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Challenge: Macro III (Classic Editing*)
Collection: Challenge Photos
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 28-200 f/3.5 - 5.6 USM
Location: Birch Aquarium at Scripps Oceanographic Institute
Date: Dec 17, 2003
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Dec 21, 2003

Canon 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 57mm,
Sunpak 544 flash (off-camera) w. Lumiquest Bouncer. Handheld.

Rotated image 180 degrees, cropped, curves, hue/sat, sharpened, touched up a few bits of flotsam, a bit of dodge & burn, nudged individual color channels to remove CA from aquarium glass...
Resized, resharpened, and finally a gently touch of channel mixer magic. That's it!

Statistics
Place: 19 out of 165
Avg (all users): 6.1884
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 5.9691
Avg (non-participants): 6.7073
Views since voting: 1756
Votes: 138
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/28/2003 11:08:18 PM
Great subject, but composition is a bit confusing. Maybe better to crop down to just the one?
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12/27/2003 08:04:23 PM
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Message edited by author 2005-04-09 00:08:09.
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12/27/2003 07:07:55 PM
Excellent closeup capture through glass!
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12/27/2003 12:00:14 PM
Nice Jelly's. Too much happening though. Better if you only had one in the frame. Taken in Monterey? 8.
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12/26/2003 04:28:14 PM
Great photo.... i like the colors and the composition, nice detail too.
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12/26/2003 09:49:18 AM
Nature never seizes to amaze me. Gorgeous capture.
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12/24/2003 04:31:32 PM
Nice shot. Love the jelly fishies but is this a mac shot?
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12/24/2003 03:20:06 PM
Wonderful detail. Great capture. One of my favorites of this challenge.
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12/24/2003 11:09:56 AM
Nice shot! These are beautiful things, although they hurt like the dickens! Nice shot JellyMan!!!! or Woman :-)
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12/24/2003 08:00:24 AM
Very nice. 9
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12/23/2003 01:47:23 PM
beautiful
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12/22/2003 04:57:14 PM
nice jellyfish, interesting composition, sharp and lively
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12/22/2003 04:33:54 PM
Well done, like the placement. excellent detail in a very difficult shot. Only draw back is in the lower right side the bright white in the second jelly fish kept catching my eye a bit distracting. Overall and excellent job on a very tuff subject.
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12/22/2003 02:08:44 PM
I am partial to jellyfish images and I will have to admit that I will be biased here. Having said that, I have to commend the photographer for this photograph because of the clarity of the details. It is very difficult to photograph jellyfish with this kind of detail because they are constantly moving around. The 'hairs' are amazing. In many other jellyfish photographs that I have seen, the 'hairs' are kind of fuzzy. DOF is excellent, colors are beautiful ... and especially, the way the aquarium lighting was caught is very wise and appropriate - it did not overwhelm the main subject and thus afforded contrast and clarity.
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12/22/2003 12:33:32 PM
this picture is beautiful..amazing clarity.
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12/22/2003 10:54:58 AM
nice photo. I am wondering if this was taken under water? I did lots of suba-diving in my youth, so I can appreciate the difficulty in getting a shot like this...it is very sharp & crisp....
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12/22/2003 09:19:24 AM
Technical: fits the challenge. Exposure composition focus lighting all good.

Personal: nicely done, but doesn't compel me.

My vote: 5
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12/22/2003 05:24:42 AM
Interesting and rare shot - composition dull, but great unusual image. A border would frame it better as a finished image.
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