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What Bubble?
What Bubble?
zapgrafx


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Challenge: Bubbles (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Sony Mavica CD500
Location: Chicago
Date: Sep 17, 2005
Aperture: F/4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Abstract, Cityscape
Date Uploaded: Sep 19, 2005

 Crop, Adjust Bright Contrast, Saturation, USM

Post Challenge:
Thanks for all the excellent comments - I new this wasn't the most interesting side of the "bubble" (in actuality it's the Chicago 'Bean') but I couldn't resist the humor in this photo after I saw the sort of oblivious nature, bird sitting ontop people just kinda walking by it ;)

For those that inquired about the location this sculpture is in Chicago's Millenium Park, you are allowed to photograph it, however you are not allowed to sell prints of it unless authorized by the City or Artist.

Statistics
Place: 33 out of 240
Avg (all users): 5.9128
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.8021
Avg (non-participants): 5.9653
Views since voting: 1992
Views during voting: 598
Votes: 298
Comments: 23
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/27/2005 08:56:41 PM
amazing capture. predict a ribbon here. superb
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 09/27/2005 08:42:12 PM
You could have put more effort into this photo, this subject has endless possibilities.
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 09/27/2005 12:00:21 PM
I never get sick of looking at pictures of this thing...it's truly amazing...wish I had one in my backyard actually...cool image.
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 09/27/2005 05:05:47 AM
bubble indeed but lacks an artist perspective
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 09/27/2005 01:30:31 AM
That's not a bubble, that's a bean!
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 09/25/2005 10:55:55 PM
where is your reflection?
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 09/25/2005 09:20:02 PM
A very cool sculpture. The thing that makes me smile though is the bird sitting at the top. Is that a real bird?
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 09/25/2005 11:27:22 AM
Heh the elephant in the room sort of situation eh?. Good focus, decent light, though it is a bit shadowed in the foreground. It feels a bit snapshot-ish, but that could just be all the people milling about with no real purpose. I like the interest the bubble itself brings, from the curvature of the buildings along the side and the reflected people. Feels almost "Where's Waldo"-like. I also like the use of a different sort of bubble. I gave a 5.
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 09/24/2005 01:18:26 AM
cool shot
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 09/23/2005 11:55:31 PM
Oh II love that location. Not sure why the image lacks the wow factor, maybe it's the central framing of it. As a result, it looks just like a tourist snapshot instead of photographic art - which is a great pity.
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 09/23/2005 11:39:57 PM
Cool picture,,, also you did a good job of trying to hide the camera from the reflection
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 09/23/2005 04:18:25 PM
Amazingly...you hide yourself behind the ladies (in reflection) is it? Nice capture. ..would like to know this geophrafic site!
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 09/23/2005 01:48:39 PM
cool
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 09/22/2005 09:53:29 PM
What a cool thing!?!? Very neat bubble, but I find the people too distracting..
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 09/22/2005 08:31:56 PM
wow.. i like the reflections in the balloon, if the pciture shows less of the background, i guess it will be a quite a nice effect too ;-)
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 09/22/2005 12:10:17 AM
9
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 09/21/2005 11:16:54 PM
cool perspective.
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 09/21/2005 10:36:31 PM
Love the title! HA HA!
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 09/21/2005 10:31:03 PM
didnt we have a thread where we discussed how tacking pictures of this was illegal? anyway i like the seagull at the top it gives it a funny reference point. it seems too empty though, id like to see what it looks like on the side where all the buildings are at.
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 09/21/2005 08:45:22 PM
i love the little bird right on top; neat photograph
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 09/21/2005 07:00:33 PM
love the reflection in the "bubble"
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 09/21/2005 03:12:55 PM
I would like this better if the colors were brighter
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 09/21/2005 09:15:31 AM
Great one. I don't know if it's my monitor.. but there seems to be a slight blue cast that bothers me =)
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