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Challenge: Textures VII (Minimal Editing I)
Collection: Hidden Challenge entries
Camera: Sony DSLR-A580
Lens: Sony SAL 100M28 f2.8 macro
Location: Papillion, Nebraska
Date: Dec 18, 2012
Aperture: 11.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.3
Date Uploaded: Dec 19, 2012
[Dec. 23rd, 2012 10:43:13 AM]

I took tons of images on two consecutive days. This was the sharpest one I got. I knew the pink was probably wrong, so I then shot a series of about a dozen with different colored backgrounds, just to see which one worked the best. I showed them to photographer friends not at DPC and a dark green was the most often picked with red and black close seconds. So I got all set up - even put some colored tissue paper on the window to try to make the reflections more attractive. The sun finally came out on the last day; unfortunately, when I tried to blow my bubbles, the solution would not work. Don't know why but it just would not. And we had had a snowstorm making the roads dangerous so I didn't want to go back downtown for another container of solution. I was stuck with this or nothing - but I see from the comments that the pink was very wrong :)

Here's an outtake:

Statistics
Place: 53 out of 88
Avg (all users): 5.3846
Avg (commenters): 5.7500
Avg (participants): 5.3404
Avg (non-participants): 5.4318
Views since voting: 279
Views during voting: 178
Votes: 91
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 12/28/2012 03:39:09 AM
Definitely underrated, like the outtake even more, though.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/27/2012 09:21:10 AM
Had given a 7, but came back to a 6. The foliage and bubble are great, that magenta background just kills it for me...
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 12/23/2012 10:18:32 AM
I do get the sense that the plants are soft, but the overpowering pink ruins the effect I am afraid!
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 12/22/2012 06:58:36 AM
The pink background, is umm well just odd, nice plant though!

sorry edited to added a 's' in just!
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 12/21/2012 05:26:27 PM
Not so sure I like the pink background but I like the rest.
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