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Further than Far Away
levyj413


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Challenge: Deja Vu III (Advanced Editing V*)
Collection: Macro
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
Location: Front yard
Date: Sep 16, 2007
Aperture: 4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400s
Galleries: Abstract, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Sep 16, 2007

 This is more "in the style of" Ursula's Far, Far Away:
than an exact duplicate.

I did use oil on water over colorful paper (tissue paper for gift bags in my case, wrapping paper in hers), and I managed to get the large bubble and the stripes more or less oriented the same. But I used different colored paper and, of course, the exact size and location of the bubbles is random. The colors were radically different from this to begin with, but I changed them.

I learned how hard it is to keep the bubbles tightly grouped, which is why mine has so much more open water than hers.

Lit by the sun at an angle because it was late afternoon.

Editing was similar to Ursula's: rounds of sharpening (both for sharper edges and to enhance contrast), a curve to enhance contrast more, and some noise reduction both before and after resizing. I also cloned out some distracting black spots and painted over a small, but blown out, thing in the upper right.

Finally, there's the color change. I realized that maybe I could match Ursula's colors by using her image to color mine. I desaturated my image by using only the green channel. Then, I copied her image and blurred it to lose detail, and set the blending mode to color. It worked quite well, and I had Ursula's permission to use her image that way (as the copyright holder, I mean, not as an SC member). But in discussing the technique with her, I realized this might count as compositing her image into mine, which would be illegal. I tried using PS's color match adjustment, but the colors looked horrible. So I just dropped her image and created my own color map by hand, choosing the colors out of her image. And I followed the contours of my image, so there aren't any new shapes.

Statistics
Place: 32 out of 111
Avg (all users): 6.5669
Avg (commenters): 6.9231
Avg (participants): 6.5091
Avg (non-participants): 6.5980
Views since voting: 2000
Views during voting: 303
Votes: 157
Comments: 18
Favorites: 2 (view)

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Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 12/24/2007 09:46:58 AM
Beautiful!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 09/24/2007 09:43:56 AM
You did such a good job on this Jeffrey! And congratulations on having such a fine photo to grace your "best photos" on your profile page. It is a very fitting place for this one.

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Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 09/24/2007 08:15:10 AM
Nicely done, Jeffrey! I forgot this was yours and gave you a 9!
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Fujifilm X-T2
Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS
 09/24/2007 12:05:41 AM
Congrats on a pretty good score, Levy. Now you're stuck with it on your portfolio page for a while :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 09/23/2007 05:53:32 PM
Nice tribute!!! Fantastic colors. This is very similar!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/23/2007 03:00:50 AM
The title here threw me...although I knew the original author. That would have made some voters disgruntled...make sure that future Deja Vu entries are easy for the voter to link to. I like your attempt...but feel it is over neat images...and the detail just isn't the same. Good try though.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 09/20/2007 08:00:58 PM
Pleasant colors, pleasant image. 6
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Canon R50
Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
09/19/2007 11:49:39 AM
more colorful and virbant than ursula's. I do prefer her wealth of bubble though. It's a close call.
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Fujifilm X-T2
Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS
 09/18/2007 05:10:03 PM
Uncanny resemblance to a certain picture with a similar, but not as far out, title :)
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 09/18/2007 12:47:47 PM
Nicely done, a beautiful image.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 09/18/2007 08:50:03 AM
nicely done, though you have less drops (you haven't been as far away probably) and the color transitions aren't as smooth as in Ursuals shot. I prefer her crop and placing of the larger drops, but think the sharpness and saturation in your shot are better.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 09/17/2007 10:34:31 PM
Great colour in your background.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ300
 09/17/2007 05:06:53 PM
Great psycholdelic feel to this one! Brilliant colors, very nice! *7*
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 09/17/2007 01:56:06 PM
Pretty image.
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Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 09/17/2007 08:46:57 AM
Absolute WOW! Love the the vibrant colors of the rainbow captured here. The level of detail is wonderful with the waterdrops/bubbles looking nice, crisp and clean. As visual eye candy goes this composition draws you in with it's nice level of details and those stunningly beautiful colors. I have nothing to critique! Well done.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 09/17/2007 08:04:45 AM
I like this retake a lot.....
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Canon EOS-40D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 09/17/2007 05:19:15 AM
It is very pleasing to the eye,good job
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Samsung Pro815
 09/17/2007 04:40:29 AM
much neater than the original. nice colors.
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