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Ice Cube to Water with Christmas Lights
Ice Cube to Water with Christmas Lights
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Before and After II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8
Location: Rising Sun, Maryland
Date: Dec 7, 2008
Aperture: F 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 2.6 Sec.
Galleries: Abstract, DPChallenge GTGs
Date Uploaded: Dec 9, 2008

After many shots I settled for this one. I put an ice cube on a mirror in a small light box and,let it melt to get the before and after. I wanted to make it a little more interesting so I used some Christmas lights to add some color, softened the focus slightly, and at the same time made it more abstract. This is my first challenge with my new Canon EOS 40D, and I can see I am going to love it!

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Views since voting: 1044
Views during voting: 340
Votes: 191
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/16/2008 08:53:23 AM
Good effort.
12/14/2008 12:46:18 PM
Lovely colours, shame its a little blurry looking
12/13/2008 05:13:54 PM
Pretty cool idea, I would have put two ice cubes, 1 completely frozen and the other like this to get more of the challenge title, but...still pretty cool
12/12/2008 10:15:40 PM
Not sure how well it meets the challenge, but it's pretty!
12/12/2008 06:50:54 PM
Focus looks off to me. I like the colours though.
12/12/2008 11:00:10 AM
Interesting colours.
12/12/2008 10:30:04 AM
I probably wouldn't have known what this was without the title. Having a whole ice cube in the shot along with the melting one might have helped.
12/11/2008 02:40:34 PM
great shot. 6
12/11/2008 10:38:16 AM
I really like the colors but the water is out of focus which ruins the shot for me
12/11/2008 08:53:14 AM
This looks like oil on water because of the strong colours, and if you're title didn't tell me, I would never have known!

I think perhaps move back on the shot a little to give it a little perspective, and not such harsh colourful lighting, though I do like this better than all the plain water / ice submissions.
12/10/2008 09:23:08 AM
colours are rather irritating 6


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