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Self Portrait In Bubble
Self Portrait In Bubble
JoshuaRaineyPhotography


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Challenge: Bubbles II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Beaverton, Oregon
Date: Apr 20, 2007
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.3 seconds
Galleries: Abstract, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Apr 21, 2007

 I was photographing bubbles at night while they were floating through the air. I used a Canon 420EX Speedlite handheld and fired it at the bubble from the side while the shutter was open. I had my lens on manual focus to the closest distance and I was getting as close to the bubbles as possible. Exposure was manual and lens was set at 17mm for the widest angle possible.

joshuarainey.com

Statistics
Place: 42 out of 172
Avg (all users): 5.8566
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.9104
Avg (non-participants): 5.8384
Views since voting: 1077
Views during voting: 418
Votes: 265
Comments: 22
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 05/05/2007 12:58:32 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Welcome to DPC. I see this is your first entry, and what a fine entry it is.

Technically difficult, you pulled it off beautifully. It's interesting on many different levels, thus keeping the viewer involved for a long time.

Just a thought - Right now, the image is almost exactly half 'n half. I wonder how this very nice image would look with just a little of the black area at the bottom cropped out.

Other than that, I'll just say congratulations on a very nice image and I wish you continued success here at DPC.

SFAlice
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 05/03/2007 07:56:18 PM
Oh what a neat way to do a self-portrait. I would never have guessed you did this at night. What a creative idea! I'm surprised this did not score highter.
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 05/02/2007 12:23:29 PM
Well if it is any consolation to you I think this pic scored very low in the challenge. There were some great images in the challenge and this was one of them....42nd??? No way!!! Should have been much higher
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/01/2007 05:21:03 PM
An interesting idea
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/30/2007 11:19:25 PM
nice idea, not sure about the thick orange line though! It's slightly distracting?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/30/2007 07:33:18 PM
cool
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/30/2007 12:33:20 PM
Great! It must have been a hard work to take this one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/29/2007 09:26:53 AM
I love the doubling here, and the random squiggles. My kind of picture. 9
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 04/28/2007 10:57:55 AM
nice photo, I'd be interested to hear how you set this one up.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/28/2007 10:53:47 AM
great lighting to reflect your image - awesome
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/27/2007 02:44:32 PM
Nice
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/27/2007 09:09:31 AM
wonderful idea..but lot of distractions.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/26/2007 09:54:54 PM
nice, vary nice. the background is a little weird. (9)
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 04/26/2007 08:33:42 AM
Pity about the focus - otherwise quite good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2007 06:22:50 PM
i see u
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 04/25/2007 02:48:33 PM
Great, so many people have got 'erroneous' reflections in this challenge, great to see someone making a feature of it

Good job
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2007 12:58:25 PM
[b]Haha[b]! Thats so awesome! I don't know how you got yourself to come up on that.[/b][/b]
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2007 11:37:05 AM
i really have to say out of all the pictures i like this one the best
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 04/25/2007 11:28:43 AM
I REALLY like the idea. What is that orange thing, though?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2007 08:18:27 AM
I love the reflection in the bubble. I'll have to try it.
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 04/25/2007 05:02:18 AM
interesting, but a bit scary
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 04/25/2007 12:09:22 AM
Nice effect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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