Comments on: February Challenge Recap http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/03/february-challenge-recap/ A Photography Resource for the Aspiring Hobbyist Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:50:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: A u d e e http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/03/february-challenge-recap/#comment-47556 A u d e e Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:17:12 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/03/february-challenge-recap/#comment-47556 Beautiful!!! I love the "red" shoot ;) the blurry background and glass sparkles just make the main object speaks beautifully! Beautiful!!! I love the “red” shoot ;) the blurry background and glass sparkles just make the main object speaks beautifully!

]]> By: inspirationbit http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/03/february-challenge-recap/#comment-45609 inspirationbit Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:34:28 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/03/february-challenge-recap/#comment-45609 thanks for the answers, Brian. I will for sure be bugging you for advice (hope you won't mind that much ;-)) on lenses/camera when I'll finally decide on purchasing a professional SLR camera. With the recent move to a new house and renovations there as so many expenses, I keep postponing buying an expensive camera (and especially the lenses) for myself. thanks for the answers, Brian. I will for sure be bugging you for advice (hope you won’t mind that much ;-)) on lenses/camera when I’ll finally decide on purchasing a professional SLR camera. With the recent move to a new house and renovations there as so many expenses, I keep postponing buying an expensive camera (and especially the lenses) for myself.

]]> By: Brian Auer http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/03/february-challenge-recap/#comment-45606 Brian Auer Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:27:28 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/03/february-challenge-recap/#comment-45606 Thanks Vivien! And yes, red is certainly abundant when your grandfather's house is completely filled with Chinese artifacts and decorations. The blue/white dots or circles in that photo are a result of the lens bokeh. It's something that's caused by specular highlights when they're severely out of focus and when the lens has a wide aperture. I shot it at f/1.4 and at a very close distance, so anything immediately behind the plane of focus is thrown out of focus very rapidly. Same thing with the Yellow Tail bottles -- It's all due to the wide aperture of the lens. The only thing I post-processed for was some basic colors and contrast. The blur and perspective are things that were "placed" into the photo the instant I released the shutter. You can also see varying degrees of bokeh in that photo -- as the bottles get further away, the circles caused by the light reflections get larger and larger. This is why I'm so in love with that 50mm f/1.4 lens I just picked up -- it can do really amazing things like this. Thanks Vivien! And yes, red is certainly abundant when your grandfather’s house is completely filled with Chinese artifacts and decorations.

The blue/white dots or circles in that photo are a result of the lens bokeh. It’s something that’s caused by specular highlights when they’re severely out of focus and when the lens has a wide aperture. I shot it at f/1.4 and at a very close distance, so anything immediately behind the plane of focus is thrown out of focus very rapidly.

Same thing with the Yellow Tail bottles — It’s all due to the wide aperture of the lens. The only thing I post-processed for was some basic colors and contrast. The blur and perspective are things that were “placed” into the photo the instant I released the shutter. You can also see varying degrees of bokeh in that photo — as the bottles get further away, the circles caused by the light reflections get larger and larger.

This is why I’m so in love with that 50mm f/1.4 lens I just picked up — it can do really amazing things like this.

]]> By: inspirationbit http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/03/february-challenge-recap/#comment-45598 inspirationbit Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:49:14 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/03/february-challenge-recap/#comment-45598 very well done, Brian. I can see that you had no trouble finding red things to shoot :-) How did you get those amazing blue/white dots behind the red decanter? And did you touch up your Yellow Tail photo afterwards to get that perfect out of focus blurred yellow line of labels? very well done, Brian. I can see that you had no trouble finding red things to shoot :-)
How did you get those amazing blue/white dots behind the red decanter?
And did you touch up your Yellow Tail photo afterwards to get that perfect out of focus blurred yellow line of labels?

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