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by joebar

Comment by joebar:
The photo was taken with the glass hanging upside down with water shooting up into it... Flipped it 180 degrees to try for the effect of having the water coming straight up out of the glass -- guess I didn't choose the right shot to fully show that effect. Probably would have done better if I just kept the image facing down as most people probably didn't understand what I was going for.. Will put up some setup shots in the forum if anyone's interested. Thanks for all the nice comments -- I like how this pic came out!

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Comment by karmat:
Yea!! More stopped water shots! Just kidding. It's a little bright on the right side -- maybe use some fill light on the left. What would have been truly effective (but I don't know if it would be possible or not) is if the reflection in the glass had been very obvious.

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Comment by rjhawkin:
That would have been a great stop action shot, but then again what would you have done for this one?
great idea with a new twidt

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Comment by Amphian:
I love the blue background and the nice focus.

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Comment by Patella:
What's upside down about this? You're just pouring water and it's splashing out, right? (Just kidding... I DO see it.) This is one that I think has a little bit too shallow a depth of field. The shutter speed looks like it was fast enough to freeze the water, but a lot of the water is unfocused. The lighting is also a little unbalanced -- I can see the background on the right, not on the left, and I can see a sharp delineation between base and background. I think I'd like to see a little more of that blue on the left -- maybe another light source to help bring that out of the shadow?

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Comment by insipidangel:
I love this shot.

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Comment by FranziskaLang:
Nicely done! The background does not seem to be totally level, or is that just because of the way the lighting is. I know the rules don't allow this, but for outside of the competition, I would try and crop the sides tighter and show more of the water at the top.

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Comment by Kimbly:
Nice lighting and background. "horizon" line seems a little tilted though. I think if this were flipped over 180 degrees, it would be more obvious while still fitting the upside down subject part of the challenge.

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Comment by rcrawford:
Nice lighting and color. In my top 5!

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Comment by eddy:
Interesting photo