Ch 61 (BW in Color): help me choose, please!

NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
edited March 29, 2006 in The Dgrin Challenges
Tried a few ideas Friday night::):

#1: Eggs and lemon
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#2: Eggs and tomato
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#3: Sandal and laser
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#4: Sandal and rose
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Thank you!
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Which one you like the most? 32 votes

Eggs and lemon
25% 8 votes
Eggs and tomato
15% 5 votes
Sandal and laser
9% 3 votes
Sandal and rose
50% 16 votes

Comments

  • adrian_kadrian_k Registered Users Posts: 557 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2006
    The eggs & tomato doesn't look too sharp, good shot though.

    I like the shadow of the last. I reckon if you could combine the sandal from the 3rd with the setup of the last you'd have a winner.
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2006
    I hope the voting helps you more than the 3 way tie rolleyes1.gif nice lemon and the last one
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2006
    Adrian,
    adrian_k wrote:
    The eggs & tomato doesn't look too sharp, good shot though.
    You're correct, the DOF is a bit too shallow. For some reson I started with macro setup in mind ne_nau.gif Prolly need to redo from a larger distance.
    adrian_k wrote:
    I like the shadow of the last. I reckon if you could combine the sandal from the 3rd with the setup of the last you'd have a winner.
    It's the same sandal :D And I tried laser on #3 - it gets consumed by the reflection of the flash ne_nau.gif

    Thank you very much for your constructive critique!
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2006
    Thanks, Jeff!
    jwear wrote:
    I hope the voting helps you more than the 3 way tie rolleyes1.gif nice lemon and the last one
    I hope so too. In fact, I had more ideas than that but the implementation didn't come out as I hoped, so I decided to concentrate on these four. As Adrian mentioned - it's not only have to match topic requirements, it also has to be a decent picture all by itself:-)

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  • ultravoxultravox Registered Users Posts: 776 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2006
    Great
    maybe #4, i think.thumb.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2006
    Uv,
    ultravox wrote:
    maybe #4, i think.thumb.gif
    Thanks! Looks like you're not alone:-)mwink.gif
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  • StormdancingStormdancing Registered Users Posts: 917 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2006
    Nikolai wrote:
    Thanks! Looks like you're not alone:-)mwink.gif
    Nikolai, I love your shoes. rolleyes1.gif
    #4 for me too.
    Dana
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2006
    Dana,
    Stormdancing wrote:
    Nikolai, I love your shoes. rolleyes1.gif
    #4 for me too.

    They're not mine (they me daughter'srolleyes1.gif ), but thanks:-):):
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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2006
    I like both ideas a lot, Nikolai. There is an elegant simplicityl to them, My favorites are ##1 and 3.

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2006
    Thank you, Virginia!
    Flyinggina wrote:
    I like both ideas a lot, Nikolai. There is an elegant simplicityl to them, My favorites are ##1 and 3.

    Virginia

    Appreciate the comment!
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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited March 26, 2006
    I went with #3 Nik. Nice and crisp thumb.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2006
    Muchas garcias, amigo!
    Angelo wrote:
    I went with #3 Nik. Nice and crisp thumb.gif
    Thanks for voting!thumb.gif
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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2006
    Some comments
    My first impression was of the eggs and lemon, and I thought, how clever... I think it might be more interesting, if instead of an afterthought as it appears currently with the lemon stuck in the back, if part of the lemon was sticking up in the front on the left as the "star" of the photo it might work best.

    I think of the shoes I like the laser sandal best, and of the two themes I think I prefer the shoes.
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2006
    Dee,
    Dee wrote:
    My first impression was of the eggs and lemon, and I thought, how clever... I think it might be more interesting, if instead of an afterthought as it appears currently with the lemon stuck in the back, if part of the lemon was sticking up in the front on the left as the "star" of the photo it might work best.

    I think of the shoes I like the laser sandal best, and of the two themes I think I prefer the shoes.

    Thank you very much for watching and commenting!
    My reasoning for putting lemon/tomato in the back was that I wanted to create an impression of pure b/w image first and only then "hint" the viewer that it is, in fact, a color one.
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  • dkoyanagidkoyanagi Registered Users Posts: 656 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2006
    I found #1 & #2 a little too colorful. The eggs seem to have a pinkish/orange tint. #3 & #4 seem more black and white. Of those two I like #4. thumb.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2006
    Thanks, Dan!
    dkoyanagi wrote:
    I found #1 & #2 a little too colorful. The eggs seem to have a pinkish/orange tint. #3 & #4 seem more black and white. Of those two I like #4. thumb.gif

    Appreciate your opinion!thumb.gif
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  • harjttharjtt Registered Users Posts: 223 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2006
    Nikolai wrote:
    They're not mine (they me daughter'srolleyes1.gif ), but thanks:-):):
    Cheers!1drink.gif

    Personally, I like no 4 - just the way the shoe's shadow rusn across eth shot and there still enough detail in the shoe itself.



    Cheers

    HArjTT

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2006
    Harjtt,
    harjtt wrote:
    Personally, I like no 4 - just the way the shoe's shadow rusn across eth shot and there still enough detail in the shoe itself.
    Cheers
    HArjTT
    thumb.gifD:oogle

    That was exactly my reasonings to include it into the "set": that long delicate shadow makes all the difference, IMHO...

    Thanks for looking!thumb.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2006
    Thank you very much everybody!
    I have submitted #4 :):
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