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Match Made in Heaven
Match Made in Heaven
tanguera


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Puzzle Macro III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2009
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
Location: Los Angeles
Date: Dec 20, 2009
Date Uploaded: Dec 20, 2009

Red-tipped bristles on a round brush.

Sharpened, dodged and burned a tish, gradient map, added borders, saved for web.

Thank you all for the votes and great comments!! Especially the ones who thought this was a jet fighter!!

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Place: 27 out of 137
Avg (all users): 5.9195
Avg (commenters): 6.4483
Avg (participants): 5.8904
Avg (non-participants): 5.9474
Views since voting: 966
Views during voting: 319
Votes: 149
Comments: 32
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09/08/2010 06:31:13 PM
Now that's my kinda color...WOOOOW WEEEE!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/27/2009 06:35:53 PM
sensational colors!
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12/27/2009 10:37:17 AM
The colours on this are so cool. No idea what it is.
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12/27/2009 10:34:29 AM
Neat image.... I think it really is a matchbook.. Looks almost too plastic for that though.. And the bokeh effect is stellar.. Nice work..

Girl Friend got this one... That's a hairbrush.. (I just use my hands... *Shrug)..
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12/27/2009 12:08:21 AM
Matchsticks?
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12/26/2009 03:21:51 PM
hairbrush! love how the bristles blur into a blend of purple.
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12/26/2009 11:30:11 AM
Suggests fire, great composition.
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12/23/2009 11:56:41 PM
I've seen colored pin heads that look like the solid objects. If so, the blurred reflection effect fading into blue is clever and effective.
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12/23/2009 04:21:18 AM
hair brush
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12/23/2009 03:39:40 AM
They do look a bit like matches but that would be too obvious. The bristles of a brush?
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12/23/2009 03:36:18 AM
Hairbrush bokeh?
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12/22/2009 05:36:15 PM
A hairbrush :)
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12/22/2009 01:43:43 PM
I like the colors, i like the composition, the image is quite dynamic. At first sight seems to be some jet fighters...
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12/22/2009 01:19:21 PM
maybe i was wrong.....are these the bristles of a brush?
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12/22/2009 12:39:13 PM
striking a match. Lovely color.
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12/22/2009 12:02:47 PM
great use of DOF - amazing how much a macro of a hairbrush is similar to matches
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12/22/2009 01:14:43 AM
hairbrush
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12/21/2009 10:29:39 PM
a hairbrush
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12/21/2009 09:06:01 PM
matches heads fading into the background...love your colors. ok, I change this to a hairbrush
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12/21/2009 08:29:52 PM
Hair Brush...
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12/21/2009 06:07:29 PM
hairbrush
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12/21/2009 05:31:46 PM
Hair pins?
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12/21/2009 05:23:24 PM
Whoa, if those are the smoke thingees that make the planes emit colored smoke at air shows, then I've got it right. (Yeah, sure) If not, it's just a fantastic photograph of something way out there.
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12/21/2009 03:21:39 PM
Hair brush? Fantastic colors.
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12/21/2009 01:57:57 PM
Hair pins?? Nicely done though. 7
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12/21/2009 12:42:46 PM
book of matches. really cool effect with the short depth of field,
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12/21/2009 09:55:49 AM
A brush with very shallow DOF. Nice colours.
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12/21/2009 06:10:02 AM
Just that.
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12/21/2009 04:29:25 AM
Betting for an hairbrush. Nice composition and use of DOF.
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12/21/2009 01:52:38 AM
... or the brush off that she needed to regain her independence.
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12/21/2009 01:43:48 AM
Hairbrush? Great DoF and I like the purple where the red and blue meet. Personally I would rotate the image 90 degrees to the left
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12/21/2009 12:26:57 AM
I think you're losing impact by having your explosion of color originate from the top left. I think this shot would have had more power in a portrait layout or if you had flipped it horizontally in the landscape layout. I really like the DOF, but it hurts my neck to look at.

...and my guess, brush!
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