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Milky Way is so light, it can swim in milk!
2nd PlaceMilky Way is so light, it can swim in milk!
IreneM


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Candy II (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
Location: My kitchen
Date: Sep 7, 2007
Aperture: f16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500 s
Galleries: Action, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Sep 9, 2007

Didn't have a clue what to do for this challenge. Two days before the challenge was due to start, I stood in the supermarket looking at all the candy, sweets, chocolate and suddenly the old TV advert on Milky Way came to mind.
I thought that just floating it in milk would be too boring so I bought a load of Milky Way and plenty of milk and started experimenting.
Made a FINE mess throwing the bars into the milk.

Post challenge:
WOW! THANK YOU!
In a couple of the comments I was asked how many Milky Ways I had to eat after doing this shot. Well, after being taken out of the milk and rinsed under the tap loads of times before being thrown back into the milk they looked really blotchy, greyish and VERY unappetizing. I couldn’t even get my husband to eat them ;-) so I had to throw them away.


Statistics
Place: 2 out of 141
Avg (all users): 6.9298
Avg (commenters): 8.3158
Avg (participants): 6.9000
Avg (non-participants): 6.9459
Views since voting: 10692
Views during voting: 379
Votes: 171
Comments: 55
Favorites: 8 (view)


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09/04/2010 02:57:45 PM
ha ha,thats funny.
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09/22/2007 07:30:51 AM
congratz, nice photo great effort
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09/21/2007 08:29:43 PM
hey - i could see that as a magazine ad.

a fine mess indeed...

super.

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09/21/2007 02:41:26 PM
Once again Irene you are on top of your game. Great idea, love the splash and great focus and composition. Makes you wanna jump through the screen and eat it. Congrats on some great work!
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09/21/2007 03:15:25 AM
Very nice shot....
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09/20/2007 05:52:30 PM
Great lighting, great photo...congratulations on winning the red ribbon!
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09/19/2007 03:07:22 PM
All hail the queen of splash!
congrats!
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09/19/2007 01:56:37 PM
Mmmmm! That looks really yummy!!
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09/19/2007 08:04:58 AM
Oh and don´t give away all your secrets... :)
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09/19/2007 07:55:15 AM
Congrat´s on the ribbon, it´s good that you are specializing in this particular brand of photography.
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09/18/2007 03:04:41 PM
Congratulations on your ribbon ....hugssss
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09/18/2007 07:42:45 AM
Just curious what did you use for lighting on this shot. I noticed a f/stop of 16 and shutter speed of 1/500s. I'm assuming a flash of some sort. If you could reveal your secrets it would be greatly appreciated.

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09/18/2007 05:30:10 AM
Three ribbon in the last six challenges? You are setting a high bar for yourself!
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09/18/2007 03:56:16 AM
Hey, Irene!! A big congratulations for the red!! Well done! :)
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09/17/2007 11:37:26 PM
WOAH! SO Original! Its great to see new ideas being utilized here at DPC!
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09/17/2007 07:19:37 PM
Perfection, as usual, Irene. You should promote this shot to the Mars candy company.
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09/17/2007 06:51:42 PM
I always love your splash shots. The amazing thing you do isn't about getting the timing right, it's about making the splashing thing look so darn good. Congratulations on another well deserved ribbon!
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09/17/2007 05:12:11 PM
Congratulations on your well deserved finish and the beautiful image.

Danny
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09/17/2007 04:26:28 PM
what a wonderful shot Irene, so perfect, congratulations on the ribbon, btw. you should have sent your old milky ways to me, only joking.
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09/17/2007 01:48:28 PM
Congrats! Awesome shot!
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09/17/2007 12:07:08 PM
Nice twist to your normal splash shots, however I think you are milking it now. lol JK, I had to say it. Congrats, You have this stuff mastered.
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09/17/2007 11:36:49 AM
Originally posted by kje83:

Originally posted by justamistere:

If the things you drop into liquids keep getting bigger and bigger... What's next dishes, eggs, bicycles. Soon you will be famous and be dropping cars from a crane into swimming pools of colored water.


Haha...probably true you know? ;) It's a great shot. Congrats!


