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Bursting Into Tears
Bursting Into Tears
idnic


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Challenge: Water III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Location: Florida
Date: Apr 13, 2008
Aperture: f7.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: Apr 13, 2008

 Took a TON of light to get this - and a lot of water balloons. Shot outside in partial sunlight, 2 flash units and a big silver reflector to get enough light for speed to stop the action without goofy small DOF. We killed about 50 balloons. The "arrow" is a bamboo skewer :)

Dark was made black and black was made blueish with RAW conversion. Only a bit of dodging & burning was needed. Most of the editing is to get the right areas sharp and not too sharp.

Last minute addition of a light pass of LucisArts. :)


This was fun, and messy.

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 04/21/2008 03:58:25 AM
Crazy shot Cindi - it looks disturbingly medical somehow :- )

So if you got through 50 balloons, how many hundreds of shot's did you get through ?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/19/2008 04:33:32 PM
Colors are nice but you know for a shot like this to be successful you have to stop the motion and you didn't do it. Your lighting just wasn't fast enough. However I do find the water pattern on top of the balloon interesting so not all is lost. Wish you well in the challenge.
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 04/18/2008 04:09:06 PM
What is this?
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 04/16/2008 01:28:34 PM
Very cool looking, though It took a few moments for me to realize what it was.
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 04/14/2008 12:46:44 AM
What is it? I just can't figure it out. Nicely done.
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