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Salt Splash
Salt Splash
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Granular (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus C-765UZ
Location: Fairlands, Johannesburg, South Africa
Date: May 19, 2005
Aperture: F3.2
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/10s
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: May 20, 2005

Three hours with a kilogram and a half of salt can be very therapeutic :-)

Statistics
Place: 16 out of 327
Avg (all users): 6.2601
Avg (commenters): 7.5652
Avg (participants): 6.1818
Avg (non-participants): 6.3232
Views since voting: 1911
Views during voting: 541
Votes: 296
Comments: 31
Favorites: 3 (view)


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09/27/2007 01:12:43 AM
Great originality - and those circles are traced with disturbing perfection... I assume you had containers of different sizes. But honestly, it's your comment that makes this photo for me. Setting this up must have been the ultimate in zen.

One thing that might improve it is, to emphasize the ripple effect (as opposed to a bunch of concentric circles), would be making the outer ripples shallower and shallower until they disappear into flatness.
09/09/2005 12:12:05 PM
awesome, love the simplicity
06/14/2005 05:23:44 PM
You must have patience! it looks like a zen garden, great job.
06/01/2005 01:09:13 PM
Arrived at last. Top 20, and with a photo that I'm proud of. Thanks for all the great comments.
06/01/2005 06:52:41 AM
Love the picture, and your comment. I can imagine it can be very frustrating also!
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06/01/2005 12:23:15 AM
Very Zen like. Congratulations on your top 20 placement.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/31/2005 11:08:52 PM
I really like the textures and lines in the salt though I almost feel as if the image would be stronger without the green I'm not sure what it is, just my opinion, also I personally don't care for the black border with this image.
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05/31/2005 08:08:38 PM
i like the cropping and setup of this shot (that must have taken some careful work!) the ridges work well here, and the lighting shows off the texture of the salt well. nice job!
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05/31/2005 04:10:38 PM
Nice Idea. Lots of white.
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05/31/2005 08:57:37 AM
Gorgeous ! - This really appeals to me.
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05/31/2005 08:36:54 AM
very cool, wonder if you could have had some flying up somehow. Got a slight bump over on the left by the last ring but a great image with good lighting and white balance. Good luck.
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05/30/2005 11:22:19 PM
Very nice. Almost soothing to look at!
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05/30/2005 05:06:08 PM
simple but very nice :)
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05/30/2005 12:48:29 AM
Creative take on the splash concept. Good use of color and theme. Would like to see more texture in the salt.
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05/29/2005 06:05:26 PM
You have a slight mound just left of the rings. It's quite noticable. But I still like it. I like the single color against the white. And you did a pretty good job with the rings.
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05/29/2005 01:52:58 PM
I like the zen-like simplcity of this photo.
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05/28/2005 01:15:35 PM
Great concept very well executed. I don't know exactly what's that green thing in the middle, but I would have choose somthing else that is perfectly round though ... But still a great image !
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05/28/2005 12:00:07 PM
Thats just too cool, 10
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05/28/2005 06:44:38 AM
Definitely cool! Stark white interrupted with ripples and a chunk of vibrant green :D Love the off-centre orientation, lighting could be a bit softer as the rock is casting a very noticeable shadow.
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05/27/2005 10:42:01 PM
i love the addition of i believe the green marachino cherry...it makes the detail of the sugar/salt pop
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05/27/2005 04:49:40 PM
Clever concept. Makes a nice graphic image too.
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05/27/2005 04:16:59 PM
Nice, clean bright and simple. I like it.
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05/27/2005 10:45:54 AM
Very nice. LIke the side lighting to bring out the contours adn how level the rest of the salt is.
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05/27/2005 04:40:14 AM
nice idea
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05/27/2005 03:44:29 AM
i like the orginality of this.i just love the "splash" i like it so much u get a 10
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05/26/2005 08:56:15 PM
Very creative. I feel that it would have been better if it would have used one of the "normal" objects as the object dropped. You know, like a strawberry or piece of fruit. However, I like it as is. Good job.
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05/26/2005 03:09:27 PM
Original idea!
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05/26/2005 02:20:28 PM
Simple yet enjoyable. A crisp image with great use of negative space. Very nicely done. 10
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05/26/2005 10:47:28 AM
simple yet very effective, love the dash of green too
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05/25/2005 12:41:50 PM
Super good idea. Good shot.
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05/25/2005 12:09:18 AM
zen-ish? those circles look almost perfect, tell me your secret! haha. this is really neat... like the colours you chose
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