LOL! Hey, that's a really good idea, do you have a car for me to experiment with, or a swimming pool, or both? ;-) Mind you, I don't know if my SB800 would get the lighting quite right....;-)

Thanks everybody for the super comments!
09/17/2007 11:05:34 AM
Originally posted by justamistere:

If the things you drop into liquids keep getting bigger and bigger... What's next dishes, eggs, bicycles. Soon you will be famous and be dropping cars from a crane into swimming pools of colored water.


Haha...probably true you know? ;) It's a great shot. Congrats!
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09/17/2007 10:36:52 AM
If the things you drop into liquids keep getting bigger and bigger... What's next dishes, eggs, bicycles. Soon you will be famous and be dropping cars from a crane into swimming pools of colored water.
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09/17/2007 10:21:47 AM
"splashy-girl" strikes again! Nice work!
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09/17/2007 10:07:55 AM
Yay! Irene's Wow-Factor strikes again :) This is AWESOME! I can't believe how perfect it is! Congratulations on another award winning photo.
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09/17/2007 09:40:40 AM
There's that wonderful Irene again! Woo Hoo on this shot...the only '10' I gave in voting - CONGRATS!
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09/17/2007 06:22:55 AM
Great work - Congrats on the well deserved ribbon.
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09/17/2007 04:52:03 AM
well done /congrats..nice shot
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09/17/2007 03:25:35 AM
congrats! knew this would ribbon
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09/17/2007 03:23:16 AM
Who else? Congrats on anaother well dserved ribbon, Irene!
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09/17/2007 12:47:50 AM
Congrats on your ribbon Irene, to be next to you on the front page is an honor. This is a beautiful shot, as is all your work.
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09/17/2007 12:19:22 AM
The master of liquid macros does it again! Congrats
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09/17/2007 12:06:12 AM
Great shot, Irene! Big congrats on your red!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/16/2007 11:29:06 PM
Best one this round!
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09/16/2007 02:25:14 AM
Seriously, you need need need to sell this to somebody... I have a feeling you could make a lot of money off it. (Of course, I have no idea what I'm talking about... LOL) 10... very nice shot.
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09/14/2007 09:44:52 PM
yummmm...I don't even care that much for chocolate and milk but this makes it look like it would be delicious.
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09/13/2007 02:13:26 PM
Tastey!! Makes me want some chocolate
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09/12/2007 11:40:54 AM
Nice catch.
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09/12/2007 04:44:47 AM
Very smooth!! Nice image. Well done!!!
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09/12/2007 01:06:45 AM
Great capture..10!
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09/11/2007 05:44:52 PM
Must have had to eat a lot of Milk Way's to get this right.
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09/10/2007 09:13:00 PM
Very well done. Nice sheen to the chocolate and creamy looking milk.
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09/10/2007 04:57:16 PM
I really like the motion in this shot! Crisp, clean, perfect! *10*
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09/10/2007 12:24:28 PM
Nice splash!
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09/10/2007 09:51:11 AM
Glad Im not paying alot of attention to the titles ;) Im not going to pick on that but as far as the photo goes, awesome capture, lighting and timing. Good job :)

-dave
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09/10/2007 07:51:24 AM
this just screams blue, red or yellow!! perfect shot, my first 10 (and probably one of only a few)

edit: all done voting, you were the only 10 I gave out.
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09/10/2007 06:53:37 AM
excellent stop action shot -i could really see this on an advert. how many milky ways did you need to eat to get this shot!? One thing is the bottom left corner - the lighting seems a little dark in this corder - probably due to the very close crop
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09/10/2007 06:35:24 AM
More like it. A lot of the other pictures have been thoughtless but i like this. You can tell you put the time in to capture that just right. Great focus, which i know is a bugger on these kind of shots.

If i was going to be critical i would say it needs a bit more contrast to define it more but otherwise I love it.
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09/10/2007 05:52:40 AM
Nice. The usual suspect for this kind of pictures again? ;-)
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09/10/2007 02:13:34 AM
Very cool! Front page for sure! Outstanding lighting!
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09/10/2007 01:20:16 AM
Beautifully done, great control of light, great clarity.
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09/10/2007 01:15:17 AM
i pick this one to take the blue 10
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09/10/2007 01:11:22 AM
I bet you're going to get at least top 5
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09/10/2007 12:50:52 AM
Beautifully done!
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