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Challenge: Water II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
Location: Fremont, California
Date: Mar 26, 2006
Aperture: f10
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/4 seconds
Galleries: Macro, Water
Date Uploaded: Mar 26, 2006

 Accepting Kiwiness' challenge? What was I thinking? Here's hoping I could just be a few places below you Gary ;)

Cheers,

Rikki

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8:26PM PST 03/26/06 update:

Last minute change of heart. I entered a landscape shot but....I just hope this is good enough for the voters.

The pressure to bring my game amidst the challenge with Gary is a bit nerve wracking. I am completely undecided with a lot of my shots. I wasn't able to shoot until yesterday and I am in a bit of a dilemna. For this challenge, I shot almost 500 images trying out a wide variety of images from studio shots to landscape shots.

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Post Challenge:
Unbelievable! Tied in a dead lock with Kiwiness! I am surprised and thrilled.


The setup:
An ordinary paperclip straightened and wrapped around a pen to create the coil effect. Uncoiled and added a drop of water. The tip is tight so as to provide a place where the water can adhere to via surface friction. The background is a piece of construction paper and lit with clamp lights. The "halo" as people commented is there so that the "catchlights" are created. Without it, it would be flat and unassuming ;)

Here were some outtakes from the challenge.



Rikkiness/kiwiness challenge

Some extremely memorable quotes from this thread:

Originally posted by stdavidson:
This hotly contested battle is being watch closely by news services.

In an astonishing development, early exit poll interviews of voters prompted some news organizations to project a winner!

NBC News now projects that Rikki will win by a landslide.

CBS News projects Kiwiness will win.

The Fox News Network, after careful analysis of their exit poll results, now claim they will have exactly the same score.

CNN reports they will not project a winner before the polls close, but they have a catchy new theme song they play every 5 minutes to report they are not projecting a winner yet!


Originally posted by Anastasia:
hey rikki, hey kiwi.....seems like I gonna kick your asses this time :P as I promised :-P


Originally posted by Bear_Music:
This is where I step in and casually ask, "Do you guys want to make it a 3-way?"

Robt.


Originally posted by soup:
kinky ;}


Originally posted by Bear_Music:
That's unreal! They actually TIED! Identical scores!

Robt.


Originally posted by yanko:
Can we have a recount? lol


Originally posted by kiwiness:
I got beat by 0.0006? Sheesh!

Congrats Rikki :)


Originally posted by Anastasia:
I am damn happy to kick your butts :)

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Canon PowerShot A510
 04/03/2006 03:18:18 AM
Another one of your magical creations!! Loved it!
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Pentax K10D
Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax
 04/03/2006 03:09:17 AM
Hey, I was actually going to comment (for real) that this was yours, Rikki. But I didn't get around to commenting much. Nice job.
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Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 04/03/2006 02:20:14 AM
What a result huh, a tie :) Love the background color, choice!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Pentax K50
Pentax DA L 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL
 04/02/2006 11:39:48 PM
Beautiful in its simplicity. Bumping up.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D100
 03/29/2006 11:37:33 AM
Very bright and colorful, although could have done with being a little more sharper. Not so sure about the thick white line around the bigger droplet either.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 03/29/2006 06:02:46 AM
great colours and lighting 8
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS II USM Lens
 03/28/2006 05:23:01 PM
I don't understand the halo around the largest drop. It's a major negative in an otherwise outstanding image.
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Canon EOS-20D
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 03/28/2006 12:33:56 PM
The intense vivid color and simple form, great combination for a great photo!
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Nikon D80
Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
 03/28/2006 06:38:52 AM
Great idea. I think you almost got it. The color seems a little overworked to me. The hot spots in the drops themselves are distracting. Great effort.
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Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Raynox Pro Digital 0.66X Wide Angle Conversion
 03/27/2006 09:41:44 PM
Nice line and color.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 03/27/2006 08:58:27 PM
Abstract like, very nice! Do find the halo around the first drop from the right a bit odd though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/27/2006 04:55:40 PM
cool, but not sure about that white halo around the biggest drop. 5,
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Fujifilm X-T2
Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS
 03/27/2006 12:18:46 AM
Really beautiful image! Love the OOF light around the bottom drop. Love the pinks.

Message edited by author 2006-03-31 13:07:44.
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