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A Shut Mouth Catches No Flies
A Shut Mouth Catches No Flies
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Challenge: Ducky (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Olympus C-5050Z
Location: at home
Date: Oct 8, 2006
Aperture: 8
ISO: 64
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Humorous, Water
Date Uploaded: Oct 8, 2006

 1st: Thank you for your kind comments and for laughing with me!

2nd: Sorry for the confusion about the "blue thing". I didn't thought about, that it could be difficult to recognize in the photo. Of course it is a rubber frog!!!

3rd: I'm deeply grieved, that this of all my underwater shot got the highest score ;-)

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I know, that this is one of the photos, which the world doesn't really need, but it was a funny shooting. The shot was taken in our bathtub with underwater photo equipment including an underwater strobe. The bubbles, wich are coming out of the mouth of the ducky, are generated by blowing air through a drinking straw, which was plugged into its neck. I removed the straw later in PS.

PP: cropped, removed the drinking straw and some other imperfections, levels and curves, color correction, some burning and dodging, resize, NI, USM, border

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 174
Avg (all users): 6.4958
Avg (commenters): 7.5909
Avg (participants): 6.3544
Avg (non-participants): 6.5669
Views since voting: 2938
Views during voting: 368
Votes: 236
Comments: 25
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 10/19/2006 03:34:18 PM
Very good shot, congrats on the 5th place!
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 10/18/2006 03:51:39 AM
Congratulations! So glad to see this in the top ten.
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 10/18/2006 01:12:56 AM
What a study! Spectacular. Congratulations on your 5th place.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/17/2006 01:02:21 PM
Ooh, very good, best I've seen yet...
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 10/17/2006 02:11:43 AM
That's thinking outside the box - or, rather, inside the bath ;-)
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 10/16/2006 11:29:33 PM
I like it.
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 10/16/2006 06:12:09 PM
Very funny... Bumping you up :)
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 10/16/2006 03:14:33 AM
nice set up!
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 10/14/2006 05:24:53 PM
Excellent! Great technical execution of a fine idea.
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 10/12/2006 11:35:11 PM
This is so funny...the look on that poor ducks face, complete with the bubbles coming out of his mouth...
Great imagination.
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 10/12/2006 10:10:11 PM
This photo is a really nice underwater shot and very funny. I keep trying to figure out what the blue thing is. Nice lighting.
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 10/12/2006 03:16:45 PM
Great underwater shot, funny, and fitting to the challenge. The bubbles and shadows are great. Hope it does well.
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 10/12/2006 10:15:54 AM
This is very interesting and well done. But...it is also difficult to understand what I am really looking at. The Ducky and the rock are clear enough, but the internal reflection at the top is causing most of the confusion. I am not sure what the blue item is and how it realtes to you subject. With all that being said, it is interesting and I do wonder how you achieved this POV.
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 10/12/2006 09:51:21 AM
Very nice!
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 10/11/2006 11:01:03 PM
Wow, that's harsh! One evil frog. Love it - 10
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 10/11/2006 06:53:56 PM
There are some really beautiful light patterns being reflected in this shot! They really add something unique to the photo. I like that you have a good, creative composition and idea. I think perhaps the ducky would stand out better if there was just a little more light.....but as it looks like this was shot underwater that might have been hard :-)
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 10/11/2006 04:11:34 PM
Great shot! How did you do it?
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 10/11/2006 01:27:47 PM
Very cool shot! Love the bubble coming from his mouth!
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 10/11/2006 12:07:04 PM
Funny. What is the blue thing floating? Adds nice color touch, but makes me wonder what it is. Got it now, I see the frog.
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 10/11/2006 11:24:16 AM
Brilliantly executed. 9.
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 10/11/2006 09:23:12 AM
I can't stop laughing. This is awesome! I love how you captured the air bubbles.
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 10/11/2006 09:11:26 AM
that's hillarious! LOL, great shot...does the camera still work?
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 10/11/2006 06:54:32 AM
Hehe! Nice humor ;D.

But cant just figure out what the blue thing is. I think something is required in order to give balance but IMHO the blue thing is not the best. Also compostition seems to be a bit off (off center, tilted) but maybe that's the thing givin viewer the impression of weirdness.

Nice humorous abstract picture with lots of elemenst! Saved my day totally!
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 10/11/2006 02:30:42 AM
I love the subtle bubbles going up fromthe duck, and the face is priceless.
Nice set up and light reflection
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 10/11/2006 12:24:23 AM
LOL

TOo fUnNY
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