I didn't originally intend this but after discover how difficult it was to photograph super reflective spheres properly, I was running out of options. That's when the Naked-teapot-eBay-guy came to mind!
I'm very pleased with the results (thanks Neat Image)!
Resized to 1024 pixels (for Neat Image)
Neat Imaged with sliders mostly far right
brightness/contrast, selective color, curves (not sure which order, I just tried a bunch of stuff)
USM
resize & save for web
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Thanks for all the great comments!
Ironically, during voting, I stumbled upon this image by Konador
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I gave it an 8. I got a good laugh and enjoyed the composition and concept. Clever using the DNMC in the window. And thanks for including Konador's shot in your comments. I got a double laugh this time around.
hahaha great job, before i looked at the title i saw the refelction and i was like whaooo put on some clothes! then i read the magic 8 ball and i saw the DNMC so not only is it funny, and it does match the challenge it looks good, so good job!
I'm going to laugh my butt off when this ribbons and is on your profile page for years to come. I can't wait to find out who you are, this is just too funny. As far as photograph comments, I am laughing too hard to think of any. 10