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French Tulip Net
French Tulip Net
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Challenge: Refraction of Light (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S7000
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Apr 4, 2006
Aperture: f/ 8.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/13 sec.
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Apr 4, 2006

 Drops of water on a piece of nylon netting REFRACTING a french tulip in the background.

Used two approx, 12" x 16" box lids covered in white paper on the tops and sides with the flat area facing towards the subject. Weighted the lids down with a weight on one side and two coffee cannisters filled with coins on the other. Left a space about 2-3" in between the two lids. Used office clips to attached the net to the sides of the boxes across the center at the same level as the subject (though I've found it better for it to be slightly below, as opposed to above or even). Placed the water drops on the net with an eye dropper (always the worse part of the process...the slightest movement, at times, will make the drops flow, pop or go flat which distorts the refraction and makes the subject look less definable). The ideal drops are convex towards the camera. Shot in macro mode with a 10x close up filter on the camera. The camera was on a table top tripod.

Post: Crop. Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. Lighten shadows 20%, darken highlights 1%, no additional contrast. NeatImage. Sharpen. Resize. USM. Save for Web.

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 161
Avg (all users): 6.5226
Avg (commenters): 7.8667
Avg (participants): 5.8919
Avg (non-participants): 6.7656
Views since voting: 1801
Views during voting: 477
Votes: 266
Comments: 18
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 04/12/2006 02:35:42 AM
congrats..this is great..a deserving round one winner!
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 04/12/2006 01:39:01 AM
Pretty much my favourite in this competition, unfortunatly the quality of the photo itself is not quite what it could be, but I like it
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/11/2006 07:54:11 PM
Simply brilliant!
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 04/11/2006 01:04:56 PM
This looks like a winner!

Brilliant colours, lovely saturation, excellent work with getting the drops just right!

The sort of photo I wish I had taken, but would never be inventive enough!

Best of luck with the challenge
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 04/10/2006 02:49:55 PM
Pretty good. Done many times but still cool looking.
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 04/10/2006 09:16:51 AM
very nice
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 04/09/2006 04:37:24 PM
great shot, abviously took a great deal to set up...lacks a little sharpness for me, but I won't mark it down for that as the colours and comp are great
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 04/08/2006 05:10:42 PM
Similar photos like this have been done before. It's a good photo, I just wish it was more original. Good luck in future challenges.
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 04/06/2006 10:13:43 PM
very creative and seemingly original!
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 04/06/2006 06:24:37 PM
Great job with execution, but the focus seems to be a little on the soft side.
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 04/06/2006 05:21:58 PM
This is a really difficult technique. You must have a lot of patience.
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 04/05/2006 06:41:33 PM
probably a winner here!! 10
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 04/05/2006 04:08:01 PM
Did you place each drop in the net? If you did, then the effort really paid off! Amazing shot!
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 04/05/2006 03:38:29 AM
interesting shot!
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 04/04/2006 11:44:44 PM
nice, i like how each appears placed by hand to give it its design
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 04/04/2006 11:10:09 PM
i like it but...
 04/04/2006 10:51:29 PM
Another favorite in this challenge and so look forward to finding out how you did this as I "LOVE" this technique and you are the "Master".

Excellent another"10" from me.....
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 04/04/2006 09:11:36 PM
amazing....simply amazing
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