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Challenge: Perspective V (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro
Lens: Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX APO Macro EX DG HSM for Nikon
Location: Home - Singapore
Date: Dec 23, 2007
Aperture: F9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400s
Galleries: Landscape, Panoramic
Date Uploaded: Dec 23, 2007

 Wow !! my 1st ribbon , what a great New Year present. Couldn't have done it without all your votes.

Here's how I did it
1. selectively desaturated original image
2. sharpened / saturated slightly the colored area
3. cloned out the defects
4. Rotated the image
5. Cropped to get final image

Here's my original shot


Andrew
31st Dec07
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE !!!


Statistics
Place: 1 out of 148
Avg (all users): 7.0958
Avg (commenters): 8.3158
Avg (participants): 6.9841
Avg (non-participants): 7.1635
Views since voting: 14651
Views during voting: 427
Votes: 167
Comments: 49
Favorites: 36 (view)

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 11/05/2009 09:17:06 PM
Cool image and very well done.
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 04/09/2008 09:22:03 AM
Excellent idea and a perfect shot!! Congratulations!!
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 03/28/2008 01:12:23 PM
Brilliant shot. Thank you for posting the original. Very good idea executed perfectly.
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 01/06/2008 10:46:50 AM
Great picture Andrew. Help me to understand how you did this without getting a reflection of the camera. I'm just getting started with photography and I need to learn all I can.
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 12/31/2007 07:50:18 PM
Congrats on your Blue, Andrew! (and for your first ribbon!) Very original image, and wonderful post-processing made this one of my top pics! Happy New Year indeed :O)
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 12/31/2007 07:07:20 PM
Beautiful shot
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 12/31/2007 04:22:24 PM
great shot, well deserved ribbon. congrats on your first (of many I'm sure). Happy New Year ;-)
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 12/31/2007 02:23:14 PM
Congratulations, and happy new year! I couldn't figure out how it was done either until I saw the original and explanation, and it looks relatively simple. It's a technique done many times but looks very original here. I don't know how you got the background so blurred at f9. The hand and ball must have been very close. Great job!
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 12/31/2007 01:53:12 PM
CONGRATULATIONS!

IT'S 2008 HERE JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. SO HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008 TO ALL AT DPC! HAPPY CLICKING IN 2008!!!

Message edited by author 2007-12-31 13:55:31.
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 12/31/2007 01:40:19 PM
One of the more original shots I have seen on here for a while. Good concept incredibly well executed.. Well done.
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 12/31/2007 11:32:12 AM
Wonderful job! congrats on your first ribbon! feels good doesn't it!
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 12/31/2007 10:15:48 AM
Such a great image!!! Congrats on your first ribbon!
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 12/31/2007 10:07:52 AM
congratulations great picture
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 12/31/2007 09:36:49 AM
Very clever shot ...congrats
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 12/31/2007 08:11:14 AM
Wow. Great shot. Congrats on the ribbon.
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 12/31/2007 08:02:42 AM
Very cool shot. Congrats!
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 12/31/2007 05:56:47 AM
Congrats my friend!
Finally A Blue!

Great idea!
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 12/31/2007 05:41:18 AM
Really good job and a worthy winner. Congratulations.
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 12/31/2007 05:28:57 AM
Congrats on your ribbon! Excellent shot!
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 12/31/2007 04:34:34 AM
Congrats on your well deserved blue, exceptional image!
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 12/31/2007 03:37:22 AM
well deserved blue, great shot!
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 12/31/2007 03:00:13 AM
Congrats on the blue! It's a fantastic and creative shot!
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 12/31/2007 02:07:07 AM
Congrats on the ribbon, a fantastic shot!
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 12/31/2007 01:23:12 AM
Congratulations on your blue ribbon, Andrew. It's a stunning image, unusual and very creative.
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 12/31/2007 12:52:10 AM
Grats on the ribbon - well deserved. And thank you for showing how you did it - I was totally perplexed by it and couldn't work out how that could be done in one shot! :) Happy New Year to you too
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 12/31/2007 12:46:54 AM
Congrats on the blue - nice one for a first ribbon.

Happy New Year ...
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 12/31/2007 12:15:52 AM
Great image for a first Blue Ribbon...congratulations
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 12/31/2007 12:06:34 AM
Congrats on you first ribbon, a blue one at that! Great Pic
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 12/31/2007 12:03:15 AM
Outstanding shot. Congrats.
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 12/31/2007 12:01:30 AM
Pretty amazing. Congrats on the blue!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/30/2007 11:51:24 PM
An amazing shot.. would love to see how it was done
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 12/30/2007 02:19:18 AM
Well done
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 12/29/2007 09:51:49 PM
This is wonderful, someday I hope to learn how to do this type of editing.
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 12/29/2007 08:10:48 PM
Cool perspective indeed! Can't wait to read how you did this.
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 12/29/2007 07:31:05 PM
an interesting solution, good idea! the reflection is nearly perfect.
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 12/29/2007 03:39:05 PM
Amazing image. Intriguing and beautiful. I love the clarity of the ball, and the partial desat is perfect.
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 12/29/2007 02:39:50 PM
Very cool picture.
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 12/28/2007 09:13:51 AM
ineresting - I'd have liked more contrast in the bw part
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 12/27/2007 09:27:12 AM
I don't like the shot... at all, but it meets the assignment 100%
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 12/27/2007 04:25:04 AM
Great picture. The colors make this picture really pop.
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 12/26/2007 11:48:32 AM
Very clever and beautiful composition.
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 12/25/2007 04:17:51 AM
Nice! Cool perspective ..
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 12/25/2007 03:15:33 AM
this is a very creative and one of the best idea in this challenge. Love the reflection-view! Very well done. Good luck!
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 12/25/2007 01:28:35 AM
simply amazing. definitely a unique perspective. you got my 10!
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 12/24/2007 03:58:16 PM
Very interesting concept, congrats!
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 12/24/2007 01:01:57 PM
well done Escher -9
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 12/24/2007 11:45:14 AM
Now that is creative!
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 12/24/2007 11:04:45 AM
Well done
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 12/24/2007 02:30:59 AM
not a big fan of selective desat. The shot itself is very good though.
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