A Splash of Pink
by sjhuls

Comment by daisydavid:
Gorgeous shot, well executed, does look so much like a breast even if no one wants to say it ;)

A Splash of Pink
by sjhuls

Comment by jomari:
Great job.

Night Time in the Fish Tank
by sjhuls

Comment by colorcarnival:
This is gorgeous. Thanks for showing how you did it. Congrats on the red!

Night Time in the Fish Tank
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Comment by PenelopeK:
Congratulations on the ribbon, Jenn. Your kids are going to have a really unusual set of "childhood photographs" to show people when they grow up.

Night Time in the Fish Tank
by sjhuls

Comment by sjhuls:

Originally posted by posthumous: Beautiful shot, I hope it gets validated and I hope photos like this never get DQ'd again.

Thanks so much for the compliment!

It actually already was validated, it was called up during the challenge. Yes, it is all very tricky when dealing with something like this, I don't envy site council on decisions like this. I studied the photo above to decide what the difference was. I think it had more to do with the fact that there was some masking to make it look like the tree was in front of the orange. I think I would have been disqualified if I had, for instance, positioned the girl behind some of the greenery and then masked it out so her foot was in front of it. It would have made her appear to actually be in the fish tank instead of just behind it. I realize I didn't fool anyone that she was actually in the tank. I just thought it would be fun to make it look as close as I could.

Thanks everyone for the excellent comments.

Night Time in the Fish Tank
by sjhuls

Comment by posthumous:
Beautiful shot, I hope it gets validated and I hope photos like this never get DQ'd again.

Night Time in the Fish Tank
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Comment by Alicia:
This is completely brilliant. Thanks for posting the notes and the photos. Congrats on the red ribbon!

Night Time in the Fish Tank
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Comment by njsabs:
Extremely creative Jen.....thanks for posting the details of your shoot. Congrats on the red!!!

Night Time in the Fish Tank
by sjhuls

Comment by dswann:
Very creative image and application of focus stacking. Well seserved honors! Congrats on the red!

Night Time in the Fish Tank
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Comment by Lydia:
No doubt that this totally earns the ribbon!

I loved it from the start of just your idea!

GO Jenn! Way to save the team!!