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refraction through glass marbles
refraction through glass marbles
mycelium


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Transparency II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: San Jose, CA
Date: Oct 26, 2005
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/15 sec.
Galleries: Abstract, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Oct 27, 2005

 yet another take on an old idea...

I suspended a plastic sphere (large one) and several small marbles in front of an image on my computer monitor. Waited ages for them to stop acting like little pendulums. I was happy to be able to get the spheres all in focus while still keeping the shallow DOF. I wanted to have more marbles floating, but my method (gluing thread to the spheres) did not allow for the stacking I would have needed.

Cloned out hanging threads in PS. Seperate selections on the spheres and the background. Colorized and NeatImaged background to decrease noise and busyness. Some USM at 103 px radius and then at .3 px.


Statistics
Place: 27 out of 155
Avg (all users): 6.0483
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 5.7765
Avg (non-participants): 6.2377
Views since voting: 1377
Views during voting: 362
Votes: 207
Comments: 21
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 11/07/2005 01:15:09 AM
this is great, i love the effect, kind of like spinning through outer space
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 11/07/2005 12:07:52 AM
NOt a bad placement, but I figured top 10 for sure. CONGRATS
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/06/2005 11:46:14 PM
Returning for comments:
A very nice effect.
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 11/05/2005 02:25:35 PM
Very nice. Looks like digital art.
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 11/05/2005 10:00:20 AM
Great shot - Crisp focus and sharp color. Should Ribbon --10--
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 11/05/2005 09:55:25 AM
very nicely executed...
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 11/03/2005 06:52:36 PM
Wow, very interesting shot. good use of space. Love how you pulled the color from the background.
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 11/03/2005 01:14:09 PM
very cool!
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 11/02/2005 05:47:52 PM
I would have liked a more imaginative title e.g. "In a galaxy far far away..." Ok its a cliche. Cool image, 8
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 11/02/2005 10:47:16 AM
Very nice fractal art piece. I like the selective desat. work. Very interesting piece. Nicely composed. I like the balance of the shot and that you used an odd number for both the foreground and backround elements. I wonder if that was done concisously or not? God work.
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 11/01/2005 02:33:21 PM
I think it's cool. 8
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 11/01/2005 02:28:15 PM
An interesting abstract, although perhaps a little too centred.
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 10/31/2005 07:48:20 PM
the marbles look very two-dimentional in this photo to me...almost like they were cut and pasted in. such a cool concept, with the monochromatic fractal in the background and the lovely colored marbles on top of it. not sure that i buy it for a transparant challenge, though...
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 10/31/2005 12:58:28 PM
Outta this world stuff I like--Curious to know how it's done. Good colors too.
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 10/31/2005 08:55:42 AM
I could stare at this for hours beautifully done.
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 10/31/2005 08:03:00 AM
Very cool. I look forward to reading how this was done once the challenge is over. My favorite part is the large one in the middle and the three on the right hand side.
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 10/31/2005 02:47:28 AM
totally FUN.. odd and exciting .. be interested in how you did this after :)
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 10/31/2005 02:43:54 AM
Very cool
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 10/31/2005 01:14:27 AM
I gotta get the poster of this one - awesome!
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 10/31/2005 12:32:14 AM
Wow - I feel like I'm looking at the cover of a Carl Sagan book. Really interesting and very mod. It's quite arftul too. The spirals make you think you're spinning.
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 10/31/2005 12:19:54 AM
crazy psychadelic...I like it.
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