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Bursting Free of the Balloon (tipping my hat to dsmeth)
Bursting Free of the Balloon (tipping my hat to dsmeth)
rachelellen


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Water II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-80mm 1:4-5.6
Location: my bathtub :)
Date: Mar 21, 2006
Aperture: f2
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/4000sec
Galleries: Action, Water
Date Uploaded: Mar 21, 2006

 I actually planned to do this shot for Deja Vu II. Then I saw this challenge, and since I'd shot something I liked pretty well for deja vu II as a 'fallback' in case the water balloon shots didn't work out, I decided to shoot this for Water II instead. It was a TON of fun. Went through about 25 water balloons, and got about four shots that were really hard to narrow down. After much agonizing I settled on this one.

Post-processing: levels, crop, resize, usm, burn a bit on the balloon fragment to keep it from being too much of a distraction.

I've gone back and forth on the cloning out of the stick. On the one hand, I think the image is more interesting and aesthetically pleasing without it. On the other hand, I'm not sure people would get what this is without seeing it there. In the end, I left it. I may regret that.

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Place: 111 out of 287
Avg (all users): 5.6848
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
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Nikon D50
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 04/02/2006 08:01:34 PM
Looks like a pear who has just shed his green skin.
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Sony Alpha a6000
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 04/02/2006 07:43:01 PM
cool effect, but the needle and piece of ballon kinda undo it for me. maybe have someone burst it from behind wearing a black glove.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Kodak C875
 03/31/2006 11:09:11 PM
I like this style very much. were you at all inspiered by a water balloon picture that was in on eof the recent challenges?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/31/2006 08:00:09 PM
Good timing!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 03/29/2006 06:03:16 AM
wow..is that what really happens??? nice shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon
03/29/2006 01:38:53 AM
Love the dof here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
 03/28/2006 12:42:35 PM
Great shot!! Wasn't that fun? Thanks for the compliment.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D80
Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
 03/28/2006 06:36:04 AM
Really a fantastic shot. I wonder what it would have looked like 1/1000 of a second earlier?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
 03/27/2006 05:38:10 PM
Very well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/27/2006 12:24:24 AM
great capture here .. very well done
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