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Challenge: Advertisement Revisited (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Date: Jul 6, 2004
Aperture: 9
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Still Life, Water
Date Uploaded: Jul 6, 2004

 Belly of my Veronique, she suffered from spraying her with cold water so much. Thanks my dear.

Shot with 50mm 1.8 lens.

Postprocessing: crop, desaturated red and yellow channel, levels and curves, sharpen, done. No spot editing, although I'd like to do some.

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 218
Avg (all users): 7.0093
Avg (commenters): 8.2857
Avg (participants): 6.6579
Avg (non-participants): 7.2010
Views since voting: 8397
Views during voting: 561
Votes: 323
Comments: 48
Favorites: 9 (view)

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 07/20/2004 05:20:57 AM
Awesome advertisment shot, congrats!
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 07/15/2004 11:14:11 AM
Wonderful shot...I like water. :)
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 07/14/2004 07:00:06 PM
Gradulations on the red-ring, well done.
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 07/14/2004 05:52:32 AM
Excellent shot, love the idea! Congrats on the ribbon!
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 07/14/2004 01:12:38 AM
No surprise to see this in a ribbon winning position.
Quality work as usual.

Congratulations.
Gordon
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 07/13/2004 09:18:36 PM
This was my favourite. Excellent job. Congratulations.
(I still want this image to win BLUE)

- Looks like the website barfed!

Message edited by author 2004-07-14 01:56:54.
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 07/13/2004 09:17:51 PM
This was my favourite. Excellent job. Congratulations.
(I still want this to win BLUE)
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 07/13/2004 08:58:56 PM
Excellent shot. Grats on the ribbon
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 07/13/2004 08:45:10 PM
congrats this is a gr8 photo goodjob!!!!!: )
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 07/13/2004 08:35:26 PM
Guess I need to say it again:
"Stunning image. Ad quality for sure. My favorite for this challenge!
Here's your well-earned 10!"

Congrats on this outstanding shot!
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 07/13/2004 08:24:36 PM
Congrats man great picture!
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 07/13/2004 08:06:41 PM
Congratulations on your ribbon!!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/13/2004 07:10:41 PM
The Winner :)
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 07/13/2004 02:45:54 PM
Wonderful photo ! Great lines, simple but very effective colors. Very well done. 10
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 07/13/2004 01:43:55 PM
Rellly like this, nice and clear, esposure it brilliant! Well done!
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 07/13/2004 11:32:36 AM
tighter crop would've added apoint
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 07/13/2004 09:30:48 AM
Excellent work! Not too original, but very well executed. Professional!
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 07/13/2004 08:24:16 AM
Great shot! Very professional looking advertising shot.
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 07/13/2004 04:56:03 AM
Very good, sort of thing that would actually be used for an advert
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 07/12/2004 07:44:40 PM
Beautiful bodies sell products, what can I say? But I also like how the texture from the water is carried out on both the body and the bottle. Highlighting the blue is also very effective and lets the product stand out.
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 07/12/2004 04:37:44 PM
Stunning image. Ad quality for sure. My favorite for this challenge!

Here's your well-earned 10!
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 07/12/2004 06:35:58 AM
right out of a magazine... selective desat works really well as it draws my eye to the product... watery effect sends the product message again in a different way. One of my ribbon picks
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 07/11/2004 11:26:37 AM
Very nice. The selective desaturation actually works (I usually don't like this technique) and the body is healthy looking and attractive. The only beef I have is that at first it is hard to tell the gender of the model at first glance. I thought it was a woman because of the rounded belly. Then I noticed the ribcage was too heavy for a woman. After that, I saw the hands and the belly button hair and figured it out for sure. I think next time, unless the male model is really cut and defined, you should have him (or yourself) suck in for the shot. I'm pretty sure you aren't allowed in Open Challenges but if this had been a member challenge I would have also suggested cloning out the freckles.
Still, one of the best I've seen so far. It shows the product prominently; it isn't overwhelmed by the model. It's a good composition and it is very clear to the veiwer what is being advertised. The somewhat androgynous quality of the figure actually could be a help, when one thinks abou it.
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 07/11/2004 12:54:11 AM
I know something better.
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 07/09/2004 05:50:52 PM
Interesting concept for water :). I'm counting on this one to take blue....
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 07/09/2004 09:14:02 AM
Hmmm.... Water.

I am a happily married heterosexual man and still this image is attractive in an almost naughty way... (Because there is no way that hand is a woman's hand...)

Very well done.
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 07/09/2004 12:46:32 AM
Very effective, I want some
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 07/09/2004 12:28:57 AM
I love the curves, on the bottle and the tummy, they compliment each other so well.

It's a pittyyour model had short fingernails, as the hand dosn't look quite as femnine as the rest of the picture, but a great idea, bueatifully executed. Well done.
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 07/08/2004 08:13:28 PM
As always, sex still sells. Good job.
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 07/08/2004 06:53:01 PM
Very good. I like it.
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 07/08/2004 01:53:58 PM
i like this one a lot. hopefully this will ribbon for you, if not, top 10
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 07/08/2004 09:18:20 AM
Fantastic shot. The water droplets look great on the bottle and the person.
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 07/07/2004 07:35:13 PM
Good product shot...but the nude doesn't make me feel thirsty.
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 07/07/2004 06:41:32 PM
Wonderful image. 10
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 07/07/2004 05:54:27 PM
Well done!
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 07/07/2004 01:57:56 PM
Clever idea that works for me. You could do a series of these with different body types... cool.
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 07/07/2004 01:20:44 PM
10. Wow shot. Hope it wins.
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 07/07/2004 12:56:14 PM
Like it Real advertisment, but I don't think that The Coca Cola Company would use this :) 1st real advertisment I've seen 8
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 07/07/2004 11:52:34 AM
Great exposure and lighting give this added impact and the desat is used to best effect to highlight the product.
Very good work and probably my favourite so far...10
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 07/07/2004 10:03:21 AM
I predict this one will win
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 07/07/2004 07:13:16 AM
basic editing ??
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 07/07/2004 07:11:10 AM
Excellent. Great contrast and detail. Not sure how you got the desat within the rules, but I trust you.
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 07/07/2004 01:10:36 AM
what a body... like to see a little bit more...
i upgrade you to a10
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 07/07/2004 12:49:36 AM
good one, the water gives it a nice efect.
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 07/07/2004 12:15:00 AM
I'll take two! Excellent composition! Lightning is great. 9.5 and hopefully a ribbon!
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 07/06/2004 10:56:38 PM
The square frame really detracts from the ad feel, but it definitely still does feel like an add.

Certainly makes me want some water. 7.
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 07/06/2004 10:24:00 PM
u did a really gr8 job goodluck
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 07/06/2004 09:19:17 PM
this is nice....probably alittle dark? but overall i like it alot
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