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When I'm feeling blue...
When I'm feeling blue...
pdbartlett


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Blue III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ50
Location: Colnbrook, Berkshire, England
Date: Nov 8, 2008
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 3.2s
Galleries: Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Nov 8, 2008

 All I have to do
Is take a drink of you

:)

Shot with white card base/background, lit from above with normal tungsten bulbs.

Post-processing in GIMP was: corrective rotation, +15 brightness/+10 contrast, +20 cyan/+10 green/+30 blue, rescale to 640px high, USM (2.0 px radius, 0.5 amount, 0 threshold).

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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 11/19/2008 02:36:39 AM
Thanks for the comments everyone - any thoughts on how you'd light it more "interestingly", though?

I went for direct overhead to avoid shadows, so I guess the idea would be to go for a main (or is the correct term "key") light from one side and some fill from the other to get rid of the shadows. Is that right?

I have an Olympus FL36R, so I really must figure out how to get it off-camera. Anyone with an FZ50 reading and done this?

Thanks again,
Paul.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D60
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR
 11/18/2008 09:51:48 PM
I agree.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 11/13/2008 07:47:56 PM
at least someone thought this one through, excellent subject, but the lighting could have been done better
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 11/12/2008 01:55:30 PM
My favorite drink, a very nice product photography!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 6
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 11/12/2008 10:05:46 AM
This feels flat to me, there's nothing exciting about lighting, perspective, angles, nada.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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