Let's face it, having trolls bring your score down sucks, no matter how good a photog you are or how good the photo. So here's giving it to them!
The ducky is face-down in a goldfish bowl about 1/4 full of blue jello that was almost fully set, then left to solidify in place. Another batch of identical jello was whipped up with a handblender to create the froth, then carefully poured over ducky til only the most important part showed.
setup: 2 60w lights with homemade diffusers flanking the goldfish bowl. Shot handheld.
pp: RAW conversion, shadow/highlights, exposure, curves, crop, contrast, saturation, resize, usm, smart sharpen, save for web
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This is wonderful. The colors are lovely and of course it's funny as hell. Plus, it looks like you ticked off somewhere between 24 and 45 trolls. Well done!
Thanks for the PM, it certainly gives insight into your shot:
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Hi Gerry
Thanks for your comment on my Duck You! entry.
In fact my score has gone up, nice and steadily.
You see, I don't shoot stuff that wins. What will win is a pleasingly composed shot of a ducky, saturtated to the eyeballs, probably clutched in a child's hand or balanced on their head or something similar.
Sorry, but just the thought of shooting something so boringly predictable puts me to sleep. But hey, if you want to win, that's the kind of stuff they want to see.
I will likely never win a challenge, and I really don't give a rat's arse if I don't. Or in this case, the arse of a ducky stuck headfirst into a goldfish bowl filled with whipped blue jello.
I joined this site to compete, learn, and have fun, and I am accomplishing all those goals by shooting what I want, not what the dpc vox populi want to see.
If you visit my homepage, you'll see that I belong to Team Suck. And as TS is home to many ribbon winners - levyj413, colorcarnival, Melethia, NikonJeb, basssman7, Doyle, SaraR, even silverfoxxx - we are by no means a bunch of talentless photogs.
So, maybe before thinking that mentioning someone's score likely isn't all that hight, maybe you should stop and think: who are you really shooting for, dpc? Or yourself?
Sleep on it.
Peace and love,
Susan
Peace and love,
Edit because I can't spell correctly the first time :(
I'm impressed by your description of what you did with the jello to achieve this. I thought it was just bubbles in the tub, but then the whole point of good special effects is to fool the viewer, right? I'd like to know what you used for your homemade diffusers. As you can tell from my own entry, I have a little problem with glare on metal. BTW, I'm really surprised this came in below mine, but then I'm one of the people who gave it a 6.
added: Just read the in-voting comments. Noticed two differing opinions on the lighting. I've gotten a few opposite comments like that.
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