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Three Spoons with Vases
Three Spoons with Vases
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Knife Fork Spoon (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S7000
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Dec 3, 2005
Aperture: f/ 8.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/2 sec.
Galleries: Abstract, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Dec 4, 2005

 I had no idea what to do for this. I had spoons, a knife and fork, all relatively new so they had some sheen so I wanted to do a reflection study of some sort. I also have about 50 vases and several of them are colored glass. I went with an RGB theme and used a large red vase, a small blue vase and a green olive oil bottle. I placed them on top of a black speaker with some white paper under them. I put one spoon in the small, round blue vase and the other two in front of the three vases. Shot in ambient light in the morning...about 08:30 AM.
I tried several variations of this. Most without the white paper and with 1 spoon, 2 spoons, 2 spoons, a knife and fork, and other positioning of the 3 spoons in this. A lot of the attempts were OK but this was the best with no major blowouts and no reflections of me or the camera (I did practically a whole 256 mb card in one session and did not realize I was in the reflections until later....ooy!).
Now I know it is a bit abstract and I sure know how you all love abstracts....man you just cannot get enought of them. LOL! ROFLMAO! But this is not tooo abstract I hope.

Post:
Layer adjustments for levels, hue/saturation and brightness contrast. USM. Did a very small amount of burning one area that look muddy and bit of cloning of a few bright spots and healing of some dust and hot pixels. Crop. Resize. USM.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/15/2005 09:44:08 AM
*Critique Club*

I loved this! It was so different. The colors are so energetic and vibrant. I really like how this is composed. There is something visually exciting going on throughout the picture, but it isn't too busy. The name or word on one of the vases probably should have been removed, but you were probably so occupied with trying not to get hot spots that you didn't even notice, or maybe you wanted to keep it there. The one thing that I notice is that the picture seems a little too dark. This could be my monitor though. Great picture...congrats.

Mandy
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 12/12/2005 09:52:28 PM
Thank you very much, Daniel!
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/12/2005 11:25:35 AM
Hey Robert: this one really impressed me with the great ise of color. It can certainly bring pride to any wall.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 12/11/2005 07:41:08 AM
The letters above the left spoon disturb me.
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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Olympus 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6 M.Zuiko Digital ED
 12/07/2005 07:15:57 AM
Too much chaos, I can't really focus my eyes on something interesting in the photo.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/05/2005 08:47:17 PM
Returning for comments:
A superb and strong colorful display. The red swirls are truly attractive. A very nice composition.
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Canon EOS-50D
Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3,5-6,3 Di II VC LD Aspherical [IF] macro for Canon
 12/05/2005 12:00:00 PM
Interesting abstract.
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Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 12/05/2005 10:11:59 AM
Beautiful colors here, nice clear image. It has a sense of abstract to it.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/05/2005 06:38:31 AM
reflections are very interesting and I love the colors
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/05/2005 03:17:22 AM
Beautiful colours and a almost chaotic feel to the composition.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 12/05/2005 02:22:12 AM
Good use of reflections to give this color. Hope you do well
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/05/2005 12:48:17 AM
great lighting, colors and reflections. a nicely arranged scene.
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