He's Soaking in It
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Comment by jemison:
I can't believe only 27th...best of show in my book and a 10 from me

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Comment by glad2badad:
A new Favorite for me! Good luck with the print sales.

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Comment by Skip:
great shot, soup! you got an 8 from me. i, too, wish this had finished higher. excellent composition, clever entry.

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Comment by soup:
thanks for all the comments. obviously many found this an interesting photo which makes me happy. there also seems ( by the number of 1's ) some who didn't see the tie to the challenge.

i aimed for an optical illusion, which used the human element in a blatently obvious way. i knew many entries would have tiny little hidden people in them. the illusion is two-fold. one is the hidden hand. the other i hoped would be folks seeing there own waldo's in the purple dribbles ;}

pretty simple set up. used a 9x13" pyrex pan, some white interior paint, and some deep purple trim paint. i asked a room mate to dunk her hand in the white paint in the pan, and fully cover it. once it smoothed out, and the bubbles were mainly gone. i used a paint stick to dribble the purple paint over her hand. the point of view of the camera was such to hide the shadows made by the 3D hand, but leave enough of them to let the hand be somewhat obvious.

for the print - i cleaned up some minor flaws - mainly small bubbles.

thanks again.

Message edited by author 2005-01-12 08:09:31.

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Comment by Node:
You have a wonderfull imagination! great shot!

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Comment by TechnoShroom:
This was my highest rated photo in the challenge. YOU WERE ROBBED! There is a photo that finished above yours that doesn't even meet the challenge for crying out loud. The people who rated this low need to be dope slapped with a fish.

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Comment by PhilipDyer:
There were a lot of great shots in this challenge, but this was my favorite by far. It's one of the most creative photos I've ever seen. It's too bad that it was so creative that some people had trouble telling what was going on, (took me awhile too!) but I hope that doesn't keep you from coming up with more briliant shots like this for future challenges. Really great job!

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Comment by Gauti:
Now I get it, I was just going to comment that I didn't get it. Gimme five.

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Comment by tomtitus:
The purple works well.

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Comment by letenele:
Very nice! I like the idea and the background choice.