Glass bottle stopper (obviously) I have had for almost 30 years
The rocks and shells are from Coral Beach, west coast Ireland, north of Galway on the way to Connemara - beautiful spot
Set up 'field' of coral and shells and had at it - many, many takes to get this one shot.
Post processing:
levels - slight adjustment on both ends of curve
contrast - +8
crop - removed traces of paper coral was on
resize for challenge
sharpen - 10
save for web
Originally called this "Who let the genie out?" but thought that would get lost in translation. Not sure if this title is any better but it hit me (ha! pun intended), I changed it and it stuck.
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