2nd place: Dominoes * by Jose Pablo Martinez by ctfchallenge

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04-JUN-2005	Jose Pablo Martinez

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Guest		08-Jun-2005 22:25
Techo, Thanks for your comment. Cat, You were right. The reflections are taller than they should be. I didn’t notice they changed when I did the perspective correction. Here is a link to the first version of this shot, for those who didn't see it and want to compare it with the final product: http://www.pbase.com/jpm/image/44446047 Thanks to this challenge, now I learned another thing to watch out when I applied perspective correction to my pictures. -Jose Pablo.

ctfchallenge		07-Jun-2005 22:13
Great job Jose, this looks so much better. -Techo

ctfchallenge		06-Jun-2005 21:38
Thanks for commenting. 1st version was posted almost as it was shot. It was until last night I had the time to post process. Cat. Good question. Actually, I don't have the answer. Are you sure they are taller? Maybe it's an optical illusion. Or it happened when I did the perspective correction suggested wisely by Pops (I'll compare with the original when I get home later tonight). Or they are taller indeed and it’s because of the direction that the light was coming from, as sometimes shadows are bigger than the objects that produce them. Can this be possible, reflections taller than its objects? -Jose Pablo.

Guest		06-Jun-2005 17:19
I really like this! It's much improved.

ctfchallenge		06-Jun-2005 16:54
This is very nice work Jose. Very clean indeed.! Something puzzles me. How did you manage to get the reflections taller than the real dominos?!? -Cat

Photogenix		06-Jun-2005 13:46
Jose. excellent job. Great colors, lines, reflections and really sharp. - RK

Guest		06-Jun-2005 05:47
Thanks all for your comments. I reposted the shot. You were right. I think it looks a lot better now. -Jose Pablo.

Guest		06-Jun-2005 00:47
And perhaps just a bit of perspective correction.

Guest		05-Jun-2005 22:07
Very nice picture, indeed. But I agree with RK, having more uniform lighting (the reflection should be on either an all white or an all grey background) would make it even better. Even without that, it's a very good photo. Ioana

Photogenix		05-Jun-2005 14:58
Jose, I really like this picture. A small nit pick, the shadow (grey area) bottom right is a little distracting. - RK

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