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Scarlet Splash
Scarlet Splash
JacksonGariety


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Challenge: Red III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: Studio
Date: Nov 8, 2008
Aperture: 2.5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/400 sec
Galleries: Vintage, Water
Date Uploaded: Nov 8, 2008

 This image took a while to get. I think total today I took about 700 pictures of different assorted fruits and vegetables falling into a tank full of tap water. This is actually a very arduous task, taking up my entire day, I managed to come out with the perfect picture of an apple falling into water. At last, I had it in my computer, but unfortunately, it was only one of about 600 images I had to go through to find it, but it is undoubtedly the best...

Out of all the vegetables and assorted fruits I took pictures of today, the hardest to capture of all was the pepper. It being hollow caused it to float back up tot he surface of my aquarium quite quickly, I only got one picture and I had to hold the damn thing in place!

So, here's how it was setup:

1. Cleaned up an old terrarium and set it on a table downstairs in my basement with a flat white backdrop. I set my camera up on a tripod in front of it facing the white screen, and then, slowly, one by one, took a pitcher full of water from my bathroom and then went across the room to empty it into the tank. I used the "yellow light" white balance setting on my Digital SLR Canon Rebel to get a clear shot of the water. When I had my camera set up with a 50mm macro lense put on, I placed two lights 100watt bulbs in them on either side of the tank just right so that I would not get a reflection. When all of the above was complete, I turned out the lights and began dropping fruits and veggies into the tank.

Here is the editing process:

1. Unsharp mask
2. Levels
3. Curves
4. Brightness contrast
5. Hue/Saturation
6. Burn tool
7. Blur tool

Thanks in advance for the comments!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 11/18/2008 10:03:52 PM
Background color looks a little odd, but it makes it come off to me like a painting or drawing. I like.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 11/16/2008 04:43:55 AM
Very nice shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 11/14/2008 01:36:17 PM
I like the muted tones.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/13/2008 12:06:34 AM
Meets Challenge 2
Technicalities 2
Interestingness 1
Out of the Box
Personal Bias 1
Total = 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Canon
 11/12/2008 03:40:58 PM
Needs cropping and I don't like the liquid color too much. Good timing, though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 6
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 11/12/2008 11:05:49 AM
I like the effects done on this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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