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Strikeslip


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Glass II (with a twist) (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Canon
Location: the kitchen counter
Date: Jun 27, 2006
Aperture: 16
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Advertisement, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Jun 27, 2006

crop, rotate 180, NI, curves, resize, NI, USM.

The fish tank makes yet another appearance. I held the bulb underwater with my left hand and shot the pic with my right hand, with some help from a tripod. I put yellow paper under the tank, and curled cyan paper very loosely around the tank. One strong light from above.

****after-challenge****

Wow, thanks everyone for all the comments and votes, you've made my year!
:-D

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 258
Avg (all users): 7.6964
Avg (commenters): 8.4107
Avg (participants): 7.2500
Avg (non-participants): 7.9581
Views since voting: 25295
Views during voting: 714
Votes: 303
Comments: 144
Favorites: 104 (view)


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07/12/2009 07:48:54 PM
This shot is a winner! Congratulations.
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05/08/2009 02:33:25 PM
A beautiful shot/a very artistic work/congratulations
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03/01/2009 05:40:39 PM


I really like this. Great idea
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09/02/2008 05:18:50 PM
WoW great i mean greatest pls guide me some times pls what camera you mostly use
great ideas ........
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12/03/2007 04:27:19 AM
so inspiring, i love it
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05/20/2007 11:41:02 AM
that is such a cool shot! so creative!
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08/13/2006 08:40:40 PM
Holy crap! I just noticed you are number 2 with the second highest score with a Rebel XT. Go Slippy/skippy whatever I said I was going to call you :P
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07/12/2006 07:07:40 AM
did I tell you how cool I thought this was? Whoops - my oversight. Congrats on your ribbon. Very well deserved!
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07/11/2006 11:59:46 PM
a very ribbon-worthy shot!
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07/11/2006 08:40:34 AM
Every now and I again I see a shot which I really wish I'd have done - just like this - excellent...
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07/11/2006 08:21:08 AM
Amazing image, I could look at it all day. Congratulations :)
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07/11/2006 04:23:04 AM
Excellent idea and great outcome. Congrats on the ribbon!
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07/10/2006 07:55:52 AM
a superb idea and a great shot, first ribbon with an amazing score...you killed us all!
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07/09/2006 08:25:27 AM
Cool shot. Awesome score. Congrats on your ribbon. The second highest score with that camera. You must be stoked with that.
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07/08/2006 09:21:33 PM
Slippy this is a well earned ribbon, if there were one person here I would have liked to see get a ribbon it would be you, congrats! I should add you as a favorite.
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07/08/2006 07:45:36 PM
Slippy, Wow How'd i know you were gona beat me to getting one of these ;-) Very well deserved, See you've allready got the mini ribbon in your signature ;-)
Nice job!
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07/07/2006 03:10:39 PM
Congrats on the ribbon Strikeslip. Knew this would be up there. 10 from me.
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07/07/2006 01:58:40 AM
Heya Slippy! Muchos Congrats to you for your first OVER-DUE ribbon!!! and a huge 7+ !!! Excellent execution!!
Happened like this for me a few months ago and havn't had time to participate since. Came out of hiding just to congratulate you! :)
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07/07/2006 12:20:10 AM
¡Felicitaciones Slippy! ¡Imagen y felicitaciones muy frescas en la cinta bien ganada! :D

its in spanish simply to make things harder for you. :-)
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07/06/2006 10:45:23 PM
Wow! Another great image! Great shot!
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07/06/2006 10:41:25 PM
I knew this one would be in the top three, congratulations! Added to my favorites.
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07/06/2006 05:46:39 PM
Congrats on your first ribbon mista Slip!
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07/06/2006 03:01:53 PM
Congrats on the ribbon slippie!!! Seriously though, only a 7.7? You can do better :).

