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Slobodan Blagojevic

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Re: Re: Recent Professional Works 2
« Reply #1840 on: November 04, 2015, 08:01:00 pm »

... because all the houses in front are straight...

Sorry to be such a pest but they are not:

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Re: Recent Professional Works 2
« Reply #1841 on: November 04, 2015, 09:29:47 pm »

Number one?  ???

Err uhm.. I guess you mean the other Chris ;)

AH...yes ..:)
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« Reply #1842 on: November 04, 2015, 09:39:27 pm »

Sorry to be such a pest but they are not:
O. K., but straight enough..... old buildings are never rectangular......

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« Reply #1843 on: November 05, 2015, 04:43:13 am »

Thanks, Ben and Sam!

O. K., but straight enough..... old buildings are never rectangular......

Exactly.
Anyone who has been in these old cities will realize that nothing is completely straight. Everything slants this way or the other.

Furthermore, this is a fine art project, not an architectural one where everything needs to be mathematically and clinically perfect. After adjusting the perspective following the initial suggestions, I am very happy with how it looks now.

p.s. Yes, the laundry amuses me! I thought of cloning them out but decided against it as I wanted to portray the city authentically.
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« Reply #1844 on: November 05, 2015, 08:04:14 am »

Agreed.  The towers' slight angularity adds a disconcerting tension.  I think it works now.

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Re: Recent Professional Works 2
« Reply #1845 on: November 06, 2015, 03:48:42 am »

Hey, BC: you don't need to do any more landscapes - you've already topped them all here with this one!

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Re: Recent Professional Works 2
« Reply #1846 on: November 06, 2015, 05:21:15 am »





Amazing shot!!

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Re: Recent Professional Works 2
« Reply #1847 on: November 09, 2015, 08:32:29 am »

My fiancé got this for my birthday a few months back; tequila is my poison of choice and it was damn good! 

I kept telling her you should shoot it, it's such a cool bottle.  She never got around to it, so screw it, I decided to shoot it this weekend.   8)

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Re: Recent Professional Works 2
« Reply #1848 on: November 09, 2015, 09:44:22 am »

My fiancé got this for my birthday a few months back; tequila is my poison of choice and it was damn good! 

I kept telling her you should shoot it, it's such a cool bottle.  She never got around to it, so screw, I decided to shoot it this weekend.   8)

One of your nicest to date Joe.  Are you using a reflector behind the bottle?
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« Reply #1849 on: November 09, 2015, 10:01:57 am »

One of your nicest to date Joe.  Are you using a reflector behind the bottle?

Thanks Craig.  There is a reflector behind the bottle, and the rock glass.  5 lights all together, plus bounce cards, black flags, plenty of gold foil to bring out the label, and I went through two boxes of matches to get that smoke. 
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« Reply #1850 on: November 09, 2015, 12:17:13 pm »

I went through two boxes of matches to get that smoke. 

Totally worth it!
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Re: Recent Professional Works 2
« Reply #1851 on: November 09, 2015, 01:10:16 pm »

My fiancé got this for my birthday a few months back; tequila is my poison of choice and it was damn good! 

I kept telling her you should shoot it, it's such a cool bottle.  She never got around to it, so screw it, I decided to shoot it this weekend.   8)

Nice shot, not my favorite tequila though.  I am guilty of having a tequila collection and zero recent photos (like within the last 4 years...).
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Re: Recent Professional Works 2
« Reply #1852 on: November 09, 2015, 06:00:44 pm »

Thanks Craig.  There is a reflector behind the bottle, and the rock glass.  5 lights all together, plus bounce cards, black flags, plenty of gold foil to bring out the label, and I went through two boxes of matches to get that smoke.

Did you cut and paste the label?
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Re: Recent Professional Works 2
« Reply #1853 on: November 09, 2015, 06:15:05 pm »

Cooter, I love how you continue to not suck.

Joe, keep on keepin' on, Man.

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« Reply #1854 on: November 09, 2015, 06:18:17 pm »

Very fun wow! What was this for?

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Re: Recent Professional Works 2
« Reply #1855 on: November 09, 2015, 08:00:08 pm »

Cooter, I love how you continue to not suck.

Joe, keep on keepin' on, Man.

Thanks Chris! 

Craig, yes that shot is a composite, however the light was consistent in every image used.  The only way to get foil in a label to really pop is to reflect light onto it with another piece of foil, preferably the same color.  With the 1792 Bourbon, the bottle was pretty flat, so I was able to have gold foil just outside of the frame to light the whole front. 

The problem here was the bottle is perfectly round and my lens was at the same elevation as the label.  I was not able to reflect light onto the middle of the label without covering part of the sides.  (Actually that middle medallion was the biggest pain in the ass since the lens was almost directly in front of it.) 

So I had to settle with compositing in that label from several shots.  I also kept in mind when doing this that one would expect the center to be slightly less bright then the side, since that is were the light is coming from. 

Not to mention, there was no way I was going to get that smoke in one capture either; the smoke too is a composite of two shots, but almost all of it is from one.  About half way from the cork to the edge of frame, the smoke in the main capture just got messy.  I initially erased it out, but it just did not look right not having it continue to the edge.  So I added more to the top from a cleaner but much less awesome capture.  Actually, when that main smoke capture came onto the screen and I saw how it fell in front of the bottle and cork, I know that was the one.  It just took me about 25 more shots to get something that would composite well onto the top. 
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Re: Recent Professional Works 2
« Reply #1856 on: November 09, 2015, 11:10:29 pm »

Thank you.
I know a clean background is sometimes better, however I do prefer to have a bit of..substance. Shadows, wall texture and so on - I think it all adds to the mood.

In fact the suggested expression I make up for her face go well with the drippy wall. Its a nice portrait. I agree, more authentic and a slice of a moment.
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Re: Recent Professional Works 2
« Reply #1857 on: November 21, 2015, 01:41:47 am »

BC - What's a BBC look like?

Lotsa feeling in those images.  I like - nice work.

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Re: Recent Professional Works 2
« Reply #1858 on: November 22, 2015, 08:47:50 am »

Lovin this series BC, very nice work. 
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Re: Recent Professional Works 2
« Reply #1859 on: November 22, 2015, 08:49:50 am »

Here's something a little dark and moody, and something bright and jolly. 

Both shoot with the Rodie 90mm with just a tad bit of cropping. 
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