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Jump, Fishy, Jump!
Jump, Fishy, Jump!
lynnmarie


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Challenge: Spots (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G2
Location: inside my home
Date: Nov 14, 2006
Aperture: f2.5
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/25
Galleries: Humorous, Children
Date Uploaded: Nov 14, 2006

 This is my son Skylar's trained fish. We worked for a solid week to perfect this act.

Actually, I had promised Skylar for several months that he could have a fish, so what better time to go out and get one WITH SPOTS! Have you ever tried to work with a 3 year old AND a fish? Neither were very cooperative, but when I bribed Skylar with chocolate, he agreed he would do a few shots. Since the fish kept swimming to the other side of the bowl, I knew I wouldn't be able to capture both fish and boy the way I wanted to. Plan B kicked in: I took a picture of just "Fishy" (Skylar picked the name) and printed and cut it out. It was attached to the side of the bowl with a thin wire. The hoop is a small embroidery hoop.

(Edit after the challenge) What I learned - I should have used a WHITE background (that is the true color of the wall), as viewers thought I had too much yellow cast.

Post-processing in PS: adjustments in brightness/contrast, saturation/hues, sharpen, cloned out a few dust spots, reduced file size, neat image, added a border, a little unsharp mask, saved for web.


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Olympus PEN E-P3
Konica Minolta MF 85mm f/1.7
 11/22/2006 12:19:26 AM
very creative, nice job. It looks like your son is planning to have it for lunch.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 11/21/2006 04:14:19 PM
Chuckle.
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Nikon D70
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 11/21/2006 01:39:28 PM
Good Idea, but... exposure is bad, dark yellow. I think if you back light it and put the child in a solid shirt. Bring out the spot's in the fish.
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Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/20/2006 09:34:26 PM
Hope you'll share how you pulled this off in basic. Great shot.
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF Fisheye-Nikkor 16mm f/2.8D
 11/20/2006 05:40:23 AM
would have looked better if you faked a splash in the bowl...which also looks way too small for a fish of that size. however, that expression is pretty great...looks like the fish is about to jump right into his mouth :)
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 11/19/2006 07:53:53 PM
were there any fish harmed in the making of this photo?....kool kid
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/19/2006 06:41:45 PM
A very funny capture. A litle w.b. would help it eveb further.
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 11/19/2006 04:18:38 PM
haha, very nice.
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 11/19/2006 03:59:15 AM
Darn cute picture, but not enough emphasis on the spots.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/18/2006 06:36:36 PM
Clever.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 11/18/2006 12:27:58 AM
lol very clever - but it looks like the fish is starting it's jump outside the bowl?
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 11/17/2006 09:35:50 PM
Ohmygoodness! How did you do that! GENIUS!!!! I sure hope he was let back in the water quick. Poor little fishy!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 11/15/2006 05:33:28 AM
Nice capture but main object is too small.
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