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Beelzebubble
Beelzebubble
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Challenge: The Four Elements II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
Location: Oregon
Date: May 27, 2007
Aperture: F/11
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/200 sec
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: May 27, 2007

 Crop
Cloned out distracting elements
Desaturate using Channel Mixer
Adjust Color Balance to make firey
(Highlights boosted yellow, the rest a combination of red/yellow)
Brightness/Contrast
Healing tool to cover up bright "pods" which now look like popcorn, but I can deal with that!
Dodge and Burn to make the flower seem less cut and pasted (something about the editing created dark shadows that made it look really choppy. I blame the flash.)
Sharpen and blur tool in selected spots
Resize
Neat Image
Unsharpen Mask
Save For Web

Statistics
Place: 283 out of 394
Avg (all users): 5.2201
Avg (commenters): 4.6667
Avg (participants): 5.0594
Avg (non-participants): 5.5000
Views since voting: 1195
Views during voting: 237
Votes: 159
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Google Pixel 8
 06/04/2007 11:39:22 PM
I love love LOVE what you did with the processing... seeing the original amazes me as I like it but really am so impressed with what you did.
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 06/04/2007 08:52:42 AM
I too applaud your vision, and the color shift to red was a great choice. Congrats on taking an image you love!!
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 06/04/2007 06:06:26 AM
How very cool!! Beautifully surreal ..... kinda looks like Christmas lights to me.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 06/04/2007 05:19:26 AM
lol I just read the story behind this, and I have to say - this is ingenious :D I applaud your vision.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 06/03/2007 11:11:18 PM
all dazzle and no substance. I like it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K-x
 06/02/2007 12:08:29 AM
Interestingly done!
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Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Konica Minolta AF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5
 06/01/2007 10:23:46 AM
very interesting and unusual shot.
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 06/01/2007 07:46:15 AM
i find this kinda strange and it reminds me of christmas.
I like the sharpness of the bubbles but the flower and bubbles dont really go together and it seems somewhat unbalanced. 5
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 24-85mm f2.8-4.0D
 05/30/2007 02:34:36 PM
interesting but not sold.
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Nikon D2Xs
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 05/28/2007 04:41:11 PM
Find the orange cast a little too distracting.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM
 05/28/2007 03:02:15 AM
This is a wild photo! It's like a crazy dream sequence. nice job.
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Sony DSLR-A700
Sony DT 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Aspherical ED
 05/28/2007 12:22:18 AM
nothing happen in this picture!
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Nikon D500
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 05/28/2007 12:11:09 AM
distracting. :(
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