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Bubbles and Bubbles and More Bubbles
Bubbles and Bubbles and More Bubbles
JLC


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Bubbles II (Basic Editing)
Collection: Fun things
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: My yard.
Date: Apr 24, 2007
Aperture: f14.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Cityscape, Sky
Date Uploaded: Apr 24, 2007

Taken in my yard towards evening time. There was a breeze and it was hard to catch the bubbles, they moved too fast. I deepened the shadows a little and cropped it.

Statistics
Place: 144 out of 172
Avg (all users): 4.5137
Avg (commenters): 4.3333
Avg (participants): 4.0896
Avg (non-participants): 4.6649
Views since voting: 883
Views during voting: 320
Votes: 255
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0


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05/29/2007 12:35:48 PM
This is a really cool idea - nice shot!
05/04/2007 02:10:10 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

What I like about the image:

The sky is a beautiful blue, and the cloud gives it depth. The bubbles have a nice shine and really look like they're floating upwards, into the sky.

Challenge:

It definitely meets the challenge. No problems there.

Presentation:

This is where the image suffers most. The presentation is nice, but rather bland, not a whole lot going on. I think that either you'd need a lot more bubbles (like your commenter suggests below), or some context, where are the bubbles coming from, a person blowing them, something of that sort. Something to tell the story better.

Technicals:

I think your choice of shutter speed/aperture is quite adequate for the image, I'm wondering if a lower ISO might have helped reduce some of the grain (although then you'd have to adjust the shutter/aperture combo). A couple of the bubbles look to be a tad out of focus. In a shot like this, it would be best to have all the bubbles in focus.

Post-processing:

Deepening the shadows a little was a good idea. You could also try lightening the bright areas, to give it even more depth. The bubbles are getting lost in the sky. Somehow you need to define them better, so that they stand out better against all that blue. I'd suggest trying to adjust curves for this.

I hope this helps. If you have any questions, comments, complaints, feel free to contact me.

~Ursula

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/25/2007 06:15:10 PM
the bubbles are blurry
04/25/2007 04:58:26 PM
I liked how you followed the bubbles into the sky
04/25/2007 01:04:13 PM
It looks alright, its pretty cool. Its missing that crazy FX!
04/25/2007 11:36:35 AM
Just a bit grainy. I'm seeing odd blotches of something in the sky. Edges of bubbles are somewhat hard to make out. Not a fantasticly original idea.
04/25/2007 10:06:48 AM
needs oodles more bubbles
04/25/2007 03:55:09 AM
Interesting


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