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 This image was disqualified from the Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! challenge.
Two bettas fins spread
Two bettas fins spread
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D50
Location: NJ, USA
Date: Dec 12, 2008
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 5, 2009

 Trying to copy what I saw another photographer do on TV. I only had one betta so had to photoshop another shot of him to get the duo.
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 05/11/2009 02:24:09 PM
Thanks for all the comments. This was photoshopped so I guess it got disqualified. I only had one beta so I photoshopped its reflection in. Couple comments about the crop, yeah, I don't know why there is all that space on the left, must have been from when I resized the canvas. Oops.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/13/2009 08:47:26 PM
Great tones and exposure control.
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 03/13/2009 07:05:45 PM
They almost look like a pair of eyes.
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 03/13/2009 06:01:41 PM
great looking fish
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 03/13/2009 02:38:33 PM
They look identical, are you sure you didn't photoshop one in? Nice light on them.
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 03/13/2009 12:47:10 PM
Nice color and lighting of the tales.. I don't get the crop though.. chop chop on the left.
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 03/13/2009 11:18:00 AM
pretty fish
 03/13/2009 08:13:19 AM
I would have cropped a bit more off the left but great subjects. Love the detail and colors. 8
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 03/12/2009 10:47:00 PM
uh oh. Are they in the same tank? Hope this ended well, and that they are both ok. They are beautiful fishies! :)
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 03/12/2009 06:25:25 PM
nice clean shot, IMO a little more cropped off the left would have ballanced it a bit more but all in all a great capture.
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 03/12/2009 06:01:13 PM
superb fish image - 8
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 03/12/2009 05:43:07 PM
They look really cool against the black background.
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 03/12/2009 04:05:57 PM
Those tails are amazing :O
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 03/12/2009 11:54:37 AM
Nice and sharp, good handling of the background... the negative space really brings the subjects out. I really don't like how they are composed in the frame though.
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 03/12/2009 10:56:04 AM
Nice use of lighting!
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 03/12/2009 09:14:40 AM
Voted earlier coming back to leave comments. Oh, the situation is not good...two betas together - they look like they are about to raise their gills and get ready to fight. The photo shows us that these two siamese fighting fish (betas) are ready to combat. Unless of course one is a reflection. If so they you did a SPLENDID job is capturing sharp detail on the reflection. I have to commend you for capturing such sharp wonderful detail on these fish for it is not easy to capture a moving object in water with such clarity. Love the colors here too - those red tones on the fins really pop off the black background. These fish really are beautiful to look upon - I see them as the peacocks of the water.
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 03/11/2009 11:07:33 PM
Touching.
 03/11/2009 05:36:05 PM
would really love to see this larger and a tad more illumination on the faces of the fighting fish..
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 03/11/2009 05:23:13 PM
Beautiful! Lighting and color are just spectacular.
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 03/11/2009 04:37:31 PM
I'm impressed here mainly by how clean your tank glass is lol
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 03/11/2009 01:16:19 PM
good image, but i would crop the left side to balance the fish
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 03/11/2009 11:09:40 AM
Like the light here.
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 03/11/2009 08:36:59 AM
nice
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 03/11/2009 01:24:57 AM
Beautiful shot, lovely light.
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 03/11/2009 01:03:00 AM
really like the "light" in this shot, pretty fish
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