Challenge:Rusted (Basic Editing I) Camera:Olympus E-10 Location: In my office in Escondido, CA Date: May 3, 2004 Aperture: F8.0 ISO: 320 Shutter: 1/100 Galleries:Humorous, Still Life Date Uploaded: May 3, 2004
Just an old monkey wrench in a plastic tray filled with coffee beans.
Off-camera flash, PS auto levels, fine rotation, crop & USM.
Neil Young was right.....
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Place: 131 out of 443 Avg (all users): 5.4629 Avg (commenters): 6.6296 Avg (participants): 5.3095 Avg (non-participants): 5.6870 Views since voting: 1487 Votes: 283 Comments: 29 Favorites: 1 (view)
Excellent Shot! I like the crispness and the detail. This is one of my top 3 for this challenge. I don't have any great comments on how to improve it, but I would be curious to see what the result of moving the light source more overhead of the subject than behind it would be. Maybe it will help define the lower right part of the handle a little better and increase the contrast between the entire front edge of the wrench and the beans.
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 6
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 7
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 6
How well does it meet the challenge: 10
Total Averaged Rating 7.25 Dick
OK adding the coffee beans was a great touch, gave it some wonderful texture. The composition and the angle of the tool are very nice. I don't see much rust in the photo though?
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 6
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 6
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc. 5
How well does it meet the challenge: 7
Total Averaged Rating(Rounded) 6
Great title.
Nice texture in the shot with the coffee beans and the old pipe wrench is a great touch. More rust would have bumped this shot up,( in score) from me .
Almost...
Good Luck in the challenge
Finally -- I voted on half of the photos, and I get to the Neil Young fan... I figured every other picture would have this title. Interesting concept, nicely executed. I'm not sure the heavy black border benefits the image.
I like this old tool, I like the coffee beans, I like the heavy frame here.
I wish it was in better focus. The lighting seems a bit harsh.
Mix all that in a pot and I give this a 7. Good work.
Two of my favorite things, tools and coffee. A little sharper focus on the metal and a smaller border would have gotten an extra point, but I like this. 7
So maybe I'm biased because I'm a tool freak, but I really am impressed that you thought of (what seems to be) coffee beans as a background. They create a perfect contrast! This kind of image is exactly why I joined DPC - thank you!
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