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Challenge: Puzzle Macro IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO Macro Super for Canon
Location: Dunmore, PA
Date: Feb 16, 2011
Aperture: f/32
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/25
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Feb 16, 2011

 Melting ice cube ultramacro!

Same basic idea as this one, which I think I like better:



One 70-300 lens in macro mode (at 238mm, to be exact) with one reversed 50mm f/1.8 on the end. The result: lots of zoom, lots of room for camera shake, and an insanely narrow focal plane. ISO 200 was so I could get a slightly higher shutter speed; it seemed to help, since the movement from the shutter tended to produce noticeable motion blur in the image with a slow shutter.

I had to do some serious sharpening to make this work. High Pass is just fabulous for this sort of image.


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Place: 16 out of 158
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Avg (commenters): 6.8235
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Votes: 132
Comments: 19
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02/27/2011 05:26:40 PM
Prometheus stealing the fire of the Gods despite a vision of his own torment.
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 02/26/2011 06:55:21 PM
Fallout Bunny, apocallyptic gopher and nuclear waste-oid rodent-creature frolicking in the whipped cream?
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 02/25/2011 07:08:01 PM
Oil/water?
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 02/25/2011 01:16:25 PM
milk/oil/paint
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 02/25/2011 12:46:06 PM
Two liquids, different viscosities.
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 02/24/2011 06:39:35 PM
Very good composition and crisp photo - water on something?
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 02/23/2011 05:37:32 PM
I would guess ice. Anyway, it's an awesome image.
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 02/23/2011 01:35:38 PM
Ice?? 10 from me!
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 02/23/2011 10:08:17 AM
Clean and clear with depth and sharpness. Great image. Fluid of some sort. Not a guess, but I like how the blurred bits in the background look like items pressing on a taught plastic sheet. Very cool.
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 02/23/2011 10:04:22 AM
egg white??
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 02/23/2011 05:58:20 AM
Guess: A glass paperweight

Nice job getting layers into this photo. Gives a sense of depth which isn't always possible with this type of shot.
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 02/22/2011 04:27:16 PM
Paint bloches.
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 02/22/2011 03:41:07 PM
Pretty simplistic photo, but very very pretty. I like it a lot -- top 5 for me!
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 02/22/2011 03:29:11 PM
Very interesting abstract. My guess is water on glass with very shallow DoF but the shapes arenĂ¢€™t quite right. Perhaps this is an opaque window?
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 02/22/2011 10:05:18 AM
Clingpaper bubbles
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 02/21/2011 10:38:36 AM
Water drops on aluminum?
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 02/21/2011 07:45:28 AM
paint blobs
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 02/21/2011 07:24:19 AM
Something wet,in my top five images.
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 02/21/2011 06:54:15 AM
Water drops or bubbles in a glass paperweight. Nice tones.
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