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Challenge: Pure... (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: At home, Reykjavik
Date: Jun 13, 2007
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Advertisement, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jun 12, 2007

 I know, I know, I have done it before :) Was a last minute shot and actually extatic about the rollover delay, this is shot the 13th of June, didn´t have time for anything else today. If it hadn´t been for the delay I would have submitted a shot of the same soda can in a stream, that shot pretty much royally sucked.

As usual, lit with two flashes, a 580ex and 550ex. One on the left/behind the soda can pointed upwards at the cealing, bouncing mostly of it back and the other one to the right/front of the soda can, also bouncing most of the light up at the white cealing. Henny held the can and shower head, tied a seethrough string to the can to hold it up, you can see it if you look for it, it´s right above the "M" in "Magic".

As for processing, first raw conversion where I did most of the work. The backround was too cyan for my taste so I used selective color adjustment to get the cyan parts more blue and darker to make the droplets stand out more. Then tweaked the image just a little with color balance, again to get the whole shot just a little bit more blue and a smidge of magenta over the cyan hue. Lastly, I sharpened after resizing and added the black frame.

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Place: 18 out of 394
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Votes: 150
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 06/24/2007 11:30:02 PM
Done with that masterful technique to whet the thirst. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera
 06/20/2007 01:36:59 AM
of course something with actual professional commercial value wouldn't score as well as it deserves. Heaven forbid we learn to make money with our cameras, or reward those that show us the way on DPC! :)

Love this, and sincerely appreciate you taking time to explain how you did it. I'll be setting this up in studio to try myself in the next week or so.

Thanks for your contributions to this site.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 06/19/2007 05:01:32 PM
Excellent product shot - definitely ad-worthy.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 06/19/2007 03:17:06 PM
Cool image 7
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 06/18/2007 08:52:11 PM
Nice product shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 06/17/2007 07:08:28 AM
great product shot...love the background 9
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 06/15/2007 10:45:57 AM
very well done ... lighting and focus are great ...
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Olympus PEN E-P3
Konica Minolta MF 85mm f/1.7
 06/14/2007 11:05:19 PM
great shot!!
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Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 35mm f/3.5 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
 06/14/2007 08:04:22 PM
Excellent product shot. Top 5.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/14/2007 07:25:47 PM
This really reminds me of Larus' photo:
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED
 06/14/2007 07:04:29 AM
Nice advert! I like the stop mtion of the water
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 06/14/2007 02:38:19 AM
WOuld have been better with a battery.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 06/14/2007 02:23:39 AM
I don't think the nice deep tones of the can matches the bright blue background very well.
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Olympus E-330 EVOLT
 06/14/2007 12:39:26 AM
WOW!!! WOW!!! WOW!!! excellent!
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