Took a TON of light to get this - and a lot of water balloons. Shot outside in partial sunlight, 2 flash units and a big silver reflector to get enough light for speed to stop the action without goofy small DOF. We killed about 50 balloons. The "arrow" is a bamboo skewer :)
Dark was made black and black was made blueish with RAW conversion. Only a bit of dodging & burning was needed. Most of the editing is to get the right areas sharp and not too sharp.
Last minute addition of a light pass of LucisArts. :)
This was fun, and messy.
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Colors are nice but you know for a shot like this to be successful you have to stop the motion and you didn't do it. Your lighting just wasn't fast enough. However I do find the water pattern on top of the balloon interesting so not all is lost. Wish you well in the challenge.
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