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Attempt to Steal Life
Attempt to Steal Life
vaar


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Challenge: Complementary Colors IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Home
Date: Nov 26, 2007
Aperture: 11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Nov 26, 2007

 I think hand added something interesting to composition.
For lighting used energy saving bulb and I'm still struggling to make good white balance with it.

Processing: rotate + crop + adjustment layers: color balance, curves, contrast + resize.

Mirrors, blue bottle, oranges, and even hand were probably combined in other works too, but I was not copying anything particular that I can rememeber.

I appreciate comments.

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 172
Avg (all users): 6.7072
Avg (commenters): 8.0588
Avg (participants): 6.3148
Avg (non-participants): 6.8740
Views since voting: 4138
Views during voting: 310
Votes: 181
Comments: 23
Favorites: 4 (view)

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/09/2007 07:24:37 AM
Very effective! I espcially like the way the mirror sections the oranges and distorts them. An intriguing shot that is quite fun to view!
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 12/05/2007 10:30:28 AM
Getting this type of shot is more difficult than it looks so congrats on getting a great shot and a top 10 finish.
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 12/05/2007 02:41:20 AM
Thank you everyone for voting and comments! First time in top 10!

I'll try to do something interesting next time and definitely will try to improve execution!

vaar
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 12/04/2007 11:49:22 PM
Like the creativity here.
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Nikon D300s
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon
 12/04/2007 10:42:29 PM
Nice set up! I tried this once and got bored because I kept getting my camera in the shot. good luck.
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 12/04/2007 02:06:11 AM
Very creative!!!
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Pentax K-1
Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF
 12/03/2007 09:16:23 AM
I think "Steal Life" would have been a clever pun. :)
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Olympus E-510
Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
 12/03/2007 03:22:12 AM
The steal life is wonderfuly playful. Beautiful colors and the images within each other is spectacular. Is it really done with mirrors?
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 12/02/2007 07:34:33 PM
Very impressive; I like the concept as well as how it turned out. That's such a pretty bottle, wine anyone?
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Nikon D500
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 12/02/2007 06:24:24 PM
Great concept! 8
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 11/30/2007 11:23:56 PM
great idea and well executed
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Sony DSLR-A700
Sony DT 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Aspherical ED
 11/30/2007 06:58:40 AM
beautiful snapshot kinda boring subject matter
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/29/2007 06:48:08 PM
Very nice!
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 11/29/2007 06:14:38 PM
Interesting shot. The shirt matches the background well
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 11/29/2007 11:54:22 AM
Very clever setup and great color... 9
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 11/29/2007 07:21:49 AM
excellent idea, well composed. greenish cast from wrong white balance
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Pentax K10D
Pentax FA 28-80mm 3.5-5.6 AF - Silver
 11/29/2007 02:48:08 AM
great job! Only thing I noticed is the facet in the mirror. It breaks the reflections :)
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Pentax K-R
Pentax DA L 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL
 11/28/2007 11:01:46 PM
Cool. Good visual impact.
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Olympus E-300 EVOLT
Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
 11/28/2007 04:24:03 PM
I have that bottle! Very nice image. I like the bevel on the mirror giving some distortion to the reflection. I'm not real fond of the yellow color cast on the entire image. The more I look at it, the more its growing on me. But I think its going to hurt the outcome. Clone out the white splotches on the background for future use.
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 11/28/2007 12:33:05 PM
nice.
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Nikon D90
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
 11/28/2007 11:13:34 AM
oh awesome!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Quantaray AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Nikon
 11/28/2007 08:44:13 AM
Really interesting idea. I like it!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/28/2007 12:59:25 AM
very nice one of my top 10 -9
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