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Try to think more outside the box
Try to think more outside the box
EddyG


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: New Year's Resolution III (Advanced Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Location: My basement
Date: Jan 1, 2005
Aperture: ƒ/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60th sec
Galleries: Abstract, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jan 1, 2005

 I created the cube out of wire I pulled from some 14-2 electrical wire and then soldered it together. Also mixed up a batch of "bubble solution" to dip the cube in to, then carefully used a straw to inflate the "inner cube".

The 12 panels of water/soap film that connect to the edges of the wire pull the inner bubble into the shape of a cube because water always wants to form the smallest possible surface area within a structure.

The background is just a white scrim lit with a strobe firing from below through a blue gel; the "hot spot" creates the color difference.

Post-processing was pretty simple:
. Crop to 8x10 aspect ratio
. Auto Levels
. Cloned out supporting wire on left side
. Slight adjustment to Brightness/Contrast

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 135
Avg (all users): 6.3702
Avg (commenters): 7.2143
Avg (participants): 6.1447
Avg (non-participants): 6.5000
Views since voting: 1229
Views during voting: 334
Votes: 208
Comments: 17
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 01/09/2005 02:47:12 PM
Congratulations on your 14th placement with this optical teaser.
 01/09/2005 10:10:06 AM
this was my top choice. very creative.
 01/09/2005 12:09:47 AM
I shoulda' known this was yours, Eddy. Call the police, 'cause you wuz robbed!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/08/2005 11:32:15 PM
Beautiful. I'll be shocked if this doesn't make the top 5. It might have been cool if you could find a way (reflection or background print) to get a "thinking" face inside the box.
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 01/08/2005 10:11:28 PM
Excellent model of a hypercube -- can't do much better in only three dimensions.
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 01/05/2005 09:03:27 PM
Very nice.
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 01/05/2005 09:45:57 AM
Nice pic but sorry not my stile..Meets the challenge well i think. (7)
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 01/04/2005 08:26:34 PM
i love that expression
and the picture is entligtning
good job!
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 01/03/2005 08:30:01 PM
Cool. Very nicely presented.
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 01/02/2005 01:09:19 PM
Wow, what a picture! Great job!
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 01/02/2005 07:03:31 AM
They locked me in mine....
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 01/02/2005 06:29:49 AM
It's a nice photo, with good effects, but I'm not so sure it really meets the challenge so marking down on that.
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 01/02/2005 05:23:23 AM
Neat shot! I'd say your off on the right foot for carrying through with your resolution. I like the blue tones. The copper color of the bubble blower makes a nice contrast.
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 01/02/2005 05:19:35 AM
This is a good start! :-)
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 01/02/2005 02:12:02 AM
Awesome lighting, wondering how you achieved the background (if it wasn't Photoshop). Would've liked to see more reflection of the of the cube at the bottom.
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 01/02/2005 01:30:37 AM
Great concept. Love the variance of blues, lighting, and reflective execution. I may have cropped 2/3 off top fraame. Good luck and HNY.
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 01/02/2005 01:04:09 AM
eerie as hell. composition seems a tad static for outside-the-box thinking.
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