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Challenge: Puzzle Macro IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon MF Nikkor 50mm f/2.0
Location: a cup on my front porch
Date: Feb 20, 2011
Aperture: f11
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: Feb 20, 2011

 Reverse Macro 50mm. Soap, oil, and water in a green cup with the mesh from a potato sack.

Statistics
Place: 59 out of 158
Avg (all users): 5.5662
Avg (commenters): 5.8750
Avg (participants): 5.4179
Avg (non-participants): 5.7101
Views since voting: 630
Views during voting: 294
Votes: 136
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0

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 03/03/2011 04:21:06 AM
Hi Lee, welcome to the Critique Zone!

What can I say? Hmmm. It's a fun shot - definitely fits with the challenge in being a macro, lots of colour and interest.

Technically, there isn't a lot to say - you have complete control of the DOF here, and putting it across the shot at the perfect diagonal is really pleasing. It's nice and sharp where it should be, and very blurred where it should be.

Artistically, this is a puzzle macro - how can it be measured artistically?! It's a lot of fun, but lacks a little 'wow'. The border is nicely done and frames it well, but push come to shove I suspect that the voters just decided that it is only a shot of some bubbles - bright, colourful and very well executed but it didn't grab them.

I suspect that if this were an abstract macro challenge, you could have added a full point to the score. This is the kind of shot you could sell to a smart restaurant or coffee bar more successfully than the DPC voter! Ultimately, as long you like it, it's a success.

Happy hunting,

Frank.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/27/2011 06:04:47 PM
The boiling of a notorious misconception.
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 02/27/2011 03:56:49 PM
soap bubbles?
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 02/27/2011 12:57:19 PM
thats obviously a macro of a cats tongue.....or bubbles :)
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 02/26/2011 06:53:17 PM
soda bubbles?
 02/25/2011 06:23:16 PM
Soap?
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 02/25/2011 10:08:00 AM
I don't know what it is but I like it...
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 02/24/2011 05:49:03 PM
An interesting combination of colors. I can't determine what is making your 'lattice' pattern.
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 02/24/2011 07:16:12 AM
soap solution?
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 02/23/2011 05:06:21 PM
soap bubbles (colorful ones non the less)
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 02/23/2011 04:22:32 PM
Waterdrops!
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 02/23/2011 03:44:52 PM
Guess: kids bubble blowing kit
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 02/23/2011 03:38:01 PM
Condensation on the side of a cold glass.
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 02/23/2011 09:02:56 AM
Washing liquid and water mix??
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 02/22/2011 04:24:29 PM
Oily bubbles!
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 02/22/2011 03:57:25 PM
Wash cloth and soap. Nice.
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 02/21/2011 11:21:01 AM
Bubbles. doh!
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 02/21/2011 04:56:29 AM
Cool colours in those bubbles.
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 02/20/2011 10:03:39 PM
Bubbles, but no idea what the foreground object is.
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 02/20/2011 08:38:06 PM
Soapy water with beetroot juice?
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