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by Martin Eager
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17-OCT-2003 Martin Eager

Lean On Me*
by Martin Eager

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
1/500s f/5.6 at 50.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time17-Oct-2003 17:59:23
MakeCanon
ModelEOS 10D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length50 mm
Exposure Time1/500 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-1.00
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program
Focus Distance

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Guest 21-Oct-2003 17:55
Hi Martin,

The silkiness and sharpness of this is amazing. Love the concept and execution is very nice as well. I'm not sure about cropping it differently, but the lower stems do get a little lost in front of the trees, but other than that - excellent!

Jim (shutter)
Martin Eager 21-Oct-2003 02:08
Thanks for your comments Daveed. I agree about your cropping suggestion. As it happens I already cropped out a fair bit, but more might be good. I didn't increase the shadow detail as I wanted to make the glasses look like they are floating in space and didn't want to reveal the surface the glasses were stood on (a box wrapped in black cloth).

As for the tilted glass, it really is genuinely leaning on the other. It was *very* precarious and I was panicking the whole time about it slipping and splashing my lovely 10D with sticky wine. I shot on a tripod, operating the shutter with one hand, the other hand poised to catch the glass if it slipped :)

Cheers
Martin
Daveed V. 21-Oct-2003 00:25
I like your image a lot. I think it makes great use of light and reflections, and I like your choice of depth-of-field. The concept is fine, and the title excellent.

I wonder if this would benefit from increasing the dynamic range of the darker parts?
Also, this might work ina square format (i.e., shave off some sky and some of the dark band on the bottom).

However, these are minor ideas (and I'm not positive they would have a positive impact on the picture ;-).

How did you convince that tilted glass to stay in position?