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Leaky Basement
Leaky Basement
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Challenge: Reflections Without Mirrors IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Williamstown, MA
Date: Feb 8, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: .3 sec
Galleries: Interior, Water
Date Uploaded: Feb 9, 2008

 RAW: exp. -.9, sat +16, sharp +31, transfer to editor as RAW
PI12: rotate freely, crop, levels 11/1/229, contrast +8, sat +12, resize, sharp 10, wb fluorescent, levels 10/1/255, SFW

Water is flowing from lower right to upper left in the picture. I love how at the edges the cables disappear. This pooling is like a big bubble on the concrete floor if you catch it when the water first starts to run so the edges are raised. I also liked how the shadow from the left most beam seems to mark where the water starts to flow down into the next depression in the floor.

Deliberately poured water on the floor to do this shot. When there is a heavy rain or snow melt, this and one other small flows go across my basement to a drain. The darker edges are from the stain on the floor from it always flowing in the same spot and also recently having been wet naturally.

Statistics
Place: 135 out of 188
Avg (all users): 5.1667
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 5.1026
Avg (non-participants): 5.2130
Views since voting: 781
Views during voting: 360
Votes: 186
Comments: 10
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 02/23/2008 08:19:27 AM
grievously underrated.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 02/17/2008 08:28:33 AM
interesting idea. imo there doesn't seem to be enough information that this is a puddle
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 02/15/2008 02:11:44 PM
There's something science-fiction-y about this. I like it.
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 02/14/2008 03:06:06 PM
I assume this is water on a basement floor?
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/14/2008 01:00:13 PM
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/12/2008 03:51:24 PM
Oh yes, that is not a good thing, to be able to see the ceiling light in the floor. Hopefully that got fixed.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/12/2008 03:20:19 PM
oh! it took me a sec to register what i was looking at. this is an excelent iddea. hope it does well
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/11/2008 04:51:24 PM
I guess if that is a puddle on the basement floor, it must be a very bad leak! This is kind of like an abstract painting, with the blurred edges around the puddle. It almost feels like I'm looking through a hole up to the ceiling (that's what I thought at first, actually). I like the colors very much, but not sure the picture grabs me as much as it should.
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 02/11/2008 02:55:22 PM
Weird. I just don't get this at all, but it's an intriguing photo. :)
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Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 02/11/2008 08:10:27 AM
I'm dying to find out how you did this.
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