Message edited by author 2006-07-06 15:02:11.
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07/06/2006 01:51:49 PM
Very clever and well performed. The creativity of the concept, the simplicity, and the superb lighting and composition make this a worthy winner.
Congratulations on this excellent shot and your well deserved ribbon.
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07/06/2006 12:00:39 PM
Creativity at its best! Congratulations on a fine photo and a respectable finish.
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07/05/2006 11:43:27 PM
And the Slipster pwneth !!! :D
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07/05/2006 11:04:01 PM
WOOHOO!!!! Awesome shot and big congrats on the ribbon!!!!!!
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07/05/2006 10:19:42 PM
this is such a sweet shot!
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07/05/2006 10:12:20 PM
woww good idea and great shot with great score!!!!
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07/05/2006 05:23:00 PM
Woah man, congrats on the first ribbon! Very well deserved!
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07/05/2006 04:44:51 PM
Woohoo - congratulations on the first ribbon!!! Awesome shot and great score too.
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07/05/2006 04:42:30 PM
congratulations on your first ribbon with this Wonderfull, creative and well executed shot!!
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07/05/2006 04:16:02 PM
Congratulations. This was my personal fave of the ribbon winners. I had no idea it was rotated.
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07/05/2006 02:54:18 PM
Remarkable shot..well done, and congrats on the ribbon!
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07/05/2006 02:21:59 PM
Woohoo big congratulations Slippy!!! You really deserve this long-awaited ribbon!!!
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07/05/2006 02:12:33 PM
Congratulations on your first ribbon! Excellent shot!
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07/05/2006 01:51:28 PM
Hey, WOW! Slippy got a ribbon! Way to go, dude!
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07/05/2006 01:41:16 PM
Wowsers Slippy, I am a little bummed that you, one of my heros went and whored yourself out to the masses and won a ribbon! ;-)
(Just kidding!)
Congrats man!!! That is an awesome shot. Great score and well deserving. WTG Slippy!
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07/05/2006 01:07:07 PM
Congrats on your first ribbon! Great idea, execution colour and lighting.!
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07/05/2006 01:00:24 PM
wow ... i'm deffinetly going to get a fish tank ..

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07/05/2006 12:33:36 PM
Beautiful and a hardy congrats!!! Poor guy, you were so nervous.lol. I hope all the jitters are gone!
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07/05/2006 11:48:40 AM
huge congrats slippy...this is just your week! great image and very well deserved!
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07/05/2006 11:48:26 AM
Nothing under a 4! Color me impressed.
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07/05/2006 11:16:32 AM
congrats on your first ribbon (and 7.6 score!)!!
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07/05/2006 10:18:35 AM
AWESOME!!!!!!!! Congratulations on your first ribbon!! I'm so glad this won!

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07/05/2006 09:49:31 AM
Congtatulations !! Very cool picture :)
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07/05/2006 09:29:03 AM
I think what I like most about this pic is the dropping edges around your fingers which indicate that you are pulling your hand down (and keeping it VERY still) to work with the surface tension of water...

I can't think that that was at all easy....

Truly a masterpeice (of sorts) :).
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07/05/2006 09:24:06 AM
Heh dude, congrats!!!!!
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07/05/2006 09:23:11 AM
Sweet ~ very clever!! Congrats!!
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07/05/2006 09:02:12 AM
Way to go! Congrats on your first ribbon! And what a killer score, too!
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07/05/2006 08:41:23 AM
wtg Slippy!! Congrats on your first ribbon!!
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07/05/2006 08:04:36 AM
Very nice Slippy. Congrats on the Ribbon!
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07/05/2006 07:39:11 AM
Hey, did your head explode as you said it would? I hope not so we can see more from you. Congratulations!
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07/05/2006 07:14:02 AM
Go Slippy !!!
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07/05/2006 07:05:33 AM
Way to go! Greatly executed. I missed this one somehow while voting but congrats on your ribbon.
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07/05/2006 06:45:17 AM
WOOHOO! First ribbon for the master of mirth! Well deserved and very well executed. Bravo.
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07/05/2006 06:43:29 AM
holy smokes, what a shot!! w2g slippy! look at all those 1s, 2s, & 3s!!!
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07/05/2006 06:19:39 AM
Congrats dude, finally gotten yourself a ribbon have you :)
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07/05/2006 04:36:55 AM
Whooot!!! WTG Slippy!! Congrats on your well deserved ribbon. This is one seriously fantastic image!
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07/05/2006 03:44:13 AM
Really glad you placed second, becuase I've never gotten third before, oh, and excellent job on this well done photo!
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07/05/2006 03:36:08 AM
Dayum! Slippy! Yer photography is getting too serious. ;-) Congratulations - a fantastic shot!
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07/05/2006 03:16:56 AM
Stunning shot. Congrats on your red ribbon.
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07/05/2006 03:03:12 AM
D00d! Ribbon magic baby :) I called it first Slippy!
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07/05/2006 01:47:28 AM
Wooow! Congrats... bravo!
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07/05/2006 01:43:45 AM
Brilliant shot! Congrats
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07/05/2006 01:05:56 AM
Slippy!!!

