Two problems:
1) Last couple weeks I sat out an didn't really review or judge any challenges.
2) I thought I had an idea that hasn't been seen here for some time.
Result:
Bad move, never sit out and I should never think I have a good idea.
KarenNfld did a fantastic job with this concept just in a recent challenge (Orange II).
Karen - I like yours much better.
Funny thing I didn't realize this was done till the comments started rolling in. Sorry, didn't want to appear as a copy cat, just never thought to check recent challenges.
KarenNfld asks a wonderful questions - how did I stack them and most importantly how many did break?
Answer: smashed two and spilled one all over my head (go figure - my luck) and a bit on my youngest 1 year old daugther.
As Karen wrote, the glasses are balanced like that with no photoshop tricks, no invisible strings or wires. I got lucky and managed to get these to balance without any glue on the the bottom glass. However, it was needed for when I added the water. I just couldn't get them to stand (lost two).
Steps:
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- Convert From Raw
- Heal couple dirty water spots on the green glass
- Heal one water spot on the red glass
- Topaz Adjust - Clarity - default settings
- Smart Sharpen (100%, 1)
- Resize
- Sharpen Edges
- Save for web
I encourage all to try this fun trick - just do it in the kitchen and have a mop bucket with you.
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Congrats on your finish top 10. Great image. I know you didnt copy Karen's fabulous photo but there's nothing wrong with admiring someone else's work and trying to accomplish it. That's one of the ways of learning. Great job.
I love this whenever I see the thumbnail, but am disappointed when I see the full size and see the all the different reflections in the classes. I find them very distracting.
Cool, you got them to stack! Did you break any glasses? Really neat but you should work a bit more on your lighting so there are no reflections in the glasses. It looks like you have 2 softboxes on either side of your setup. Try just backlighting with one light, no other lights/flashes at all.
Now this I like a lot! The simple colors, the nice angles involves and the simple background with the line grounds it. Maybe one of my favorites for this competition.
This would be a lot more impressive if it hadn't been done in just the previous challenge.
Same photographer, or a copy cat?
Either way, it is a nicely executed photo.
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