loofah sponge Challenge 62

twinbnjtwinbnj Registered Users Posts: 271 Major grins
edited April 17, 2006 in The Dgrin Challenges
any comments are welcome. I am struggling with this one! lol

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  • Head in the CloudsHead in the Clouds Registered Users Posts: 376 Major grins
    edited April 9, 2006
    Doesn't look like your strugling to me! I love it. Definately says porous to me ... great shot.
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  • sayntbrigidsayntbrigid Registered Users Posts: 381 Major grins
    edited April 9, 2006
    I think the water drops look just BEAUTIFULL.......Great shot clap.gifthumb
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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited April 9, 2006
    The water droplets look gorgeous. Looks really good to me!!!! thumb.gif
  • AndymanAndyman Registered Users Posts: 267 Major grins
    edited April 9, 2006
    Awesome! But I'd go monochrome.
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  • RedhedRedhed Registered Users Posts: 56 Big grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    Great idea and wonderful composition...but I think the sponge/loofa is a little washed out.

    (no pun intended)

    I like how the underside of the sponge is in focus (to the right)...try to get the edge (as in, the part directly facing the camera) a bit more in focus and detailed as well so that you can tell exactly what it is!

    (...okay, so maybe the pun was intended) mwink.gif
  • ultravoxultravox Registered Users Posts: 776 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    Great, but give B&W a chance....iloveyou.gif
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  • dkoyanagidkoyanagi Registered Users Posts: 656 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    I like the fast shutter speed capturing the droplets, and the shallow depth of field. I would keep it as a color image, though. A b&w conversion would add nothing to this photo. One thing you might want to change. The handle of the faucet is visible in the background. Consider cloning it out or reshooting from a different angle. thumb.gif
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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    Wow!! What a neat photo!! I love it. clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif

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  • juliejulesjuliejules Registered Users Posts: 163 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    Cool! Pores in action!
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  • livinginozlivinginoz Registered Users Posts: 497 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    very nice creativity
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    I love what you've done. I'm not sure the centered loofah is working, though. You've cut the frame into three equal parts. Which one should we look at first?
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  • SDJamesSDJames Registered Users Posts: 91 Big grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    dkoyanagi wrote:
    I would keep it as a color image, though. A b&w conversion would add nothing to this photo.

    I think the color is nice, especially if you could somehow get a reflected colored light source in the water.

    Very nice shot.
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  • twinbnjtwinbnj Registered Users Posts: 271 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    Thank you for all your comments and suggestions.
    I can see where the balance is off and the image is divided.
    I like the idea of B&W also.
    I reworked two versions.

    One cropped in B&W and the second keeping the color and different crop.
    Now I am totally confused! Don't know what I like best.... Laughing.gifne_nau.gif

    Comments and suggestions are welcome.
  • twinbnjtwinbnj Registered Users Posts: 271 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    Color different crop
    here is the color with a different crop
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    I like the top one, in color. The color looks cool.
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  • dkoyanagidkoyanagi Registered Users Posts: 656 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
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  • ultravoxultravox Registered Users Posts: 776 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2006
    thumb.gif B&W it's for me...iloveyou.gif
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  • pchrpchr Registered Users Posts: 23 Big grins
    edited April 11, 2006
    I think that's a tricky one, the photo above and below loofah looks good, so I'm not sure which direction (up or down) to go in off-centering the loofah - or if it needs to be done.

    I prefer the colour ones myself.
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  • RedhedRedhed Registered Users Posts: 56 Big grins
    edited April 11, 2006
    It's tough...but I think I prefer the b+w with the crop. I still think the side of the loofa looks a little too blown out, though.
  • sayntbrigidsayntbrigid Registered Users Posts: 381 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2006
    I like everything about the second one.clap.gif
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  • CharbuCharbu Registered Users Posts: 78 Big grins
    edited April 12, 2006
    Love the water captured on both ends. I like the black and white on the best, but both are great shots. Very hard to do, I know!
  • MarkSBMarkSB Registered Users Posts: 96 Big grins
    edited April 15, 2006
    The tight cropped B/W is your best shot...:):
  • ultravoxultravox Registered Users Posts: 776 Major grins
    edited April 17, 2006
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    MarkSB wrote:
    The tight cropped B/W is your best shot...:):
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