribbon... |
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07/15/2004 08:21:11 PM |
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07/14/2004 07:22:03 PM |
| Great job, I love the contrast between the movement/stationary, white/dark, rock/glass. The only problem with that I see in it is that bottle in it. No, j/k. Excellent shot. |
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07/14/2004 05:40:48 PM |
| This is high quality work, Andy! Congratulations on the ribbon! |
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07/14/2004 09:33:00 AM |
| Well done Andy - I had a feeling this was yours! Result. |
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07/14/2004 05:51:58 AM |
| This is beautiful and I could completely see it in a magazine. You should send it to them... Congrats on the ribbon!! |
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07/14/2004 05:06:50 AM |
Very nicely done! Good shot. Congradulations on the ribbon
Like geewhy said, lets crack it open |
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07/14/2004 05:03:25 AM |
Great shot, Andy. Congrats on your first ribbon!
Coincidentally, I actually worked on the advertising for Glenfiddich at Chiat/Day in the late 80's. Funny that it should show up here. |
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07/14/2004 01:26:53 AM |
| Congrats Andy well deserved!!! |
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07/14/2004 01:09:12 AM |
Congratulations Andy..you can crack the bottle open now.
Well done.
Gordon |
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07/14/2004 12:45:18 AM |
Hi everyone. Wow! Thanks for appreciating the photo.
We are exposed to a lot of high quality editorial imagery in advertising in the UK and as I was in the isle of Skye, a natural setting seemed a good idea. I saw the wonderful Glenfiddich bottle in my parent's kitchen and decided to use it.
Key to advertising is focus on the product or on the imagery associated with the product. Hence the choice of a natural setting (whisky being a natural product) and the long exposure (16 seconds) to provide the muted but sensuous background. I tried setting the bottle in seaweed and on rocks (Scotch on the Rocks) but it was hard to take a shot that didn't just look like a bottle of whisky sitting on a rock. Hence again the need to do something to the background within the constraints of basic editing.
The bottle is not as sharp as it should be. Perhaps this is due to 4 megapixels and the accumulation of water drops from the waterfall. In a pro shoot the bottle would be shot at 1/250sec or so in same setting ans superimposed in photoshop.
Key to this shot was a tripod. Everyone should have one. Other key thing was a 4x and an 8x neutral density filter. These reduce the light entring the camera and allowed a 16 sec exposure at f7.0. ND filters are an excellent piece of kit allowing long exposures in daylight conditions.
Glare on bottle was not result of flash -none used but the ambient light penetrating the woodland canopy. On a triangular bottle this gave a lot of problems (I've edited most of this and excess water drops out on the print for sale). Ont he comment about neatimage - not used. This is a simple shot using only a long exposure.
Thanks again for all the comments and congratulations to the other ribbon winners. |
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07/13/2004 11:09:57 PM |
| Congrats on your first ribbon, Great photo |
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07/13/2004 09:44:51 PM |
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07/13/2004 08:56:04 PM |
| Nicely done. Grats on the ribbon |
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07/13/2004 08:48:47 PM |
| Congratz on the win, It is a nice image I especially like the lines formed by the waterfalls. |
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07/13/2004 08:42:29 PM |
congrats on the blue i wasnt expecting it to get as high as it did but im still happy u got a blue ribbon :)
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07/13/2004 08:28:33 PM |
| Congrats on your first ribbon man! And a blue one, great job :) |
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07/13/2004 08:14:09 PM |
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07/13/2004 08:09:47 PM |
| Congrats, excellent shot. Well done. |
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07/13/2004 08:05:54 PM |
| Congratulations!!! Beautiful shot! |
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07/13/2004 07:14:32 PM |
I think the water/stomach photo will beat this, but it should ribbon for sure. 10
ah ha! proved me wrong :) congrats on the ribbon, its well deserved!
Message edited by author 2004-07-14 00:05:57. |
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07/13/2004 04:32:56 PM |
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07/13/2004 04:10:16 PM |
| I love long exposures of water. Outstanding work. |
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07/13/2004 04:05:31 PM |
| Ooh yeah - nice. Does the job for me. Slight flash glare on bottle is my only crit, but it's memorable. |
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07/13/2004 12:13:13 PM |
| Shades of Eward Muybridge, great use of exposure time! Not sure is single malt correlates with scene, but still effective. Nice. |
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07/13/2004 12:12:54 PM |
I love Glenfiddich.
