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Orange Crush

© Michael McMurrough

Orange Crush

Uploaded: May 27, 2003 23:04:18

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Canon PowerShot S30, wide-angle macro

Comments

Judith G. Secco May 28, 2003

Very nice, Michael. Love the lines and curves. #36998

Mette Vendelboe Allison level-classic May 26, 2019

What cool work. I really dig it! #104819

Dawn Balaban May 26, 2019

I love the curves and the color. It is just great! #104987

Joy Brown May 26, 2019

Great image! #105072

Dolores Neilson May 26, 2019

Mike... I love this! The excellent color, lines and very creative! I expect to see this in the winners circle!! #105134

May 26, 2019

This is a great photo! Would you mind telling me how you did it? I am new to photography and want to learn as much as I can. Thanks in advance. #108728

Mette Vendelboe Allison level-classic May 26, 2019

Congrats - such an interesting, different look! #113087

Juliane Morris-Lusk May 26, 2019

Michael, I love this shot. You've done a great job with the composition. The lines and curves are such a study! Good luck in the finals, and keep shooting! #113221

Cathy Barrows May 26, 2019

Congrats and didn't I see this one on photosig also...i'm still trying to figure out what it is...help! #113289

Lem Metro May 26, 2019

Given the recent trend toward compositional winners here at BP, I think your wonderful frame has a very good shot at a rewarding finish! Great work, Michael! #114014

Cheryl Meisel May 26, 2019

Very pretty. Congrats and GOOD LUCK! Cheryl #114827

Debbie S. May 26, 2019

This is such an incredible image...I fully expect it to be in the winner's circle! Would you PLEASE share how you did it? #115454

Michael McMurrough May 26, 2019

Thanks everyone!

This image is really rather simple. It's an upside-down martini glass (fancy variety with the curvaceous stem) placed in front of a set of venetion blinds. Light was provided by a table lamp with the shade swiveled to give an interesting effect.

I shot the photo in RAW mode and adjusted the white balance for fluorescent (though it was shot under tungsten) when I developed the TIFF file for processing. This gives it the orange glow. Processing the image was as follows: slight crop to the original, levels and curves adjustment, a few minor spot edits to get get rid of some stray reflections and a couple of hot pixels, resized and sharpened.

I don't think of it as a digital art creation, but rahter, as a photo with a creative white balance.

Michael #115477

Debbie S. May 26, 2019

WOW...I had no idea that changing from RAW to TIFF would result in an orange glow! I guess, along with the white balalce set to fluorescent...I'll have to try that one...You got an amazing result! I never would have seen the martini glass...I thought it was some kind of gel-like substance oozing out of a disc-shaped...something! Thanks so much for sharing your secrets...I really appreciate it! #115547

Mette Vendelboe Allison level-classic May 26, 2019

Congratulations - well deserved! #117251

Terry Gee May 26, 2019

Hi Michael!
What brings you over to this neck of the woods?
Congrats on winning with this great shot....I think I've seen it before!
Take Care,
Terry
#117253

Peggy Wolff May 26, 2019

Michael, this is absolutly a stunning photograph! Congrats on a well deserved win! What I like even more though is how you spent the time to explain how you created this piece of art. We all have different strengths and weaknesses, and different amounts of experience. To me that is what BP is about is helping others improve their work and sharing our strengths. Thank you for doing that! I would have never known what this photo even was if you had not explained it. LOL #117279

Connie I. Chandler May 26, 2019

Congratulations, Michael! This is a very cool photograph! #117373

Debbie S. May 26, 2019

A well deserved win Michael!!!!!! It is absoluitely STUNNING and deserves all the recognition and more!!! #117386

Debbie S. May 26, 2019

A well deserved win Michael!!!!!! It is absoluitely STUNNING and deserves all the recognition and more!!! #117387

Bernard B. Travers May 26, 2019

Great image. Congratulations, Michael. #117434

Patrick Campbell May 26, 2019

A striking image, just leaps off the page. Congrats on your win! #117491

Collin Clack May 26, 2019

Absolutely superb image, well done on your place in the winners circle!! #117866

Connie L. Carpenter May 26, 2019

Excellent.. beautifully abstract. Congratulations. #117938

Damian P. Gadal May 26, 2019

WOW - this is great! Congrats! #118115

Wolfgang Dolak May 26, 2019

Damian's words are mine also! Congratulations!!
Well-deserved!
birdie #118247

Gary H. Minish level-classic May 26, 2019

Great imagination, very well thought out and perfectly executed! Makes for an exceptional abstract image and a very well deserved win! Congratulations, Michael! #118661

Anona W. Boyte May 26, 2019

Congrats Micheal!!!! I knew you were gonna win....again! Im so proud to think of you as an aquintance of mine and a fellow photographer/Arkansas.

Keep up the great work.

Anona W. Boyte #120345

Jean Papo May 26, 2019

Wow, this is one hottie of a photo! Love it! And, thanks so much for taking the time out to share your techniques used to create this beauty! #125896

Cathy M. Gromball May 26, 2019

Congratulations, Michael!

Cathy :) #126376

March 15, 2007

Very nice and like previous I would also like to say thanks for explaining #4058896

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