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.0001 seconds to impact!
.0001 seconds to impact!
CEJ


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Challenge: Shallow DOF II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: Williamstown, MA
Date: Dec 19, 2005
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Dec 19, 2005

 Glass bottle stopper (obviously) I have had for almost 30 years
The rocks and shells are from Coral Beach, west coast Ireland, north of Galway on the way to Connemara - beautiful spot

Set up 'field' of coral and shells and had at it - many, many takes to get this one shot.

Post processing:
levels - slight adjustment on both ends of curve
contrast - +8
crop - removed traces of paper coral was on
resize for challenge
sharpen - 10
save for web

Originally called this "Who let the genie out?" but thought that would get lost in translation. Not sure if this title is any better but it hit me (ha! pun intended), I changed it and it stuck.

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AuthorThread
 12/28/2005 10:53:53 AM
This is amazing! What a beautiful stop action, and your focus on a moving object is dead-on!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/27/2005 03:28:55 PM
nice image
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 12/27/2005 12:38:46 AM
Great timing, great image, great shallow DOF.......................
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 12/24/2005 04:44:53 AM
Very Intense, I like the concept : )
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 12/22/2005 01:53:09 PM
If this is really falling, this is a WAY cool setup, and you have great timing. The fore/background seems busy/distracting...not sure what it is.
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 12/21/2005 04:27:35 PM
Amazing detail.
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