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Challenge: Free Study 2008-04 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: Studio Lighting
Date: Apr 30, 2008
Aperture: 4.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/50 sec
Galleries: Water, Studio
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2008

 This image was taken in my bathroom sink. Here is the set up:

1. Light, 75' wats aimed at sink
2. Sink full of water
3. Lights off in bathroom (exept for 75' wat)
4. Blue tissue paper over 75 wat light.
5. Blue food coloring in sink w/ water
6. Water driping from focet at steady pace

here are the camera settings:

1. Flash on
2. White balance (light)
3. Manual focus
4. Any lens works

I try to capture the drop hitting water. I do best 10/400 shots and eliminate until about 3 left standing, I edit those like this and determin best:

1. Crop, drop in center
2. Auto levels
3. Stamp tool to eliminate any sink that shows
4. Unsharp mask (filter/sharpen/unsharp mask)
5. Resize/submit

Statistics
Place: 294 out of 468
Avg (all users): 5.4375
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.3084
Avg (non-participants): 5.8108
Views since voting: 1276
Views during voting: 317
Votes: 144
Comments: 10
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 10/05/2009 03:01:47 PM
This is wonderful.. It's mesmerizing!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/07/2008 03:18:46 PM
NIce processing.
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 05/07/2008 03:11:47 AM
Clean and crisp..lovely image. Wonderful lighting and pretty blues.
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 05/06/2008 09:57:52 AM
All I can say is WOW! Hope I can learn to do this someday.
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 05/05/2008 11:21:13 PM
my first reaction was not another water drop! good timing though.
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 05/05/2008 05:54:55 PM
Oh that focus and isolated droplet is to die for. you must have had to predict the focus i am guessing.
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 05/03/2008 11:35:16 PM
Nice water droplet photo. I like the colors and the softness of the ripples best.
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 05/03/2008 04:43:12 PM
These splash shots have become so common that it really has raised the bar to fantastic heights to register a good vote it seems. I think this drip technically just meets the challenge of being a drip shot and anymore it needs to have a lighting or pp polish achieve a 7 or higher. 6 - trying to say you chose a hard, hard subject to sell.
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 05/02/2008 12:29:34 PM
Really like the colors and the swirl effect. The off center large drop kind of detracts from the overall effect since everything else is centered.
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 05/01/2008 03:42:09 PM
good choice in title as the blue reflects it. what can i say, nicely done, crisp and clean
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