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Challenge: Absolut Advertisement (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Location: Byron, GA
Date: Jun 29, 2010
Aperture: f2.8, f4.0, f5.6 HDR
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jun 29, 2010

 HDR of 3 images shot at f2.8, f4.0, and f5.6
Alien Bee 800 bare head behind bottle, with 18 in. foamcore circle as backing.
2 strip lights to sides
1 Alien Bee 400 with snoot to light the bow tie.

This was hard.

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 68
Avg (all users): 6.3318
Avg (commenters): 7.6250
Avg (participants): 5.8333
Avg (non-participants): 6.4118
Views since voting: 1884
Views during voting: 426
Votes: 217
Comments: 13
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/07/2010 11:13:40 PM
Kudos on the lighting man! Great job and loved the idea!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/07/2010 12:41:36 PM
Tony what a slap in the face. This is so good, I don't understand the voters!
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Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/07/2010 09:17:25 AM
I really like it Tony, I think it is underrated. Elegance at its best.
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Nikon Z9
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 105mm f/1.4E ED
 07/07/2010 01:19:42 AM
Congrats Tony!! Would this be a "formal portraiture" LOL Nice work!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM
 07/04/2010 04:28:03 PM
I like this, almost a Bond-vibe.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon
07/04/2010 04:14:34 AM
Looks great. I get that the bowtie makes sense where its located but visually it looks more like a hair bow.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 07/03/2010 01:36:13 AM
Very NICE! I'd stand that up to ANY magazine ad!
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Sony DSLR-A200
Sony 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6
 07/02/2010 12:03:22 PM
Nicely shot, though I think the lighting on the front of the bottle may have been too dark...perhaps, too much reliance on the back-lighting??? Not sure. However, it's too similar to an already existing Absolut ad for my tastes...no real extra creativity to it...more of a mimic shot IMO.
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
 07/01/2010 04:20:39 PM
This looks like it came straight out of a magazine. Don't know you you got the idea from an actual ad. Regardless of that you nailed the technicals.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/01/2010 08:29:28 AM
like it a lot.
a lot more if the bow tie had a bt more definition at the top

Kev
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 06/30/2010 08:21:01 AM
Cute! Not so sure I like the uneven spotlight but everything else is good.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
 06/30/2010 06:59:01 AM
Cool idea and technically very nice, my only gripe is the how the spotlight effect in the background splits. Otherwise i think this should easily take top 10
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Fujifilm X-T5
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4
 06/30/2010 02:09:06 AM
Great concept and execution. 9
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