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Liquid Explosion
Liquid Explosion
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Challenge: Liquid II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: my house
Date: Jul 21, 2015
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/1000
Date Uploaded: Jul 21, 2015

 Set up a fish tank by a window that is covered with frosted film so it kind of served as a soft box since I don't have one. I then mixed food coloring with cream and dropped it into tank while triggering camera at high speed. Flipped canvas, burn and dodged, cloned out a few minor imperfections then sharpened. My only regret is not paying closer attention to the aperture. My initial setting was at f11 but the light changed without me noticing and so did the aperture. I should have worked in manual. Too tired to reshoot. HAHA

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 152
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Avg (commenters): 7.6667
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Votes: 84
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 07/29/2015 06:33:33 AM
*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*

An interesting image that meets the challenge well.

This is a very dynamic image that you can feel evolving in front of you, it is easy to imagine how the shapes will transform into new shapes. One of your commenters has mentioned a lava lamp, he's right, it is very reminiscent of them, they're always quite fascinating and mesmerising which is why this image works so well.

The exposure is very good you have chosen well in positioning the tank where you did it gives a lovely soft even light that illuminates in a nice high key sort of way. The colours are all very appealing and work well together. The more I look at it the more I'm starting to wish that the droplets on the left of the image weren't there, they're not a big problem but I just find the uniformity of the rest of the image more appealing.

I assume from your comment about the aperture you wish you had used a smaller aperture? I know what you mean it would probably have been nice to have more sharply defined edges to the shapes but then again the way this softly blends into the light background is also appealing, I think it works ok.

Thank you for an interesting submission, Sid
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 07/29/2015 02:14:21 AM
Well done - TOP 20! Congrats!!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/28/2015 09:13:25 PM
Beautiful high key.
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 07/27/2015 01:34:18 AM
Interesting. Looks like a cross between a lava lamp and a sea anemone. Like the colors and the swirls.
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 07/22/2015 02:59:40 PM
Beautiful, lovely colors.
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