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A very clean, minimalistic, and hypnotic composition. Love the bold blues that are almost electric against the black backdrop of the surface water. The lines that gather around the paperclips are very psychedelic in that the electric blue color and the chaotic/fractal flow of the lines deliver an intensified sensory perception to the eye. Lighting is absolutely spot on and the focus on the main elements is in sharp clarity. Great job here! Perhaps if you still have those blinds laying around as a prop for a future composition you could try bending the paperclips into different shapes (say a treble clef for example) and see how the the light/reflections bend around them.

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wow...that's an amazing shot!

Congrats on the ribbon!

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HI there.... Can I please ask you how you did this shot??

I would love to reproduce the shoot in the garage!



Cheers

Serge





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really nice shot. Only thing that I dont like is that I saw the exact same shot in a photgraphy magazine before you did your first one. Just not very original thats all. You still did a great job copying though!

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fantastic job ... congratz !

as for the blinds return them an tell them that they dont't fit "any more"

LOL



peace

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Awesome

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Amazing image. Wonderfully done...

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Fantastic photograph and very clever.

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A ribbon out of sheer simplicity of subject. Let those that complain that they have nothing to shoot ponder this image and perhaps consider that the shot is really inside you and anything will do to express it. Congratulations on your Yellow!

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gaurawa congratulations on a splendid abstract image. It's a real pleasure to look at.

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beautiful shot, congrats on your ribbon,



Jack

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Originally posted by pekesty: Very cool visual...congratulations on winning the red ribbon!

thanks! but its still a Yellow :)



Message edited by author 2007-06-06 09:12:50.

Very cool visual...congratulations on winning the red ribbon!

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One of the best photos I've ever seen.

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Stunning photo -great lines, colors and composition - one of my picks for a ribbon. I was just hoping to have your mathematical data to support why a paperclip will float in the water....

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Excellent work! Congratulations!

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This is one of the best water macro shots I see in a long time.....

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This is just so brilliantly done... I'm at a loss for words (which doesn't happen very often ;-) Mega congratulations on your yellow ribbon.

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Sublime abstract. Might you reveal two things....what liquid did you use and how far away were the blinds from your subject. I've so been wanting to try this and have not been successful in the least. Congrats on your ribbon!

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Great work, congratulations..

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Comments Made During the Challenge

Wow.

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GREAT! A simple subject made spectacular. 10

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Great macro! The diffraction patterns in the water are so striking and I love the shades of blue. Well done!

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I love the composition and lighting

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Excellent idea. Brilliantly executed. This one works better than the other version due to the closer crop.

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Nicely done ... good macro, sharp focus, interesting lines. 9

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Lighting Excellent

Technique Good

Interesting and meets the challenge topic

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Ah, very nice. I was wondering how to do something similar.

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Very cool. Not sure how you got them there. I'm impressed.

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Great idea and really cool image. Like it a lot.

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very cool. a similar image popped up a few votes back and i mentioned it would be better without image grain.t his is what i had in mind. 8

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Ooooh. Awesome. Definitely a top image in this challenge. Nice work. I would hope you do a tutorial on this after the challenge is over.

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Very nice. Good detail

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Very interesting. Love the swirly effect, and DOF seems just right.

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Wow that is amazing, I would love to know how you got the colours in the liquid.

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Simple and effective, very nice.

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nice abstract!

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Nice job and great execution. 9

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Very nice image. Good capture and interesting subject.

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Super! Super!! Super!!!

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I actually tried something similar to this, but ending up not submitting. Now I'm glad I didn't. Yours is far superior. Good idea to use two paperclips to get more of the nice lines. Very good.

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There are always one or two images in a challenge where I think: "I wish I did that!" � this is one of those. Beautiful. It does seem strange that the clips are a bit soft but this is all about the reflection I suppose.

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Sweet! Colors are wonderful - Very cool!

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Very beautiful

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Reminds me of gaurawa's photo although I'm sure I've seen it a few other places as well. Fits the challenge really well but as a photograph I'm not in love with it. Not voting just commenting.

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very nice, great shot

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Wow - what's the surface?



Great shot - a nice twist on the concept.

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Wow! Great idea, very good lighting. Like the pattern of the liquid. Would like to see it in the Top 5! Good luck!

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This is an interesting photo. Nicely done!

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This is what I was going for but couldn't get it to work out, great job.

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This is so cool. Top ten in my book. Of course, I should vote some more of them to make sure. ;-)