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Challenge: Stars (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Birch Aquarium, UC San Diego
Date: Dec 14, 2008
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/160 s
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Dec 14, 2008

 Went to the aquarium to take pictures of starfish for this challenge. The tiny starfish was on the glass, and the fish kept swimming around oblivious to it; eventually I got a shot where it looked like the fish was looking at the starfish. (It wasn't of course--the fish's eyes are on the side of its head, not the front!)

PP: cropped, scaled, adjusted curves, sharpened, adjusted saturation, applied selective Gaussian blur for noise reduction, and added border.

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Apparently the starfish was less noticeable than I thought. If I could do it over, I'd follow Rainbow-Coloured-Soul's excellent suggestion of cropping to highlight the starfish more.

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 87
Avg (all users): 6.0779
Avg (commenters): 7.5200
Avg (participants): 6.1111
Avg (non-participants): 6.0642
Views since voting: 1617
Views during voting: 329
Votes: 154
Comments: 27
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 08/16/2009 03:48:08 AM
Originally posted by Balko:
Nice fish, but I don't see the 'star'...
top right corner
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 12/22/2008 12:04:42 PM
Oooh, I got a mention! :) :) :)

I love the little star... it's so so so cute.

Great shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/21/2008 06:53:07 PM
hahah! oh man, this made me smile, i love it.
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 12/21/2008 10:47:42 AM
Unique entry and a stunning capture.
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 12/20/2008 09:53:41 PM
Nice fish, but I don't see the 'star'...
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 12/20/2008 12:57:01 PM
Really cool image. Nice take on the challenge. 9
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 12/20/2008 10:16:27 AM
That's pretty cute: 9
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 12/20/2008 08:56:18 AM
wow i neaver seen that fish before, nice shot, the whole picture is infocus, and the orange under his/her chin is great 8
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 12/19/2008 09:30:52 PM
Wow, I was so busy studying the fish and trying to find something "starry" about it, and thus had the picture "scrolled" so I could see all of the fish, I completely missed the starfish the first time around. Now, it looks so obvious, I'm wondering how I missed it to begin with!
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 12/19/2008 03:22:08 PM
Way cool idea and a fun picture!
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 12/19/2008 02:28:37 PM
How did you do that?
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 12/19/2008 08:37:06 AM
great shot of a lionfish......
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 12/18/2008 08:21:53 PM
I have this same photo.... almost the same... is it from the La Jolla Aquarium???
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 12/17/2008 04:27:10 PM
I was fixated on the lovely Lion Fish and finally saw the star after a while. Very nice colors, DOF and composition, though maybe it's a little bit cramped it does maximize the detail. Did you stick the "star" on the aquarium glass? It really grabbed the fish's attention. Well done.
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 12/16/2008 10:27:16 PM
that is pretty darn cool - i was about to blast this one for not meeting challenge - but that little fellow in the upper right is just too cool for school!
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 12/16/2008 05:57:23 PM
Fabulous shot, and I love your title. 10
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 12/16/2008 03:49:59 PM
To be honest, when I first saw this picture I did not see the little star at all, and I was left thinking "cute fish, but doesn't really fit with the challenge". Now I've finally spotted it, I'm reviewing my score and giving you much higher.

Personally I think to accentuate the gorgeously cute ickle star, I would have cropped somewhere around the fishes head to accentuate the fact that fishy is looking up at ickle star. This would have been a ribbon winning picture in my eyes....

Wonderful effort though :)
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 12/16/2008 03:00:46 PM
This a beautifully done! Sort of tells a story too! Is that a little Starfish?
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 12/16/2008 12:47:32 PM
looks more like "lunch"...nice photo
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 12/16/2008 12:14:34 PM
Great detail and DOF.
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 12/16/2008 08:24:15 AM
Gorgeous. Beautiful capture.
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 12/15/2008 02:46:26 PM
Great image, I though 'Star.......?' and then saw it!
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 12/15/2008 02:25:37 PM
Unusual and nice. Love the colors.
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 12/15/2008 01:52:10 PM
This is fabulous! These are really hard to shoot at my aquarium (not that I own the aquarium, lol). I got one really good shot of these guys a couple years ago and it sells well at stock sites (believe it or not!). 10 from me!
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 12/15/2008 12:20:18 PM
Nice idea and composition- could be sharper- I'm guessing in an aquarium
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 12/15/2008 11:04:07 AM
Well how cute is that?!
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 12/15/2008 12:13:50 AM
GREAT TITLE for this and a fantastic image...good luck
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