Effervescent Water in Oil
by giantmike

Comment:
This is an interesting event, but to be honest, the colours don't quite do it for me. Well composed nonetheless.

a frendly
by herfotoman

Comment:
The strong threshold B&W is not my thing, but I can appreciate it here - I just have to look a bit longer... :)

yin yang
by Sisto

Comment:
Nice! The pencil on the left could be straight and more centered, but great idea.

The Farm Tank
by jasonlprice

Comment:
Five 7s, four 8s, and one 10, and this is my ten. Sorry, there is no 12 button.

Twin Bubbles
by smurfguy

Comment:
I like this and the idea, so I'd like to try give some advice (maybe by writing my thoughts I can learn something). I think the original's background and lighting are the first major difference. Also the perspective. So experiment with that. The lighting on yours is quite harsh, so the reflections are quite hot when bumping the contrast. I think (don't know) that soft light from a diffused source works here - also the BG needs to be well lit.

Then, for post, you can increase the contrast and correct the colours. I think if you've set up light properly, post is easy. I've found that using duplicates of the image with different blending modes give nice contrasts.

I'd love to have time to experiment with bubbles like this because I think I might be able to learn a lot in the process.

Maple Japanese leaves
by clickodak

Comment:


JJ ;)

A Moment of Calm
by mindbottling

Comment:
First, lovely photo, so that's a high score from me already. Second, incredibly beautiful event, so +. Third, I completely get this! :D ++.

Communicating
by GeorgesBogaert

Comment:
I hope your equipment was quiet.... ;)

Who's hungry?
by Nobody

Comment:
Who's hungry? Nobody.

Holy Wars
by gyaban

Comment:
"Adults would literally fight each other to *force* anyone not thinking the same way to do so." Ouch. You live in a terrible world! Yes, people use religion as an excuse to impose their ideas onto others, but those are the "religious" people you hear about. And people use religion to make money too. This makes it seem as though politics and religion shouldn't mix. Religions of the world are generally peaceful and accepting of other people's views. There are the odd one or two which are violent, but that cannot characterize the majority of the major religions in the world.

In South Africa people use racism as an excuse to fight, never religion. I can't recall violent "religious" activity in my life here. Whatever is going to cause the biggest fight will be used as the reason to cause the fight. In the western world religion was used as that reason.