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Going Supernova...Just Before She Blows!
Going Supernova...Just Before She Blows!
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Challenge: Puzzle Macro III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
Location: my family room on a stepladder
Date: Dec 20, 2009
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 1250
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Dec 20, 2009

 The Shot: This is a water globe..."as seen on TV", Shot in the semi-darkness with full but misdirected flash.

The globe's spigot (the long tale with a hole) was stood up in a paper towel roll with a clear 25 watt Christmas bulb in the opposite end, that is what produced the blueish ring at the bottom from the primary color of the globe itself. I bounced the flash off of a Compact Disc which caused the other colors except the orange which I think comes primarily from it being near a window frame that is a vibrant orange. The globe is simply clear with blue and white spots. I took 27 identical exposures to finally get the colors I was looking for by changing the angle of the CD slightly but used only a single exposure to produce the final copy.

Post Processing: Sharpened, saturated quite a lot to bring up the blues and oranges. Then, I applied a weak yellow tint followed by an even weaker magenta tint to alter the colors to where I wanted them. Otherwise it is as taken... Not even cropped.

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Place: 89 out of 137
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/27/2009 05:08:00 PM
a glass globe
 12/27/2009 02:09:47 PM
Xmas ornament
 12/27/2009 01:42:03 PM
smallish size-could be appropriate for a marble?
 12/27/2009 05:47:56 AM
Glass
 12/26/2009 11:26:03 AM
A marble?
 12/22/2009 10:11:42 PM
glass bead
 12/22/2009 06:59:00 PM
It's a Narn egg, of course.
 12/22/2009 04:06:55 PM
Christmas ornament?
 12/22/2009 05:04:50 AM
Too much noise in the background for my taste. Off-center would have helped too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/22/2009 01:11:02 AM
Christmas tree ornament.
 12/21/2009 04:06:05 PM
this is some type of globe...IMO I really wish you could get closer to this and isolate just a small part of it...they can create some very beautiful designs...love the colors in your picture
 12/21/2009 09:20:46 AM
one of those watering bulbs? Great colors! I like the detail and ytour subtle blue border.
 12/21/2009 07:03:38 AM
Paperweight?
 12/21/2009 06:50:39 AM
Surely it's a christmas tree bauble or a ball bearing with som funny lighting to throw us off the scent.
 12/21/2009 06:33:59 AM
Lovely marble.
 12/21/2009 04:51:56 AM
A marble or other type of glass ball. Neat colours.
 12/21/2009 02:10:21 AM
a marble, a beautiful marble
 12/20/2009 11:02:32 PM
You got me...


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