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When I grow up I will be a terrible monster
When I grow up I will be a terrible monster
ELLIPS


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Challenge: Shadows V (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Canon
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date: Dec 20, 2008
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Dec 20, 2008

 ...The dream of our little fish...
1/20, f/2.8, ISO 200, tripod.
The jar is on a glass table, lit from below with leds - no other light source.
The shark is just a drawing on a white paper sheet, curved beyond.
Postprocessing: cropping, levels, color balance (a bit more blue and cyan), noise ninja, resize, usm.
In advanced editing, I would have cleaned up some dots and the upper left corner.
The fish found this studio session exciting - a welcome change in his monotonous life!


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Place: 18 out of 124
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 12/30/2008 09:32:09 PM
this is beautifuly composted. love it.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/30/2008 01:30:36 AM
good job on this, great work with the shadow /7
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon
 12/29/2008 11:38:45 PM
Inspired by the cat/lion picture I assume. Well done. I like the mirror image.
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Message edited by author 2008-12-31 02:21:44.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM II
 12/28/2008 10:19:04 AM
Nice idea. The shark has a wrinkle though.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ED-IF
 12/27/2008 07:01:27 PM
It's no wonder he's cr*pping himself with that huge shadow of a shark looming up! :¬)
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Nikon D40
 12/26/2008 11:26:20 PM
very cool 8
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/26/2008 02:48:57 AM
Great work! Love the idea.
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 12/26/2008 02:12:29 AM
Haha, like this, very amusing.
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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
 12/25/2008 09:53:06 PM
I think this picture doesn't have a shadow, but rather a reflection. Two different things.
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Nikon D40X
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/24/2008 01:44:51 PM
I really dont like the reflection in this image. It'd be much stronger without it.
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 12/24/2008 12:15:03 PM
This is very clever, made me laugh too, nicely done
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 12/24/2008 12:13:56 PM
This would have worked so much better for me without the mirror image. The concept is terrific, but the images is way too busy and distracting. Plus a clean fishbow would have eliminated those annoying black dots :-)
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/24/2008 05:32:08 AM
wow!great idia!congrats on top 10 !
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