A ribbon and that elusive 7+ score!!! Hope you're celebrating!!
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07/05/2006 01:02:50 AM
Congrats this is a great shot.
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07/05/2006 12:55:54 AM
One of the coolest pictures I've seen on DPC! Great job
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07/05/2006 12:47:26 AM
w00t! Congrats on your first ribbon Slippy!
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07/05/2006 12:45:56 AM
Great idea. I'm really impressed on how you did this one. I had it pegged to ribbon.
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07/05/2006 12:30:57 AM
So cool, well deserved 1st ribbon.
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07/05/2006 12:30:10 AM
way to go man!!!
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07/05/2006 12:28:54 AM
well done slippy, the image is great. Congrats on the ribbon
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07/05/2006 12:28:08 AM
Great shot! Glad to see you finally came home with the ribbon!
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07/05/2006 12:23:41 AM
OMG! You nailed it! Congrats on a great image Slippy. I'm so happy for you.
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07/05/2006 12:22:21 AM
Very clever, and well thought out image with great impact.....
Also a great photo that so deserves the red ribbon..... Congratulations.....
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07/05/2006 12:20:49 AM
Was it worth the damage to your nerves? ;) Congrats!
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07/05/2006 12:16:56 AM
About damn time. :-)
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07/05/2006 12:13:48 AM
Just about 7.70 and second place! I don't believe it. Man, you'll have to complain to management about this.

Many congratulations, BTW. I hope you sleep better now :)
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07/05/2006 12:13:35 AM
Woo hoo!!! YAY Slippy!!! Congrats!
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07/05/2006 12:11:40 AM
Brilliant, Slippy! Was wondering how you did! Big congrats on your first ribbon and a big Hurrrrrrrrrraayyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!
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07/05/2006 12:10:46 AM
Wow, this photo is a stunning achievement. Way to go Slippy!!
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07/05/2006 12:07:56 AM
Yeeehaaaa!! Congrats on the ribbon!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/04/2006 11:58:23 PM
I get it! What a fun concept and setup. Would've been perfectly in tune with the title if the light filament was a glow, a real thinker on how to set that one up though ;) Great shot!
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07/04/2006 11:10:23 PM
Pretty funky shot. Looking forward to seeing how you set it up. Bumping up.
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07/04/2006 01:46:40 PM
This shot certainly has some wow factors. I love the colors and the smooth lines of the glass and liquid. Very nice shot.
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07/04/2006 10:37:28 AM
Hope you share how you did this.
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07/04/2006 04:45:44 AM
This is my absolute favourite in the entire challenge. It's perfect!

Well, ok.. perfect except for that white dot in the water.. on the left. ;P But yes, wonderful work. I really like this one!
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07/04/2006 12:01:34 AM
I'm really gonna have to get me one of those aquarium things...

Great concept, well executed. I love the use of colour, and the reflection in both the glass and the water surface. Lighting is masterful - I think the lower lighting on the fingers works well.

