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Smoker Confined
Smoker Confined
mrorange002


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Challenge: Smoke (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon D100
Location: kitchen studio
Date: Sep 9, 2004
Date Uploaded: Sep 9, 2004

 Where to start...
original concept was to take a photo of a smoke bubble popping.
yeah right!
Then it changed to blowing a smoke bubble through a black straw with a black background. getting there, but it just didn't have the impact I wanted.

Then it occured to my beautiful wife.

how about from the mouth?

Take a drag from a cigarette, rub bubble solution on her lips, open and slowly blow out. TA DAH! smoke filled lip bubble.

Tripod mounted flash bounced off of the built in bounce card, shutter 1/60, F 11, bubbles, and smoke. took about 6 photos till this one appeared. I knew it was right as soon as I saw it. The backup photo will be posted in my profile.

I love it,
hope you enjoy it too!

Oh, hue, sat, levels, clone, burn, USM,

Statistics
Place: 38 out of 99
Avg (all users): 5.7150
Avg (commenters): 7.8750
Avg (participants): 5.7231
Avg (non-participants): 5.7111
Views since voting: 1528
Views during voting: 390
Votes: 200
Comments: 24
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 03/23/2007 08:17:22 PM
This is a great shot. I love how the bubble encapsulates the smoke. The lips are perfect.
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 09/22/2004 05:01:53 PM
I thought this was a ribbon winner as well. It was very creative, thought out, and well executed. I wish that I could capture some of my ideas with my camera, as you have done so successfully with this image.
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 09/20/2004 03:03:25 AM
I agree, this is fabulous! Definitely should be in the top 5 if not the top 3. What's with those voters?!

OTOH, I can see how the bit of noise particularly visible in the very edges of the smoke right above the lower lip detracts a little from an otherwise positively fantastic image.
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 09/20/2004 02:39:14 AM
I know you are rather disappointed with your placing. I guess you should be.
There are also people like me who would like to see it placed much higher.
So bigup and show us what you are made of :)
I did see and get what it was and gave it a 9.
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 09/20/2004 12:52:20 AM
Ericlimon: now I see your consternation. This is just beautiful and it fooled us all. Keep up the good work. There are more ideas where this came from. This is so unique I am placing it in my favs.

Message edited by author 2004-09-20 00:56:09.
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 09/20/2004 12:25:46 AM
I just dont see how this didnt win a ribbon. Great shot and thanks so much on the "how to" write up!
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 09/20/2004 12:15:29 AM
I think one reason it may be this far down is it is hard to tell what it is. People (including me) don't stop long enought to figure out that this is a bubble of smoke from a mouth (suggesting the 100 votes of 5's and below). Great concept, well executed, but voters didn't see it. Next time =)
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 09/20/2004 12:07:35 AM
i guess the only thing i suck at more than entering challenges is picking winners...i gave this a 10, and really have no clue as to why it finished the way it did. better luck next time!

edit spelling

Message edited by author 2004-09-20 01:11:11.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/19/2004 09:06:31 PM
very cool
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 09/18/2004 07:46:50 AM
let me go on and join the long list of commentors that have picked this to ribbon. this is one of those shots that raises the bar for the rest of us.

additional comments: WOW! HOW COOL! AWESOME! HOW DID YOU DO THIS?!?
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 09/17/2004 11:26:20 PM
um... very original... can't say i ever would have thought of that. :) points for creativity.
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 09/17/2004 09:07:16 PM
Going for the........... How did you do that......? 10
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 09/16/2004 09:33:36 PM
Great shot, you have to tell us how you did this!
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 09/16/2004 08:01:47 PM
OK, first pass was a 3! because I honestly didn't see any smoke, nore did I have any idea what this was.

I'm a smoker but not a fan of portraying the dirty habit. (in a sober mood and after downloading and brightening) I understand it, great shot but still looks a little pixelated on my pc.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/16/2004 05:30:13 PM
Very interesting! Nice colors, interesting lightng.
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 09/16/2004 02:06:07 PM
nicely done. it must have been hard to get the idea in your head into the camera!
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 09/16/2004 06:12:15 AM
Very smart! Love the fact that you have done something different. 4 me its a ribbon! Good luck!
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 09/16/2004 03:26:20 AM
Love this shot. Very creative and imaginitive.
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 09/15/2004 06:39:49 PM
This image is so strange and stark and it raises such negative emotions in me. I hate cigarette smoke and the taste of someone that smokes; I love a good image. The image is so detailed, in focus, creative and wild - the lips seem suspended in mid-air; the bubble seems so wet; the smoke seems so trapped. The obvious photographic quality pushed me over to the positive side of the ratings in a tug-of-war between my conflicting emotions. Congratulations and good luck with the challenge.
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 09/14/2004 06:49:28 AM
Yuck! A visual on what its like to kiss an ashtray... but an interesting and well captured photo... that meets the theme... I didn't have to like the theme to give it a high score though.
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 09/13/2004 10:17:06 PM
How did you keep from choking? I'm not a smoker so I may not get it. Creative, strange, but creative
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 09/13/2004 08:53:28 PM
I'm really intrigued by this image and look forward to finding out how you did it. Is that a saliva bubble or bubble gum or glass bulb in the mouth? don't know, but I like the result. I like the sparkly lipstick. One one complaint is the cropping - I don't like how the edge of the mouth is cut off at the side of the frame. well done.
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 09/13/2004 11:42:44 AM
wow i think those are lips? took me a while to figure that one out, but really excellent concept! (8)
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 09/13/2004 12:24:13 AM
at first i couldnt understand what i was looking at...i looked and i looked...and when it hit me...i was like...what!!!??!...my jaw dropped!.....this is an awesome shot. Well composed and extremely unique.
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