Challenge 29 - Cletus

cletuscletus Registered Users Posts: 1,930 Major grins
edited January 7, 2005 in The Dgrin Challenges
iPod Photo:
13444464-M.jpg

and some variations:

Black & White Background:
13732698-M.jpg

B&W Background and Screen:
13732701-M.jpg

Lowered Screen Contrast:
13732699-M.jpg

Does it work plain, or should I go with one of the variations?
ab0wa.smugmug.com

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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2005
    I have no idea. Send the iPod to me, and I will let you know. At this point all I can see is the green with envy aura around me.

    Maybe later, I will settle with an opinion.

    How do you like it? Did Santa bring it? Were you better last year than I was?
    When will it get here?

    Smile, ginger

    Oh, I can't hear it. Could you turn it up a bit. I assume it does everything.:D
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2005
    I like the first one. The only thing I might work on is correcting the barrel distortion on the building, so that the walls looks straight. Leaning back, maybe, since that is the perspective, but they look bowed. Don't ask me how to do that, though. I have no idea.

    I really, really like this entry. Clean, clear, well thought out and cool. Nice job.
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  • cletuscletus Registered Users Posts: 1,930 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    How do you like it? Did Santa bring it? Were you better last year than I was?
    When will it get here?
    I really like it, although I haven't put any photos on yet lol3.gif

    Yes Santa did bring it and no I wasn't better than you this year. Must have been a paper work oversite on Santa's part. ne_nau.gif
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2005
    cletus wrote:
    I really like it, although I haven't put any photos on yet lol3.gif

    Yes Santa did bring it and no I wasn't better than you this year. Must have been a paper work oversite on Santa's part. ne_nau.gif
    Thank you, Cletus, but you missed my last question.

    g:D
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2005
    Plain, the first one. The B&W fx are distracting. And the blurred image spoils the point of the thing, which is that the real building is blurry and the reproduction is sharp. Definitely the first one.
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2005
    I feel like I would be comparing apples and oranges. To me they are all the same photo except one is larger.

    I think the feedback would be better if they were all the same size, just my oh so humble opinion.

    ginger (I figured out Kelby's collage instructions!) On the last thread, kind of controversial.
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • cletuscletus Registered Users Posts: 1,930 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    I feel like I would be comparing apples and oranges. To me they are all the same photo except one is larger.

    I think the feedback would be better if they were all the same size, just my oh so humble opinion.
    Fixed it for ya ginger
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  • cletuscletus Registered Users Posts: 1,930 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2005
    DavidTO wrote:
    I like the first one. The only thing I might work on is correcting the barrel distortion on the building, so that the walls looks straight. Leaning back, maybe, since that is the perspective, but they look bowed. Don't ask me how to do that, though. I have no idea.
    David,

    When I first read your post I thought "that's easy, I can just run the Spherize filter with a small negative amount to clean up the distortion." It didn't quite work out that way... I think it might just be easier to pick a new image to use for the background/display lol3.gif
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 5, 2005
    Straight up. the First one is by far the best. All the other variations take away from the cool effect of having a picture in a picture, over emphasis is not a good thing. Or at least to my eye, I really jumped at the first one. I see a winner there thumb.gif



    crap, back to drawing board! this first person thing is hard!
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 5, 2005
    great lighting btw, how'd you achieve that on your hand?
    Erik
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  • judyfuessjudyfuess Registered Users Posts: 259 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2005
    love the first one... great shot!
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2005
    cletus wrote:
    iPod Photo:
    13444464-M.jpg

    and some variations:

    Black & White Background:


    B&W Background and Screen:


    Lowered Screen Contrast:


    Does it work plain, or should I go with one of the variations?

    Yes, now I can see the variations better. I agree with everyone, I prefer the first one.

    ginger
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • cletuscletus Registered Users Posts: 1,930 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2005
    DoctorIt wrote:
    great lighting btw, how'd you achieve that on your hand?
    Nothing special, afternoon light through an east facing window. I did have a piece of white foam core for a background, but I don't think it contributed to the lighting.
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  • landrumlandrum Registered Users Posts: 285 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2005
    VERY cool! I say the first one.
    Laurie :smooch

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  • aero-nutaero-nut Registered Users Posts: 693 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2005
    landrum wrote:
    VERY cool! I say the first one.

    Agreed
    -Kendall

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  • lynnmalynnma Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 5,208 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2005
    Great idea and a cool shot Cletus.. it really works. clap.gif
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  • snapapplesnapapple Registered Users Posts: 2,093 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2005
    Great idea Cletus...
    I agree, the first one is best. Clear, sharp, bright. Great lighting on the hand. I like that the actual scene is in the background. It's not just any picture on the ipod. It really shows that you are there, in the scene so to speak. So very "first person". Great job!
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