Fire-water
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Comment by Dave Gordon:
An interesting effect. I like the colors.

Fire-water
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Comment by vadvirag:
I love the colours here, anyway I think focus is more on the fire than the water. The water doesn't really have a character on the photo.

Fire-water
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Comment by jrs915:
the focus for this seems to be a bit off. I really like the coloring of it though, it provides a lot of feeling for the image

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Comment by kiwiness:
What a clever idea, well thought out.

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Comment by sleekr:
Thanks all for your comments during the challenge.
As mentioned in the photographer's comments, there was no desaturation done on this shot - the black and white around the outside of the magnifying glass is actually black and white - or more to the point, a grayscale scan of the monopoly board and the chance cards. See here for one of the setup shots.
In answer to some of the questions/comments posed:
Where is this game from? Monopoly!
Why am I looking through a mag glass? Why not? Just a way of highlighting the Mayfair property.
How did I deal with the color/desaturate etc? See above!
Should not have been validated. Well, it was, so there!
Bit of odd striping behind the glass. Yeah, I noticed that afterwards as well. Not sure what it is, may have been a fingerprint on the magnifying glass. I forgot to try running the shot through NeatImage - when I did, it removed this striping. Ah well.

Thanks again all.

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Comment by muckpond:
nicely done!

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Comment by Rastas:
I want the hat!!! nice concept

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Comment by PTLParsons:
Where is this game from? Mayfair? Great job though. Well done. My highest yet.

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Comment by GrandmaEMT:
There were lots of Monopoly pictures in this challenge but I think this is one of the very best.

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Comment by ogdenm:
Solid creativity.