This is just the sort of "ideas" shot that I love finding on this site.
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07/03/2006 07:18:56 PM
Fantastic photo. Well done!!!
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07/03/2006 06:39:00 PM
My favorite of the light bulb shots in this challenge. Am interested to see how this was set up.
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07/03/2006 05:04:08 PM
amazing creativity! Very nice work!
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07/03/2006 04:52:32 PM
This doesn't even need to be said, but I'm looking at a ribbon winner here!
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07/03/2006 04:04:45 PM
Way Cool!!
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07/03/2006 03:40:48 PM
The vision in this shot is beautiful... I love the creativity of your subject selection and presentation.
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07/03/2006 02:02:19 PM
awesome! hope this does well! im looking fwd to reading your commentary after voting.
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07/03/2006 01:20:02 PM
this will surely ribbon
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07/02/2006 11:48:13 PM
Interesting concept and I like the blue cast.
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07/02/2006 11:15:25 PM
Wow!
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07/02/2006 10:10:27 PM
I've only voted on 8% but this is the definite winner so far. Nice job.
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07/02/2006 09:00:10 PM
Very nice details!!
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07/01/2006 06:01:19 PM
That is soo cool :D I'm really luvin the light bulb shots in this challenge. This is definately one of the best ones. Good luck! 10
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07/01/2006 04:38:12 PM
This is in my opinion the best photo in this challenge. I look forward to seeing this on the front page next week!
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07/01/2006 04:24:32 PM
fantastic
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07/01/2006 04:13:56 PM
Love the multiple refelctions. The bulb is also very crisp. Nice.
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07/01/2006 04:02:19 PM
this one is quite cool. 8.
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07/01/2006 03:37:54 PM
Ok this is a ribbon! Great job. Seems like the water level in the aquarium wasn`t level enough :) But what a clear crisp image!
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07/01/2006 01:34:07 AM
interesting
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06/30/2006 10:13:41 PM
Interesting! Color tones work well, even if the fingers seem a bit dark. Looks like something Scalvert would think up.
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06/30/2006 08:45:31 PM
I always thought water and electricity didn't mix well. This photo has proven me wrong. Perfect contrast.
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06/30/2006 07:14:44 PM
Is that mercury?
Pretty cool shot witht the scene repeated in the lamp. Nice blue tones.
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06/30/2006 05:03:15 PM
Very cool. Look forward to reading how you did this. Well done.
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06/30/2006 04:03:50 PM
Can't say anything to make it any better. Perfect shot
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06/30/2006 12:27:56 PM
Cleverly done. Nice colours.
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06/30/2006 11:47:58 AM
the colors are nice and clear.
unusual take on the challenge.
i like it.
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06/30/2006 11:06:05 AM
I think this will be one of the winners. It's original and very well photographed.
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06/30/2006 07:47:25 AM
Blue light, blue background, blue ribbon (I Hope!)
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06/30/2006 04:27:57 AM
nice settup and wery creative. 9+
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06/29/2006 11:53:21 PM
Very lovely lighting and colours. Cool idea :)
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06/29/2006 11:03:58 PM
Excellent!!
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06/29/2006 08:15:48 PM
Interesting/nice shot
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06/29/2006 04:52:07 PM
one of the few really good ones. I cant tell what I am looking at but its cool
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06/29/2006 04:15:52 PM
damn that's nifty. I predict a ribbon (even though I'm always wrong).
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06/29/2006 03:06:16 PM
Crisp, super-clean photo using a reliably impressive technique. The purpose of it escapes me for now (apart from being satisfying eye candy) but what the heck.
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06/29/2006 01:41:05 PM
Nice clean inverted image. I'd be included to try it sideways. 8.
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06/29/2006 10:31:28 AM
Pretty cool shot, nothing that rivals Kiwinesses "Zero spot editing" image but it´s enough for a 7 from me.
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06/29/2006 07:28:37 AM
I tip that this should ribbon...it is sensational...perhaps a little more of the reflection would have been better, but good luck 9
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06/29/2006 07:14:02 AM
Wow! awesome. very very cool. 10
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06/29/2006 01:06:37 AM
0-2 Meets Challenge: 2
0-3 Technical Merit: 2
0-3 Creativity: 3
0-2 The Wow Factor: 2
Total = 9
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06/28/2006 11:36:25 PM
So crystal clear! I love this one! 10
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06/28/2006 10:41:50 PM
This needs a Ribbon
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06/28/2006 07:35:33 PM
Nice sharpness on the glass. The fingers through the glass look good. Nice colors. Only nitpick is that the skin looks a bit yellow. I still really like it.
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06/28/2006 07:35:01 PM
Perfect! The water looks like fluid metal, the reflections in the bulb are excellent, the light is outstanding... and you actually cut your nails! ;) 10p
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06/28/2006 05:36:08 PM
I've always loved the idea to photograph a subject like this (upside down in a aquarium) you did great, but I think I'd crop the yellow line at the bottom.
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06/28/2006 02:16:02 PM
Interesting. Mysterious. I bumped it up a point while looking at it the third time. ;) Nice.
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06/28/2006 01:06:43 PM
Very cool effect
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06/28/2006 12:03:05 PM
nice shot!
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06/28/2006 09:47:07 AM
Wow. Pretty and visually fascinating. Is that oil? I'm wondering how you got the surface so calm. Hope for your health it isn't mercury! 9
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06/28/2006 09:19:36 AM
This looks like it was shot in a fish tank then the image was flipped. I don't know if that is allowed.
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06/28/2006 08:17:06 AM
What is that liquid and how did you get it to stay so still? Awesome shot!
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06/28/2006 08:12:29 AM
absolutely superb,,, i love this picture... very cool... 10
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06/28/2006 08:02:15 AM
Very nice.
Top 10 for sure.
Too bad the liquid around the hand is not totally smooth.
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06/28/2006 06:39:20 AM
Fantastic Idea. 10
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06/28/2006 03:02:00 AM
Beautiful rendering on the lightbulb.
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