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Through the Looking Glass

Through the Looking Glass

andrewt

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Challenge: Transparency III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: Nikon AF-S Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR
Location: Boardwalk, Pasir Ris Singapore
Date: Dec 28, 2008
Aperture: F25
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60s
Galleries: Rural, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Dec 28, 2008

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Macro of a crystal ball. Not much editing done.
Esposure adjustments mainly using auto contrast, levels & shadow highlights to recover the detail in the clouds. Sharpened. Applied 1 pass of Neat Image.
Then finally inverted.

You can see the original unedited image below to get a better idea how I actually set this up. The only thing that I took special care on was to shoot with the crystal ball positioned in the shade so that the sun would not show up as a hotspots (distraction) in the crystal ball.

Oh!! and thanks for all the votes.... Andrew

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Place: 6 out of 152
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Views since voting: 3115
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Votes: 253
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Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR

01/08/2009 05:26:51 PM

That is a great shot. Congratulations on your high finish. How did you support the crystal ball?

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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

01/07/2009 10:56:55 AM

WTG, Andrew! Big congrats on your top ten finish! Go Islanders!

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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

01/07/2009 07:08:08 AM

Well done Andrew! Three cheers for Singapore!

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital

01/07/2009 12:03:03 AM

awesome. congrats on a great finish!

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Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon

01/06/2009 11:28:20 PM

I like the positioning in this shot. Good work.

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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

01/06/2009 11:14:12 PM

Nice. I'll be looking for this one near the top.

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Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

01/06/2009 10:44:49 PM

What a fabulous shot!

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Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS

01/06/2009 08:28:58 PM

really like this

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Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF

01/06/2009 03:46:47 PM

Nicely done. I like the sharp focus in the glass and the composition that includes the "inverted" hut in the back..

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Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

01/06/2009 03:46:11 PM

wish you would've done a square crop tightly around the glass.

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Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

01/05/2009 06:35:13 PM

very cool photo over all

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Casio Exilim EX-Z10

01/05/2009 01:28:10 PM

thats wicked well done

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Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS

Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III

01/05/2009 01:02:13 PM

I tried to do something along the lines of what you did, but failed miserably... good job!

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Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon

01/05/2009 05:58:10 AM

nice photo but am just confuse whether this is transparency or reflection?

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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS

01/04/2009 02:55:50 PM

At last, a proper transparency photo! The inverted hut on the right really sets it off.

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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

01/03/2009 05:06:07 PM

I'll go ahead and say this is the winner. The only thing stopping this is the idiots that will say it is some kind of shoehorn.

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Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ED-IF

01/02/2009 11:27:24 AM

love the spherical image - not sure about the other bit.
Hope you tell us about it in your comments good luck 8

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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon

01/02/2009 02:10:36 AM

Lovely glass ball photo. It looks like a wonderful tropical island, which I'm a real softy for 8.

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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

12/31/2008 04:20:02 PM

This is so terrific. I'm just wondering why the background is so dull, while the image through the sphere is so bright.

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Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

12/31/2008 08:33:35 AM

I just love marble shots. I am biased because I have done quite a few myself but yours cam out much better. Hope it does well.

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Canon EOS-1D Mark II

12/31/2008 05:52:07 AM

Very well done

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