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Arsenic And Old Lace (don't drink the elderberry wine)
Arsenic And Old Lace (don't drink the elderberry wine)
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Crime Scene (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: studio
Date: Jun 14, 2008
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 3.2 seconds
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jun 14, 2008

 A bit of colored water for the elderberry wine, some melted and re-formed colored candle wax for the spilled wine. The lace? well, about $1 in SF's Chinatown a few years back.

The glasses are about 100 years old, perhaps more. So they fit the scene nicely. They were my Mother-in-law's, who may also have inherited them. I wouldn't dare break one. That nice lady would come back and talk to me, sharply.

Okay,

For a simple composition, I did fuss with this a lot, but fairly gently.

Crop and rotate slightly. Match the color of the 'spilled wine' to the 'wine' in the glass.
Spent quite a bit of time on the glass. Used levels, in several passes to reduce the reflections.
A bit of cloning.
Sharpen.

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Oh, Wow!

from the comments, I knew this was not exactly getting rave reviews. But what the heck it was fun to do.

One thing though - my "white balance" was exactly "on," thanks. The lace is ecru colored (that's the beige/brown color, pictured, that is also a common lace hue)

because it was "old lace" I decided to use "old" colors.

That's all. Again it was fun, and thanks for all the comments.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 06/22/2008 11:58:53 PM
lol i love that play
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Olympus OM-D E-M1
Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko
 06/22/2008 11:12:51 PM
Without the title, this really has a hard time standing on it's own in regards to telling a story or displaying a crime scene.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 06/22/2008 09:48:00 PM
Not a bad shot but the wine looks fake.
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 06/22/2008 09:35:01 PM
I think a little more light here would help your scene--its a bit dark.
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Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)
 06/22/2008 05:29:57 PM
I've actually made elderberry wine -- left out the arsenic though ;-)
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Sony DSC-RX1
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 06/20/2008 02:45:14 PM
bad tones, bad composition, but a ood idea, you just need to do it better. 4/10
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 06/19/2008 07:27:35 AM
odd pp on the wine, it would've seeped through the lace. doesnt look convincing.
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Canon EOS-5D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 06/19/2008 06:45:45 AM
cool lighting technique. looks almost taken in a black light. Is the wine actually on the table cloth or has it been inserted after the fact.
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Sony Alpha a7 V
Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II
 06/18/2008 01:05:05 PM
Nice tie in to a title. Spilled drink looks a little static sonehow.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD Tele-Macro for Canon
 06/17/2008 11:43:04 PM
hmm.. clever. but it looks like you used normal house lights as your studio lights in this one. I only say that because the lace has a yellow tint to it. that could be the actual color (I would not know) but to make it white you only have to do a simple de saturation on the yellows and it should bring the white right out. ;)
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 06/17/2008 01:40:11 PM
Nice image, the composition is great, love the title. However the lace seems to have a yellowish cast to it could be my monitor thou.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 06/16/2008 11:49:05 AM
It seems your WB is off (towards the "warm" end, the white lace has an orange tone). overall your pictures appears very soft although you controlled the DOF pretty well. the red wine seems fake.
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Nikon D7500
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DL Macro Super for Nikon
 06/16/2008 11:23:22 AM
The lighting is a little weird, and the colors look washed out. It also looks too set up.
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Olympus E-5
Olympus 7-14mm f/4.0 Zuiko Digital Zoom
 06/16/2008 08:20:03 AM
That wine looks like it's been regurgitated. Yuck! It doesn't look natural at all. Was the lace yellow or white?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 06/16/2008 02:56:10 AM
This image does not sell the concept, also it seems the white balance is way off, unless you meant for it to be orangish/yellowish. Needs more of a story of the scene.
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