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Caught in a bubble
Caught in a bubble
hanneke


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Challenge: Harsh Environments (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Date: Dec 22, 2006
Date Uploaded: Dec 22, 2006

 I think this is cool to mention: Entry #1 ;-)

When I saw the challenge I immediately knew what I wanted to do. Grabbed Mr. Fish and a fishbbowl, photographed it with a flash & umbrella. Moved the fishbowl a tiny bit to get some sort of movement in the water. No Mr. Fish was harmed by taking these photo's! ;-)

This entry is made out of 2 photos. The moving water was one photo, the other one was the one with Mr. Fish (basic-photo). Used curves to get the aqua-color.
Copied the water-line in the basic photo, and after that started to copy the bowl at the top, and closed it up. I used 3 parts of the side of the bowl.
After that, I made the image smaller, and copied the fish from the original file to make it bigger than in the original photo (does that make sense?). Selected the fish and made it a bit lighter.
Cloned out a couple of spots, but kept the reflection, because otherwise it would be very flat.

That's about it!

Here are the original files:



This was a fun challenge!

Statistics
Place: 29 out of 116
Avg (all users): 6.1614
Avg (commenters): 6.6500
Avg (participants): 5.9672
Avg (non-participants): 6.2346
Views since voting: 1460
Views during voting: 521
Votes: 223
Comments: 28
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 01/16/2007 11:42:40 PM
Cool!! :D Doet me denken aan n foto die Sander ooit van mijn visje heeft gemaakt :)
visje
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 01/10/2007 02:21:21 AM
i love this!
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 01/10/2007 12:22:19 AM
Doink - Faved.
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 01/04/2007 09:13:19 PM
what a flippin cooool idea!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/04/2007 12:29:03 PM
Lol! Love the expression on the fish :) Don´t as much care for the cyan hue to this shot but nothing that is really bothering me, gave it a 7.
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 01/03/2007 03:27:26 PM
looks like he has a frown...great capture and I like the color
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 01/03/2007 02:26:30 PM
This is so amazing!!!!!!
waaaagggghhhh
if i was a member it would be a 10...
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 01/03/2007 08:01:31 AM
what a sad looking fish! nice technique.
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 01/02/2007 05:34:24 AM
Some more definition in the fish would have made this even better.
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 01/01/2007 04:19:17 AM
Quite clever and very well done.
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 12/31/2006 11:52:07 PM
The fish could be a little brighter just to bring out some more details. Otherwise, good shot.
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 12/31/2006 06:34:01 PM
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this, The high key look, the blue, If you don't ribbon I will be MAD.
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 12/31/2006 03:04:00 PM
Don't care for the tonality but the overall shot is very nicely done! Like the circle of shadow around the 'bubble'!
TC
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 12/31/2006 09:52:57 AM
Be good if you could see a bit more detail in the fishes face, but i like the idea.
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 12/30/2006 05:11:55 PM
that reminds me of a south park episode. but i am not sure how it relates to harsh environments. 6
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 12/30/2006 02:09:34 PM
F.U.N.N.Y. "8"
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 12/30/2006 07:51:33 AM
I like it - I wish the fish was lit a little better but the overall mood is outstanding and the cold color helps too.
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 12/29/2006 08:39:38 PM
I like this. The icy aqua tones and high contrast really work well. Those buggy eyes don't hurt either. 7
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 12/29/2006 07:41:25 PM
Oh man, the eyes just say it all: how wickedly funny. Simple and effective. I like the cyan hue...
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 12/29/2006 06:58:45 PM
This is somewhat phantasmagoric.
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 12/29/2006 05:24:45 PM
As a photo, everything looks good. I'm pretty sure you pasted that fishy in the 'bubble' so unless I'm wrong...nice job with the edit, which I think was half the challenge. (Not used by most entries)
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 12/29/2006 11:02:29 AM
the subject bubble is a little too blown out for me
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 12/29/2006 08:56:06 AM
Happy New Year! - 7
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 12/29/2006 08:23:03 AM
creative idea, wish there was more detail
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 12/28/2006 09:27:09 PM
harsh or not harsh, this is simply amazing!
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 12/28/2006 08:42:50 PM
ha ha that sucks for the fish! I don't like the lighting at all, maybe from above would be better.
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 12/28/2006 08:30:39 PM
I love the simplicity and the TIFFANY blues...8
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 12/28/2006 07:59:45 PM
Seems a bit too cyan... Wish I could see more detail in the fish. 6
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