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Challenge: Puzzle Macro II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
Location: My sink
Date: Nov 15, 2008
Aperture: F/18
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.3 sec
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Nov 15, 2008

 My fridge has a drip, so I always have a bowl in there to catch it. The bowl of water always becomes ice. Today I dumped it in my sink and said, "whoa, cool!" So, this is ice melting in my sink. The blue background is a dirty cereal bowl also in my sink.

I couldn't get enough stinking light on it (2 macro flashes and my Maglite), so I ended up bumping it up to 1.3 seconds, which probably why it's not as sharp as it could be even though it was on a tripod. I know, I could have bumped the ISO, but well, I didn't, heh. In the future I'd probably put something reflective under the ice. I think my light was just going straight through into a void.

Smart Sharpen
Brightness Contrast
Hue/Saturation to mess with the blues/cyan and yellows
Some select sharpening with the sharpening tool
Dodging/burning
Cloned out some sensor dust spots

Statistics
Place: 43 out of 262
Avg (all users): 5.8204
Avg (commenters): 6.7692
Avg (participants): 5.7361
Avg (non-participants): 5.8842
Views since voting: 865
Views during voting: 293
Votes: 167
Comments: 17
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 11/26/2008 07:41:26 AM
Michelle - I really like this one - very abstract and the colors are awesome.
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 11/26/2008 07:38:25 AM
Cool shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/25/2008 04:03:15 PM
A stumper, so meets the challenge. Love this sci-fi feeling image. Great color and contrast. Makes me want to linger and figure it our. Good work!
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 11/24/2008 12:52:19 PM
very creative, have no clue what it is.
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 11/23/2008 07:47:25 PM
Very intriguing image. I think it involves water and surface tension but I can't get beyond that. This is one of the most interesting images.
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 11/22/2008 07:42:06 AM
Is this ice? nice shiny detail.
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 11/20/2008 10:50:46 PM
Very cool! No idea what it is.
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 11/20/2008 09:55:28 AM
Cool, droplets in... mercury?
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 11/20/2008 04:33:26 AM
You have dropped lots of rod thingys in a liquid? idk, this one is hard! good job stumping me.
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 11/19/2008 10:15:50 PM
Brush dipped in water?
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 11/19/2008 05:15:22 PM
No idea.
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 11/19/2008 11:32:20 AM
I dare say it is glass

Nice and interesting shapes. My wife likes the colours, I would have gone black&white.
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 11/19/2008 11:32:07 AM
Looks like bubbles in a glass ball. Very very cool.
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 11/19/2008 08:03:31 AM
This is the second photo I've seen with that pattern. What is it?
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 11/19/2008 04:17:13 AM
You totally got me with this one
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 11/19/2008 01:29:37 AM
No vote, just guessing...

glass?
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 11/19/2008 01:01:54 AM
Something in liquid. Very cool shot.
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