I got a pair of my black basketball shorts and layed them over a box, then I pinned the other half on the kitchen wall. Then my friend held a fluorescent light above the ice cube. I took the picture with my Nikon D70s using a tripod.
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Color Balance +12, Filter: Sharpen More, Crop Tool all on Photoshop 7.0
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Place: 164 out of 285 Avg (all users): 5.4125 Avg (commenters): 6.0000 Avg (participants): 5.2069 Avg (non-participants): 5.6575 Views since voting: 1077 Views during voting: 217 Votes: 160 Comments: 6 Favorites: 0
Camera Work/Technical: Great focus and a terrific job isolating the subject from the background. I also like your chosen white balance and color balance adjustment.
Lighting: Very nice, even lighting. This one would have been easy to lose detail in highlights, but you did not. Very nice exposure and lighting.
Composition/Content: I believe the the centered composition really detracts from this image's potential. I agree with ifwolpert in the fact that I'd like to see more of the ice. Also, the blue color you chose for the border is too bright. It competes with the subject for the eye's attention.
My Opinion: I think by simply removing the border and giving the voter more of the ice to look at would have vaulted this score up considerably.
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