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Life In A Fish Bowl
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Challenge: Forced Perspective IV (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Home
Date: Jul 11, 2025
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: Jul 11, 2025

 Steps: Miniature furniture in an aquarium. Fish stickers on the glass front and back I set up the aquarium and put it on a stand on the patio then kept placing the chair further and further away taking test shots with a 10 second delay on the shutter until I got the perspective and placement of the chairs to my liking. It was 92 degrees out and running back and forth became quite an effort!! After everything was set up my wife was graciously helpful in sitting in the chair for me. I took 5 stacked images each time with me running back to my seat so that I could sequentially focus on us, the back of the aquarium, the miniature furniture and the front of the aquarium so that everything would be in focus in the final image.

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 11
Avg (all users): 7.6774
Avg (participants): 7.0000
Avg (non-participants): 7.8750
Views since voting: 115
Views during voting: 68
Votes: 31
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 07/28/2025 08:56:54 AM
Congratulations! What an amazing and very creative technique to get the end results. Its a great shot and one to print for sure.
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 07/28/2025 07:57:34 AM
Congratulations, Larry!
It was quite exhausting to get this scene perfect — but running back and forth is good for your health!
It's amazing that you had the miniature furniture on hand; the end result is fantastic!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/25/2025 02:41:08 PM
My favorite in this challenge.
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 07/25/2025 09:16:18 AM
Totally nailed it, Larry!
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 07/25/2025 06:56:08 AM
Excellent entry for this challenge. Well done!
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 07/23/2025 06:47:53 PM
Big fish, Little people, very creative.
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 07/21/2025 05:32:13 PM
Good one, Larry!

This should ribbon for you and the others. :D
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 07/21/2025 11:11:10 AM
Very nicely conceived and executed. Having tried something similar with a willing subject and failing repeatedly, I know exactly how hard this is to get right! Pretty sure this is a lock for the top spot, and my personal favorite in the challenge.

I'm not so sure I would have included the fish. I get the rationale, but I would have probably opted more for a terrarium vs. aquarium effect, since (for me) the fish interrupt the illusion a bit due to the obvious absence of water in the glass.
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 07/21/2025 03:50:19 AM
LOL, only you could come up with something like this Larry. Love it. BTW is that your backyard, it's so lush :)

Blue for sure.
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