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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Date: Mar 6, 2009
Aperture: f4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/3200
Galleries: Water, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Mar 6, 2009

 Yes, I know its been done lots of times and its not original, but I've never done this kind of shot before. I picked up an aquarium at a flea market for $7 last Sunday so I've been playing with it since. I'd really like to edit out that one bubble on the top right hand corner but I'm afraid that would be against the rules, too bad. There should be plenty of fantastic shots for this best of challenge so I'm not expecting much. I know voters here like to be blown out of the water by a picture, not dropped into it. CHEERS!
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Thanks for the nice comments, there were a lot of great pictures in this challenge. Congrats to all.

It took somewhere like 30-40 drops in the water to get the splash right as well as the hard part, getting the label turned forward and in focus. I had 2 500 watt work lights stationed in front to get enough light to get a fast shutter. Next time I'll bump the ISO more now that I have Noise Ninja

Statistics
Place: 619 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.4925
Avg (commenters): 6.2889
Avg (participants): 5.4668
Avg (non-participants): 5.6234
Views since voting: 775
Views during voting: 652
Votes: 469
Comments: 48
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 11:25:28 PM
Bob smacked his forehead, and wished he could turn back time. Never, in his life, had he seen a worse bartender. Never, in his wildest dreams, could he have imagined such an incompetent person existed.

Yet here he was, in front of him, serving up the most impossibly stupid drinks while a bar full of people looked on in utter amazement at what they saw before them, and when someone ordered a Club Soda and Gin, and the idiot threw a full, unopened can into a pitcher full of premium Bombay Sapphire, it was simply the last straw.
 03/17/2009 09:37:00 PM
Good capture!
 03/17/2009 08:06:51 PM
Great capture.
 03/17/2009 04:19:28 PM
I like the reflection of the can off the surface of the water, the motion of the water, and the colors being so vivid.
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 03/17/2009 03:48:04 PM
Looks like an advertisment, well done!
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 03/16/2009 10:27:57 PM
Great capture! Can't wait to read how this was set up and executed.
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 03/16/2009 02:41:42 PM
Splash! Nice shot and color.
 03/16/2009 12:40:01 PM
So clear and naturally colorful! Cool shot - well done.
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 03/16/2009 11:19:25 AM
nice
five from me ;D
brano
 03/16/2009 03:51:13 AM
OMG I love club soda
 03/16/2009 12:30:16 AM
Good capture and clarity. Many takes?
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 03/15/2009 08:29:36 PM
Great ad shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/15/2009 03:42:53 PM
Great stock photo type image. Very well executed technically and visually. 8
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 03/15/2009 12:39:55 PM
Good clean shot. Nice colors.
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 03/15/2009 12:09:53 PM
Should have dropped it into cheap scotch :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/15/2009 12:05:45 PM
excellent product shot
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 03/15/2009 12:03:20 PM
A nice splash photo!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/15/2009 10:16:37 AM
Nice simple clean advertisment type shot
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 03/15/2009 07:09:06 AM
Looks very cool with all the water and bubbles.
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 03/15/2009 01:59:03 AM
A very cool shot here, highly creative. Well done! 7.
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 03/15/2009 12:54:20 AM
Good focus and nice colors.
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 03/14/2009 10:34:34 PM
stunning detail and color
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 03/14/2009 10:13:32 PM
I have never tried one of these shots. I assume it is difficult to get perfect sharpness for the object. This lacks that sharpness. Otherwise good choice using the blue can it makes this photo pop.
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 03/14/2009 09:20:38 PM
Like the reflection at the top of the water
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 03/14/2009 05:15:21 PM
Nice frozen action. Good contrast, clean background and bold foreground. Very good. 7
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 03/14/2009 12:18:53 PM
Looks like it is wet now. Nice color, metallic and highlights.
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 03/14/2009 12:28:05 AM
nice capture, 6
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 03/13/2009 10:32:05 PM
I hate club soda but this makes me want to give it a second chance.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/13/2009 07:57:39 PM
nice water effect, great lighting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/13/2009 04:41:17 PM
Nice job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/13/2009 11:56:29 AM
I love these kind of shots. :) I always think they look so cool. My only qualms here would be that the label isn't quite dead on (though I can't imagine how difficult it would be to try to get it to drop just right), and that I'd like it a tad sharper. I like the irony that its called Canada DRY though. :D
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/13/2009 08:07:25 AM
Love the splash. Good detail and lighting. Nice and natural colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/12/2009 09:56:56 AM
A little more processing could really make this "pop"
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/12/2009 06:10:05 AM
its nice to not see a fruit here - great
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2009 10:09:38 PM
pleasant and crisp. technically well done, but in this challenge it doesn't particularly stand out.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2009 09:02:15 PM
Well done. Even the label.

Not voting yet.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2009 08:49:39 PM
Beautifully executed capture of a subject that has become a bit of a cliche. Doesn't diminish the photo at all, but makes me hope for something more original.
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 03/11/2009 08:22:46 PM
how many drops into the water did this take...would really like to know how you set this up...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2009 06:30:19 PM
Ah man... suddenly I'm quite thirsty...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2009 05:45:12 PM
nice
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 03/11/2009 05:38:52 PM
A perfect product shot.
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 03/11/2009 05:28:48 PM
Nice focus and good colours. I also like the reference to Canada :D
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 03/11/2009 04:13:42 PM
the reflection on the top of the water is distracting to me
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2009 02:57:06 PM
Nice capture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2009 02:03:35 PM
I like how the can reflects off the surface as well
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2009 11:00:59 AM
nice shot, great composition
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2009 09:57:36 AM
not very original
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2009 06:01:01 AM
Reminiscent of a similar shot with a kiwi... :) I like it, though I would have liked a more colourful background, personally.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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