This is the first time I have tried to take a "set up" shot with a background. I was advised to shoot with non-direct sunlight. This was as non-direct as I could get it. I have 3 other versions of this that were okay, but this one seemed to be the strongest. I really tried to work with the other images to get really high quality results with truer colours, but ended up with too much noise and quality lost in the crappy cheap glass. When will Canon come out with optically correct drinking glasses?
Next time I shoot indoors my way.
This picture combines a surreal exterior with a rather clear window on my little gift from the Chinese Doctor.
If you don't take the real world seriously, you're gonna get stung.
PS. The beverage is Orange Fanta. I had to cover the Scorpion with honey to prevent excessive bubbles. Regardless, it was drop and shoot quickly from bubble formation.
At 9 hours and 70+ setup shots, this is my most elaborate shot yet and I'm pretty excited about it.
Oh yeah. Post Processing Details:
Curves - auto
Hue +44
Saturation +100
No USM.
Very minor crop.
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a sting in the tail. with these colours, i would say you are more going along the lines of a drug induced drunk lover teh saturation and your message comes across about the drink driving
Of your alternate versions, the orange works best because it has the most containment of the saturation. In other words, the saturation is left to the liquid rather than to the keys, bottle, and background. (Yes, there is some, but it looks fairly natural).
It was bold of you to submit something so heavily worked to this challenge. I still like the idea and the colors. If you could have gotten the colors fields to be even instead of grainy, this would look really cool. Maybe some combination of blur, cutout filter, and noise removal? I dunno. good luck with the next challenge.
ah, scorpions are always good :)
I think that the posterization works pretty well here--conceptually--but it's too rough to really look like a professional presentation.
Yeah...that's pretty nasty alright. I'm not a fan of post-editing filters (guess I'm kind of a photo purist, if you will). The noise doesn't bother me as much, but it's the lack of noise on the glass and the scorpion. Good composition though.
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