What happend to the naked man, the hedgehog and the ring of fire?...

pemmett

Well I have some sad news; first the hedgehog ran away and was last seen in the local woods staring passionately into the eyes of our old yard brush (we always suspected he was short sighted!).

Secondly the naked man is in hospital undergoing some very delicate surgery after playing with the rings of fire! Some guys just never learn...

So I was left with a bottle of wine and some glasses and, of course, my trusty camera, so I thought I'd better put them all to good use for this competition.

So, after listening to what you had all previously said about how boring and meaningless my images were, I decided to repeat myself

The obvious question is, are any of these images below any less boring and more meaningful than my current image?

Image 1 - Tipsy



Image 2 - Think before you drink



Image 3 - Drunk driving costs lives


Many thanks again for your time taken to empathize with my situation and let me know which image you prefer:lust

Cheers/Peter

puzzledpaul

Apols for my lack of clarity in previous post as what I was talking about was to rotate the real life setup - and then fill the glass - thus keeping the level horizontal.

Whether this would be better than this No 1 (or current image) I don't know (would prob depend on angle, crop area/shape and fill level ... otherwise could be a large area of white space top left corner. (staying with portrait mode and a small(ish) angle might help?)

Personally, fwiw, I still prefer the clean lines of this approach to the other 2 images.

pp

VelvtRide

I like the others in your last thread better.

richtersl

These are OK. But your current entry is much more dynamic. I like its clean lines and red hue.

Pity about the naked man. That's what he gets for playing around with that ring of fire!

Nikolai

#3, makeit all bw, leave the red.

Tentacion

I love these shots:

Here are my thoughts:

Love the framing capture on #1 very cool and the red is beautiful, but due to the angle perhaps the wine should be flowing in that angle also, so that it doesn't look like you just flipped or rotated the image? Also the rim of the glass which would give it that perk has disappeared? I would clean up the smudged areas on the red. Very cool shot, could almost be a product shot!

Really like number two, but in my mind's eye, that image would even be more striking had you captured a "drop" of the red wine in a more defined stop action setting almost between bottle rim and splat on the table.


Number 3 is cool also, but I find that the splat has no definition, if a drop falls into something does it not create a sort of "ripple" effect?? Just a thought? I was wondering about what Nik stated, Desaturation of all of the photo except for the red wine on the table...I bet that would look cool.

Numbers 2 and 3 remind me of "Good To The Last Drop"

Anyways Pemmett, hope I have not offended. Good Luck to you in whichever you choose

Peace
Donna

pemmett

Thanks to all for you feedback. I've got some playing around to do over the next few days :-)

Firstly. Sorry if I made any of you worried with my above post. I was being sarcastic (being British means it is second nature for me) and was not at all offended by anyone's comments.

Secondly. I would like to see is the first image could go somewhere. The top shot was called "tipsy" because I was looking at the glass from a drunk persons perspective hence the drink is not slanted just the view. Obviously this did not work, what if the title was more like "Had too much to drink!"

Thanks again for all your time.

Cheers/Peter

pemmett

Here's two different versions on image 2 in Black and white. Do they work?

Cheers/Peter

Nikolai

pemmett wrote:

Here's two different versions on image 2 in Black and white. Do they work?

#1, glad you like the suggested treament idea.
I'm rather torn on a possible title though.

VelvtRide

#1... wondering if it would look even better without the red color in the glass?

Tentacion

I'm Torn...I like both the treatments you gave them....

Just like a female eh...when it comes to decisions

I still like the "Good To The Last Drop"...lol

pemmett

Does this one work? Thanks for the ideas Nik and Heidi. I like the title "Good to the last drop..." Thanks Tentacion.

VelvtRide

Now I'm torn between that first one(in the first thread) and this one.

Both are great images, IMO.

peterst6906

I think this last one has something extra that the others don't.

This one draws me in more and keeps me looking longer. The underlying message has shifted away from "this is a bit of color" to "here is a story" and the color is absolutely part of the story and integral to the message. A big improvement as far as my opinion (not worth much) goes.

Regards,

Peter

richtersl

peterst6906 wrote:

I think this last one has something extra that the others don't.

This one draws me in more and keeps me looking longer. The underlying message has shifted away from "this is a bit of color" to "here is a story" and the color is absolutely part of the story and integral to the message. A big improvement as far as my opinion (not worth much) goes.

Regards,

Peter

Nikolai

pemmett wrote:

Does this one work? Thanks for the ideas Nik and Heidi. I like the title "Good to the last drop..." Thanks Tentacion.

Simply "Last drop" has more possible meanings and as such has more impact, IMHO. Again, less is more.

Art Scott

Nikolai wrote:

Simply "Last drop" has more possible meanings and as such has more impact, IMHO. Again, less is more.

YUP!!! Ahhhh agreeeees. (hic)

pemmett

Thanks everyone for their feedback. I've posted the image and changed the title and now I'm off for 3 days camera and internet less:cry I've been told it's quite painless...but we'll see

richtersl

pemmett wrote:

Thanks everyone for their feedback. I've posted the image and changed the title and now I'm off for 3 days camera and internet less:cry I've been told it's quite painless...but we'll see

Have a good weeked, Peter. Hope the withdrawal symptoms aren't too bad.

DaddyO

Love the shots. Way nice. Netless, painless? Good luck with that.