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Challenge: Spheres (Basic Editing)
Collection: 6s
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Date: Jul 13, 2010
Aperture: 14
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200s
Galleries: Abstract, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jul 13, 2010

 [Jul. 14th, 2010 01:28:22 PM]

Wow! 48 votes in and a score of 7.1042. I am sure it will fall but I never expected this.

The top sphere is a "friendship ball" or "witches ball" that I have hanging in my kitchen window. Placed on top of an inverted glass and a smaller sphere (that I took out of a hanging garden decoration that I bought only for the sphere a month ago) under the glass. Placed on my trusty mirror.

I took a ton of photos (I have many outtakes) of these 2 spheres and another friendship ball I have. I was editing them and trying to decide which one to enter when on a whim I decided to invert one of them (make it into a negative image). My first reaction was "WOW"......I really liked how it looked. So I inverted a few more and chose my favourite. So glad others like it as well.

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 113
Avg (all users): 6.9563
Avg (commenters): 8.2105
Avg (participants): 6.9815
Avg (non-participants): 6.9474
Views since voting: 4743
Views during voting: 369
Votes: 206
Comments: 61
Favorites: 9 (view)

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 06/09/2011 04:27:18 PM
Brillian picture!
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 06/09/2011 04:27:17 PM
Brillian picture!
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 07/27/2010 05:51:25 AM
Great Job KarenNfld! You keep showing your immense creativity!
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 07/25/2010 10:18:23 AM
Congrats, Karen! Cool image. :)
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 07/22/2010 06:11:24 AM
Originally posted by klkitchens:
Originally posted by klkitchens:
My top pick for this challenge. Perhaps even better than mine! (kidding) Nicely done.


I was right :)


HA - I called it before you did! lol
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 07/22/2010 06:10:06 AM
A big congrats Karen!!
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 07/22/2010 05:03:56 AM
Congrats to you, super shot.
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 07/21/2010 09:09:17 PM
Congratulations Karen. Brilliant job.
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 07/21/2010 02:54:27 PM
Beautiful!!! Congrats Karen on your Blue!!
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 07/21/2010 02:14:32 PM
Fabulous! Congrats!
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 07/21/2010 12:50:07 PM
WONDERFUL, Karen! And I like all of your outtakes, too.
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 07/21/2010 12:44:44 PM
Congratulations!!!!!
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 07/21/2010 12:10:04 PM
Congratulations Karen!!! Excellent job.
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 07/21/2010 11:44:50 AM
Nice, Karen! Another blue ribbon to add to your collection. I love this shot, it could be a image for a promo flyer of some high-end martini bar.
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 07/21/2010 11:04:10 AM
Congrats on the blue!!
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 07/21/2010 10:18:12 AM
Wow!!! Congratulations on a well deserved Blue. And, I've learned something new here today. I'm looking forward to trying this out on my own. Thank you for sharing the method.
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 07/21/2010 07:35:26 AM
oh wow, that was genius doing it in negative! i wondered how all the colours where so bright and the light was odd :-)
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 07/21/2010 07:11:54 AM
Way to go!!!
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 07/21/2010 06:06:15 AM
I knew there was no way I could beat this shot! Excellent, stunning, marvelous are the words that come to mind! :D

Congrats on the blue!
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 07/21/2010 05:44:35 AM
Great work! Congrats on the ribbon
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 07/21/2010 05:39:10 AM
ahhh, you picked the right one...great job Karen, Congrats to you!!!

Maybe I need to get me some Martini Glasses...hmmm

Message edited by author 2010-07-21 09:41:31.
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 07/21/2010 05:04:02 AM
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Fantastic Work!
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 07/21/2010 04:42:53 AM
Beautifully photographed and pped Karen - congratulations!
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 07/21/2010 03:14:51 AM
Congrats Karen on the Blue. A very polished and advert quality shot
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 07/20/2010 10:44:58 PM
Congrats Karen...a beautiful image indeed.
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 07/20/2010 08:39:16 PM
This is beautiful artwork Karen. Congratulations on your blue!
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 07/20/2010 08:20:52 PM
Well congratulaaaaaations, Karen! Great job.
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 07/20/2010 08:18:33 PM
GORGEOUS image, Karen. Many congrats on the blue.
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 07/20/2010 08:17:33 PM
Well DONE Karen! Yahoo - most excellent!
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 07/20/2010 08:15:57 PM
Congrats on the blue Karen. This is gorgeous!
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 07/20/2010 08:15:26 PM
Congrats on the Blue! Knew it would come down to your image or Irene's
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 07/20/2010 08:12:07 PM
Originally posted by klkitchens:
My top pick for this challenge. Perhaps even better than mine! (kidding) Nicely done.


I was right :)
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 07/20/2010 08:08:13 PM
Ah ha! I knew this one would take the blue! Congratulations!
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 07/20/2010 08:04:31 PM
I knew this image would take the Blue! Congrats on a fantastic image.
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 07/20/2010 08:03:46 PM
Awesome Clarity, Congrats!
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 07/20/2010 08:03:27 PM
Way to go Karen, fantastic image and a well deserved blue :)

MAX!
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 07/20/2010 08:03:18 PM
Congratulations!!
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 07/20/2010 08:03:08 PM
Now I want to see what it looks like when it's not inverted. :-) Congrats!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/20/2010 07:38:02 PM
Neat picture, good job
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 07/20/2010 07:16:03 PM
This is my pick for blue! 10!
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 07/20/2010 06:22:05 PM
VERY well done! Such a lovely balance... and the colors are wonderful... but it doesn't really matter what I think, 'cause I'm not voting this challenge. :)
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 07/19/2010 08:08:23 PM
Interesting set up. Not a fan of angling the photo to make it look better though.
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 07/19/2010 05:01:33 PM
Very fun! And love the colors. How did you light htis?
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 07/18/2010 11:01:51 PM
Very colorful and interesting piece.
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 07/18/2010 08:56:51 PM
Very nice 10!
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 07/17/2010 10:00:12 AM
this is just stunning...love the colors and how you used the globe on the top...I assume it's a witch's globe...it's really beautiful
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 07/17/2010 06:11:33 AM
Beautiful shot Karen. Good luck! No vote.
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 07/17/2010 04:58:15 AM
This is pretty cool! Interesting lighting. -8-
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 07/16/2010 01:24:03 PM
This is gorgeous. Very eye popping, the colors are brilliant.
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 07/16/2010 12:19:43 PM
This one is my favorite in this challenge! Good luck! (comment only)
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 07/16/2010 08:28:44 AM
Very cool work. Excellent lighting and comp. should do well.
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 07/15/2010 12:02:28 PM
very nice!
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 07/15/2010 07:02:04 AM
Very cool object, well shot and processed. Love the inverted martini glass. Front page.
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 07/14/2010 07:55:45 PM
Cool lighting in this photo. I have to imagine that was pretty tricky to get right.
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 07/14/2010 06:08:40 PM
Great color in the larger ball and the tilt suits the shot well. I find the pink orb a little distracting but have rated the shot high all the same.
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 07/14/2010 06:05:47 PM
I think this is my favorite picture in this challenge (it helps that I LOVE pink). Really nice job!
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 07/14/2010 09:21:11 AM
Great shot. I think the rotation of the image is what makes it stand out.
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 07/14/2010 08:50:16 AM
Love the angle, color combinations are really eyecatching. One of my favs.
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 07/14/2010 08:12:01 AM
My top pick for this challenge. Perhaps even better than mine! (kidding) Nicely done.
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 07/14/2010 05:24:16 AM
wow - front page winner for sure!
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 07/13/2010 08:20:30 PM
this is great
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