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Challenge: Balloons (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Date: Apr 18, 2010
Aperture: F9
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Water
Date Uploaded: Apr 15, 2010

 Thanks to everyone for their comments, votes and faves :)

Not sure why the orange balloon didn't cooperate. PP was rather simple. I did crop the image. Various contrast adjustments were made but didn't need much to get it as bold as it appears. In this case I think it's fun to keep the setup a mystery and keep you folks guessing and pondering ;) Weather was a wish wash, constantly cloudy with patches appearing now and then so I did monitor the sky. I'm just glad to have gotten the chance to shoot outside vs inside. I had 6-8 takes in total. I got a good shot for Day1 but not too pleased with the IQ. One that I liked though but didn't enter was shot against grey skies. Just because I had to try it and wasn't sure if the weather would be good the next day. I dodged out the sky completely which I don't think would be a legal edit so I went out again the next day and got the one I posted in the challenge.


I'd like to reshoot this one again sometime soon.

Statistics
Place: 4 out of 329
Avg (all users): 6.8682
Avg (commenters): 8.4375
Avg (participants): 6.8543
Avg (non-participants): 6.8986
Views since voting: 5408
Views during voting: 422
Votes: 220
Comments: 29
Favorites: 12 (view)

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 04/28/2010 01:32:52 PM
So creative. Great shot. Congrats on the HM, Techo.
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 04/28/2010 02:37:06 AM
Great shot and a well deserved top 5
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 04/27/2010 08:49:29 PM
now this is cool!!! i like the concept and uniqueness very much. congrats on HM.
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 04/26/2010 09:10:16 PM
I can hardly imagine a more cheerful image! Congrats!
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 04/26/2010 08:48:24 PM
Congrats on 4th!!!!
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 04/26/2010 11:02:02 AM
Congrats on your HM Techo! Very creative image :-)
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 04/26/2010 08:46:20 AM
Congrats mate, excellent work
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 04/26/2010 08:41:32 AM
This didn't come up in my voting, unfortunately. Great idea!
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 04/26/2010 07:08:40 AM
Yay! Congrats on the 4th, Techo!!
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 04/26/2010 12:11:46 AM
This shot literally made me laugh with joy! Wonderful and whimsical. Congrats on the HM.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/25/2010 11:48:15 PM
A creative idea and so wonderfully done, u surely have some huge patience and and great reflexes to catch this one like this- amazing outcome. Hope to see this at the top
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 04/25/2010 11:41:36 PM
What a great take on the challenge -- colorful and (at least from my point of view) original. A high score from me.
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 04/25/2010 06:54:59 PM
must have been fun shooting for this
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 04/23/2010 10:32:03 PM
fun idea!! (not voting yet)
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 04/23/2010 09:39:44 PM
Oh wow! This is great!!! How did you manage to capture this?? It really evokes the fun of childhood and summer to me. Great job!
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 04/23/2010 09:06:10 PM
Fabulous set up and execution here. Beautifully done!
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 04/22/2010 01:52:23 PM
Fun!!! I really like this.
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 04/22/2010 10:43:40 AM
Cool!
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 04/22/2010 03:56:24 AM
Lovely colours and chaoticness
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 04/21/2010 01:09:15 AM
cool
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 04/20/2010 02:37:37 PM
This is so great. Crisp and clean and dynamic and playful. Great photography. No gimmicks.
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 04/20/2010 06:59:46 AM
That's really cool. Don't know how you did it but I like it.
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 04/20/2010 12:45:23 AM
nice catch.
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 04/19/2010 09:48:02 PM
a very clever idea, fresh and original, well executed and the way the arcs combine present a strong graphic image.
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 04/19/2010 08:55:33 PM
Fabulous idea!!!!!!! Well executed!
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 04/19/2010 12:26:34 PM
great concept! Love how you've captured the wild and unpredictable path that ballons take when let loose.
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 04/19/2010 08:49:54 AM
So full of fun and folly!! Good luck.
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 04/19/2010 08:34:24 AM
Awesome! Terrific idea, and you captured it really well. I like it!
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 04/19/2010 12:07:41 AM
um...wow. Going to need to see the details on this one.
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