This photo is also excellent. Not sure if the water is perhaps a bit too blured from the long exposure, but still looks pretty cool |
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07/13/2004 10:32:28 AM |
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07/13/2004 06:59:09 AM |
| A really wow! Perfect shutter speed for the water. The only thing I don't think works is the rock(s) in the left bottom corner. Exposure could not be better. This should finish way up in the strosphere. |
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07/12/2004 08:39:56 PM |
| Nice, would like to see more detail on the bottle thought, In the top then though |
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07/12/2004 11:48:11 AM |
| I love the way the water looks here, so soft and dream-like. |
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07/11/2004 12:51:05 PM |
| The slow shutter made the waterfall look just right for me; as such it suggests the smoothness of the Scotch. Basic editing kept you from making this an Excellent image as the flash highlights could have been cooled down otherwise. One of my favorites! |
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07/11/2004 07:40:35 AM |
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07/11/2004 06:50:46 AM |
| Nice blurring of water movement, good lighting, overall a pleasing photograph to look at with your eye drawn to the main subject. |
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07/11/2004 01:41:34 AM |
| good light - fits the challenge - top so far 8/10 |
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07/10/2004 11:07:19 PM |
| WOW....this is awesome! Can see it in a magazine. Really excellent |
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07/10/2004 09:06:11 PM |
| The scotch looks like a refreshing beverage :D. A sharper bottle would have made it stand out much stronger - 8 |
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07/10/2004 01:24:08 PM |
| I love the blurred water. Gives it a cool feel to the photo. Well done! |
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07/10/2004 05:55:07 AM |
| Really like this one -- the lighting, composition, background. |
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07/10/2004 01:52:48 AM |
| What a neat effect.. Be interested to read your comments after voting closes. I assume a longish shutter, and some flash fill which gave you the highlights? I prefer something a little older in a scotch, but a nice drop all the same :-). |
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07/10/2004 01:32:00 AM |
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07/09/2004 07:23:13 AM |
| I like the long exposure effect on the water, but I think it's just a little too much. Almost looks like dry ice fog. Still very nice! |
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07/08/2004 05:51:55 PM |
| Sweeeeeeeeet! Outstanding use of long shutter, beautiful setting, excellent exposure. |
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07/08/2004 01:16:28 PM |
| Great effect that makes the product standout! Was it done with just a slow shutter speed? |
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07/08/2004 08:02:18 AM |
Terrific photo in every way. A blue for sure.
The soft flowing water give this a surreal quality that works well with the product. Technically, a virtually flawless image. |
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07/07/2004 07:07:28 PM |
| nicest alcohol ad i have seen this challenge. Well thought out and done. |
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07/07/2004 06:19:56 PM |
| One of the top 20. Great job! |
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07/07/2004 01:16:33 PM |
| Fantastic long shutter speed shot. |
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07/07/2004 11:11:18 AM |
I could easily see this in a magazine..very professionally done.
My only concern is that DPC had some sort of ruling against alcohol and cigarettes being portrayed in images which, if that is the case, may knock points off with some folks.
For absolute perfection substitute.. Glenfiddich with Glenlivet :).......9 |
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07/07/2004 11:06:12 AM |
| I dont know what's happening in the top right corner, but I still like it! (10) |
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07/07/2004 05:53:03 AM |
| Great picture, but the water seems too soft? Is that because of neat image? |
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07/07/2004 05:33:51 AM |
| Wow - stunningly beautiful image. This is the best I've seen so far and seriously could be used as an actual advertisement. Great job! |
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07/07/2004 01:28:29 AM |
| You've sold me! If this doesn't ribbon I don't know what will. This is an awesome shot with great composition and exposure. The water almost looks like smoke or mist flooating around the bottle. Well done (10) |
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07/07/2004 01:26:45 AM |
| Makes me want a glass right now (and it's early in the morning too....), Great job mixing a "traditional" waterfall shot with advertisment element. I'd think this one should get a ribbon. |
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07/07/2004 12:30:27 AM |
| The water is wonderfull, for this shot though, i thinkk i would have gone for a warmer light. Evening or morning light would be great i think. Right now, itloosk a bit cold IMO. |
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07/06/2004 10:45:12 PM |
| The blurred moving water works very well in this one. To me this is one of the best ones here because it looks like it could be a real ad and not just a picture of something somebody did in their kitchen. I like the color and the lighting too. |
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07/06/2004 09:04:00 PM |
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07/06/2004 08:47:45 PM |
| I'm a sucker for long exposures, especially of water. Great shot! |
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07/06/2004 08:46:57 PM |
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07/06/2004 08:18:45 PM |
| Excellent idea. I'm assuming that the thought is the water is very smooth and therefore the beverage must be too. However, the long exposer and low lighting make the water seem overly grey. Highlights on the rock and bottle are a little troubling too. Perhaps with a brighter more diffuse source you could reduce the highlights and brighten the scene overall. |
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