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Greg Bennett Royale RL1 - $259.00
Greg Bennett Royale RL1 - $259.00
arron_christensen


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Challenge: Product Shot (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: My Home
Date: Sep 7, 2008
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/80 sec
Galleries: Advertisement, Music
Date Uploaded: Sep 7, 2008

 Shot in my basement with my studio strobes. I had a hard time keeping the glare off the urethane finish, but finally found the angle that worked. I had a hard time lighting the headstock though, as I only had two lights to work with, and the angle was not conducive to distributing the light across everything without shining light on the backdrops. So I concentrated on the body.

Photoshop was convert from RAW, curves, hue sat to reduce the yellow and green tones, selective color to boost the red's, black and white at 25% opacity over the chrome parts, dodging, burning, cloning out some minor finish imperfections, resize, usm, save for web.

I'll get beat up for it looking a little more like an ad, but that's ok with me.

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Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro
Nikon MF Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8
 09/21/2008 01:08:37 PM
Hi Aaron,
Apologies for taking so long with the comments.. :)
Was busy setting up the next challenge shot.

I love the feel of this shot. The lighting and all. In all, it is very well setup.
Perhaps it's the perspective/ angle that's making the guitar look "fat".
Give it a little more tilt.

As it is, it's great. I love it all the same. :)

Cheers
Eric.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 09/14/2008 05:16:37 PM
Great concept on this. I think I would rather see more lighting at the further end though. If I was shopping for a product I think I'd like to see the complete item. Also the small reflection above the dials is a distraction.
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Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+
Canon TC-DC58B 1.5x Tele Converter
09/12/2008 08:16:01 PM
I gotta Gretsch that looks like that except it's green. Very nice and totally fits the challenge: 10
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 09/12/2008 03:55:03 PM
Very nice lighting and colour.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 09/10/2008 10:34:00 PM
i can only assume this was taken with a tilt shift lens? very good DOF otherwise! very good product shot, i like the perspective
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/10/2008 07:29:56 PM
great git shot, lots of detail, very simple, and no glare! 8
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 09/09/2008 07:53:44 PM
this is lovely-7
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/09/2008 07:05:10 PM
I love the bold red colour and how you've lit it. Nice work.
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Canon EOS R5 Mark II
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS USM
09/09/2008 04:55:19 PM
Fit Challenge Criteria: 2/2
Contrast/Color: 2/2
Composition: 2/2
Photo Quality: 2/2
My Subjective Affinity: 2/2

Excellent work here. It's nice to finally see a photo that took more thought than simply grabbing a camera quickly and shooting something as it passes by, and trying to pass it off as a product shot. The placement of the guitar is perfect, with just enough room on all sides to really make it stand out, but not look crowded in the frame. The lighting is spot on, and the guitar is perfectly sharp. I really like the light trailing off on the guitar strings. Excellent photograph.
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Canon EOS-1100D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 09/09/2008 08:52:30 AM
Great angle on this, the colour looks fabulous. Great crop/centering too.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 09/09/2008 01:25:41 AM
Nice lighting and composition.
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 09/08/2008 09:20:23 PM
a beautiful shot. I would bump higher if there was a bit more light on the neck.
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/08/2008 08:10:29 PM
nice angle & DOF
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 09/08/2008 11:05:07 AM
I'd like more negative space but I like the lighting and perspective.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 09/08/2008 01:01:23 AM
Very nice!
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