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31-MAY-2005 Pops

Vintage II

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
30s f/20.0 at 37.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time31-May-2005 16:36:06
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length37 mm
Exposure Time30.00 sec
Aperturef/20
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Canon Image Challenge23-Jun-2010 01:39
Pops, great composition and lighting. Very 'minimal' for one nights drinking -Stan
Guest 19-Jun-2010 15:23
Let me see. I count 12, maybe 13 corks, all of them vin ordinaire. All of them consumed over a very long period of time. I learned long ago that the type of photography I like to do requires props. I save props and I've been saving corks for 6 or seven years now. They fill a large, a very large glass jar.

Most of the wine is consumed by Mrs. Pops and her mother, not me. BTW, my mother-in-law has been complaining that today's bottles don't hold as many glasses of wine as they did a few years ago. As she gets older she pours with a heavier hand. LOL

I wish I remembered exactly how I did this as I've pulled some impressive champagne corks out and I'd like to reshoot it with those. I do enjoy a glass of the bubblie.

Bob, good idea on the taxi.

Thanks for the comments.
Canon Image Challenge18-Jun-2010 14:16
Pops, I just returned home from a "steak night' with the boys! I counted the corks and we were a few short of your tally! I count 11 but we only demolished 6 bottles but then there were 5 of us and one of the bottles was a magnum of Jack Mann 1998 which counts for two as you would know.

So... needless to say, a taxi was in order!

Getting back to the issue, this is very well photographed. Great DOF and lighting and I particularly like the use of 'negative' space below the subject. The shadows and depth of colour are quite exquisite.

I must say, you have a very good sense of perspective and I have noted this in many of your compositions.

You place objects into a seemingly random arrangement that produce a very pleasing perspective. This is photographic skill!.... a type of '"organised chaos' that works very well.

~ Regards Bob
Canon Image Challenge17-Jun-2010 19:01
great, pops! lots of nice black space beneath the corks and the reflection is a nice touch! shu
Canon Image Challenge17-Jun-2010 14:15
... and that's just from the night before? LOL

Couldn't help but think of their sound
when pulled from the bottle's neck
and the image maker's namesake

- Kelly
jnconradie17-Jun-2010 12:07
Very professional, Pops. Love the composition and lighting. Regards Nico