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IreneM


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Challenge: Bubbles II (Basic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D2X
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
Location: My kitchen
Date: Apr 23, 2007
Aperture: f9
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200 s
Galleries: Abstract, Water
Date Uploaded: Apr 24, 2007

 Talk about multi-tasking....
First moisten the sheet of glass, then blow the bubbles onto it, grab the camera, focus manually as quick as you can (the first bubbles are already bursting! Aaarggh!). Then repeat this about 200 times....


There is now a print available in which I've darkened the noisy background, taken off the border and straightened the horizon.
However, if anyone would prefer the print with the border, it's no problem to upload that version as a print, so just let me know. Thanks.


Statistics
Place: 9 out of 172
Avg (all users): 6.9752
Avg (commenters): 8.0968
Avg (participants): 6.8824
Avg (non-participants): 7.0047
Views since voting: 3384
Views during voting: 453
Votes: 282
Comments: 43
Favorites: 8 (view)

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AuthorThread
 05/02/2007 04:54:39 PM
Certainly an interesting wall hanger that will always invite conversation. The composition is just great. Congratulations on your top ten finish.
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 05/02/2007 01:38:28 PM
Beautiful composition Irene. A ribbon pick for me. Congratulations.
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 05/02/2007 10:08:53 AM
Wow Irene! You outdid yourself on this amazing -- beautiful -- photo! Congratulations on front page honors :)

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 05/02/2007 07:42:43 AM
Nice work Irene!
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 05/02/2007 02:58:24 AM
it was my favorite for a ribbon! Exelllent work!
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 05/02/2007 01:46:40 AM
Awesome again as usual.....You are just so good at these type of shots.....So very good indeed.....
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 05/02/2007 12:40:42 AM
You always have such cool creative shots, grats
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/01/2007 11:56:49 PM
really nice photo, the purple inner border drew my eye to the top left corner the minute I looked at the photo. nice capture 7 - bumping to 8
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 05/01/2007 07:39:04 PM
If the background was just as black as the border, I would have voted higher. But in the meantime: 8
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 05/01/2007 02:26:31 PM
Cool ... its like a pair of planets. The colours are great, you have caught the detail so well. The composition and crop are superb. The background seems to have a lot of colour noise but that is just being excessively picky and running out of anything helpful to say :-)
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 05/01/2007 01:05:14 PM
Wow.. 8 from me
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 05/01/2007 11:46:50 AM
Lovely, lovely colours and oily patterns. Unusual composition too.
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 05/01/2007 12:08:28 AM
Very suggestive. Great delineation of curves, super patterning, good framing. This has so much appeal; regret only the lighter band in the lower background.
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 04/30/2007 11:11:57 PM
cool colors
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 04/30/2007 11:05:19 PM
my favorite!! 10 10 10!!
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 04/30/2007 08:46:38 PM
Excellent coloring!
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 04/30/2007 07:37:28 PM
way cool
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 04/30/2007 06:26:06 PM
This is a favorite. The lighting and DOF are perfect. I love the colors of the patterns too. Good Luck!
I hope you share how you did this.
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 04/30/2007 03:51:18 AM
amazing colours...this should do well, good luck 9
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 04/29/2007 04:35:42 PM
Very nice colors.
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 04/29/2007 09:57:40 AM
great image - one of best of challenge - good luck and hope to see this on the front page
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 04/29/2007 01:20:23 AM
Ahhhhh... Beautiful! 10
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 04/28/2007 11:19:15 PM
simple, but great capture of the colors. I'd hang this photo on my wall!
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 04/28/2007 09:08:56 PM
awesome
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 04/28/2007 09:02:15 PM
Very nice color!
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 04/28/2007 04:58:59 PM
Nice. You did a good choice with the border.
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 04/27/2007 10:36:05 PM
Very, very nice. Cropping the bottom to eliminate the hazy line going thru the bottom 1/5th of the photograph would make it even sharper and slightly less distracting to look at.
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 04/27/2007 04:52:56 PM
Pretty. I like the composition.
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 04/27/2007 09:12:56 AM
That prismatic film of the bubbles is pretty wild...great job of taking advantage of that property of bubbles. Fascinating photo!
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 04/26/2007 10:23:31 AM
I like the colors
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 04/26/2007 08:36:55 AM
Wow. What a 60's look. How did you get the colours. Love the composition of the overlapping bubbles. Well done. One of my favourites.
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 04/26/2007 08:35:33 AM
love the way you show all the different shades in a bubble, great focus and compostition. well done
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 04/26/2007 08:26:51 AM
This is my favourite! The colours in the bubbles are great, you chose an excellent title as well. The only thing I don't like is the purple in the border. A plain black border would have been good enough. Giving it a 10!
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 04/25/2007 03:03:24 PM
Nice intersecting lines and colors.
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 04/25/2007 11:18:35 AM
whoa these look more like easter eggs than bubbles but i like how you have the colors all the way around the bubbles
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 04/25/2007 11:09:36 AM
i like the black background and i think that the colors look great. good job.
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 04/25/2007 09:54:14 AM
Wow! Fantastic! Real nice colors and good composition. See you for a ribbon!
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 04/25/2007 09:27:48 AM
coooooooooooooooooooooool
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 04/25/2007 07:59:08 AM
Wow, there is some serious colour saturation boosting going on here - neat effect! I would prefer the bubbles to take up more of the frame; for me the negative space doesn't add anything positive to the photo.
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 04/25/2007 05:10:26 AM
Woah, lots of people have gone for the soap bubbles in this challenge, but for me this is the pick of the crop. Love the lighting effect of having the area where the two bubbles cross more illuminated and the fact that you have avoided the harsh reflections and hot spots that many others have got. The line in the background is a touch distracting but in no way significantly detracts from a great image - 9
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 04/25/2007 05:05:02 AM
great idea.. interesting. .. like it
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 04/25/2007 02:41:42 AM
great colors! too bad for the noisy blacks 6
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 04/25/2007 01:04:31 AM
Now, how on earth did you get those colours? Lovely. I think you've done the shot a disfavour by adding that border.
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