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Challenge: Free Study 2008-01 (Advanced Editing VI ("Time Lapse"))
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Date: Jan 19, 2008
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 1250
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Animals, Water
Date Uploaded: Jan 23, 2008

Edits:

Rotate 180°
USM
Bump in contrast to +10
cloned a few minor spots
Neat Image
Shadow/Highlight
Hue/Sat: +10 on yellow and - 10 on red
crop
Duplicated the background layer
High Pass Filter applied around 3.9
Layer mode to overlay
flatten image
Resized to 720 pixels
save for web

Thanks to Robert bear_music for his help on editing steps.

Taken at the GTG in Chattanooga, TN inside the Aquarium. I had no idea this shot would come out so good with such a high ISO. For once I had a hard time choosing images.

My other two choices:




Statistics
Place: 86 out of 428
Avg (all users): 6.1143
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 6.0521
Avg (non-participants): 6.2500
Views since voting: 881
Views during voting: 248
Votes: 140
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0


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02/10/2008 03:53:21 AM
This is something difficult to shoot. And you have captured it very well.
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02/08/2008 07:29:43 PM
Beautiful image, great composition and lighting. I have shot jellyfish before and know it is hard to get an good image that is in focus, well lit, and with a relatively good composition. You've done quite well here. I like the white specs in the background. I think you chose the correct image to submit compared to your two outtakes.
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02/08/2008 01:56:10 PM
Wonderful capture. The only nit pic would be to crop the left to make the image more centered, I think the illusion of space would still be there but my eye wouldn't be drawn to the empty star field off to the left side. Nice one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/08/2008 01:04:14 PM
I really loved this during voting. You got a very respectable score, and you should be proud of it. Beautiful capture.
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02/08/2008 09:12:30 AM
Very cool capture, unusual angle of the jelly fish adds interest, and the illusion that it is floating in outer space rather than in water makes for nice double take!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/08/2008 01:54:54 AM
Ooh, here's one that got above a six and I'm not surprised. I think you realise that a smaller aperture would have been preferable to get the whole jellyfish in focus, but obviously the light conditions prevented that. In short, something very different, very well composed and very well edited. Good work!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/07/2008 06:59:54 AM
Can't wait to hear how you did this...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/04/2008 07:20:39 AM
impressive capture. One of my favs in this challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/03/2008 03:58:05 PM
Very cool... either this is a very good aquarium shot, or you have some really trustworthy underwater housing for your camera.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/02/2008 10:49:20 AM
The colors, composition and clarity are excellent.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/01/2008 06:47:50 AM
Good image detail hope the lighting and background are discussed the the comments.
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02/01/2008 04:58:45 AM
wow was this taken underwater?
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