Best Dollar I Ever Spent
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Comment by sfalice:
Top 20 finish for your first time back. Way to go, Jeff.

Best Dollar I Ever Spent
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Comment by klkitchens:
Nice... bonus points for setting the scene...

Best Dollar I Ever Spent
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Comment by posthumous:
Shannon's chapter is unreadable, of course, but I like the Voter Psychology section, which is just a picture of black cloud.

Best Dollar I Ever Spent
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Comment by Lydia:
Dang!

I'll give you $2 for it!!

Best Dollar I Ever Spent
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Comment by mitalapo:
useful stuff at a reasonable price.

Best Dollar I Ever Spent
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Comment by primabarbara:
very homourous as well as perfectly executed

Twin Bubbles
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Comment by Nicht:
I like this and the idea, so I'd like to try give some advice (maybe by writing my thoughts I can learn something). I think the original's background and lighting are the first major difference. Also the perspective. So experiment with that. The lighting on yours is quite harsh, so the reflections are quite hot when bumping the contrast. I think (don't know) that soft light from a diffused source works here - also the BG needs to be well lit.

Then, for post, you can increase the contrast and correct the colours. I think if you've set up light properly, post is easy. I've found that using duplicates of the image with different blending modes give nice contrasts.

I'd love to have time to experiment with bubbles like this because I think I might be able to learn a lot in the process.

Fractal
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Comment by Lydia:
Great veins!

Best Dollar I Ever Spent
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Comment by jgirl57:


hahah!!!! I thought this was gonna be my favorite shoehorn, but naa, its my fav in all of the entries, very awesome.. well done

Fractal
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Comment by Beetle:
This is very nice, but I can't help wishing it was on a diagonal for added interest.