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graphicfunk's wine back into water
graphicfunk's wine back into water
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Challenge: Deja Vu II (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: 6.x
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: my home
Date: Mar 23, 2006
Aperture: f/13
ISO: 100
Shutter: bulb (30s)
Galleries: Humorous, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Mar 23, 2006

 Graphicfunk's double exposure. I love the original 10x more than my own shot.

When the challenge was announced, I immediately knew what I wanted to do. Tried about 20 times on weekend, failed miserably, gave up. Of course, today is Thursday, the deadline is looming. I took the kids to bed, sat down with my wife, and around 10:00 or so decided to give it a try. setup: bottle of wine (italian chianti, Barone Ricasoli 2002 - not bad, recommend it), one small kitchen bowl for mixing stuff, one glass, and a bottle of San Pelegrino. (I drank the pelegrino for the outtakes, this was taken with regular water.)

cut out half-circle (the same I used for my other double exposure shots), set the slave flash to illuminate the white cardboard background, and used the speedlite in my hand as a trigger and as a light source for the liquids.

Set the shutter on bulb, exposed top half while pouring wine into the bowl. switched the bowl for the glass of water, turned filter by Pi, poured water and exposed lower half.

I think the light on the bottle should have been better. If I had more time, I would have done it. The mistake: I was paying too much attention on the overlap and thickness of wine and water... only after I got them perfect I realized that the exposure was way off... too late now to retake.
post processing:
curves adjustment layer used with the gradient map to level the light on the background, some cloning (of sensor dirt and some drops of water on the table, the wine/water overlapped perfectly.)
resize, usm, save for web.

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Nikon D50
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 06/17/2006 05:41:46 PM
Wow...excellent work! The flash on the glass is a bit much but the wine-water effect is awesome!
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Canon PowerShot Pro1
 03/31/2006 03:23:52 AM
Really nice job!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 03/31/2006 12:37:10 AM
Very nice job.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Raynox Pro Digital 0.66X Wide Angle Conversion
 03/30/2006 10:32:10 AM
Excellent!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 03/28/2006 07:27:40 PM
This would be a great parlor trick :) Good job.
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
Olympus 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Zuiko Digital Zoom
 03/27/2006 09:03:26 AM
Really well done! Still don't know how you do it!
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Canon
 03/26/2006 08:54:26 PM
Great job -- only think that detracts are the reflections on the glass, but beyond that this is nearly flawless!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
 03/26/2006 08:30:23 PM
Two of my favorite elements reflections and water.
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 03/26/2006 02:19:13 PM
lol now this is groovy!
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Canon EOS-5D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 03/25/2006 11:57:15 PM
this is great! good job
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 03/25/2006 12:27:08 PM
Great work, nice clean shot.
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Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM
 03/25/2006 06:10:28 AM
I like the way you took Dan's theme and made it just a little different to make it your own. Good job.
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 03/24/2006 05:38:33 PM
Good job, reflections are a bit distracting.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 03/24/2006 01:43:10 PM
returning for comments:
Great. How I wish mine were in a.e. Here you take my image a step further and I am very flattered, but a warm congratulations on the expert execution! Bumping up.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 03/24/2006 07:16:02 AM
You did it!!! ... do tell. brilliant by the way.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM II
 03/24/2006 03:28:33 AM
Good effort, the original is hard to top :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 03/24/2006 01:43:53 AM
well done...great work...hope you do well with this shot
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 03/24/2006 12:19:00 AM
very cool
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