3rd Place

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"Popping the cork"
by Barry Shaffer


05-APR-2009	Barry Shaffer

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Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Apr-2009 00:57
I love this! What a cool capture of that foam. --Melanie

alexeig		13-Apr-2009 20:15
Great! I imagine you have uncorked quite a few champagne bottles to get this picture :-)

Canon DSLR Challenge		09-Apr-2009 01:25
Super shot, Barry. --Mary Anne

Canon DSLR Challenge		08-Apr-2009 01:30
Congratulations on your timing. Beautiful lighting, too. - CameraShy09

Canon DSLR Challenge		07-Apr-2009 00:59
WOW, Barry!~Lydia

Canon DSLR Challenge		07-Apr-2009 00:10
This is really good. I like the composition, too, the way the foam is shooting diagonally across the full frame. -dtallakson

Guest		06-Apr-2009 22:01
So you got the Moet Chandon out of a pretty cabinet???? Not such "Cheap" champagne. I'm impressed that you used Moet! Now if I was doing it I would have used a bottle of Cooks Champagne and then a composite of a bottle of Dom Perignon, that would be cheap bubble and expensive bottle. Positive thinking but I'm sure it would not turn out as well as this did. I should note here that we have a family tradition every Christmas my oldest son gives his Grandmother a bottle of Dom and we all enjoy it. I keep the bottles! Well done and I like the set up shot you've got on Flickr.

Canon DSLR Challenge		06-Apr-2009 21:38
Thanks all. You're right - this was a 'one-take' assignment - lots of thinking, checking focus and exposure before pulling the cork on this one. It was a bit of a dance, shaking the bottle, setting it carefully down in my pre-focused zone then waiting on the shutter release. Took quite a bit of shaking - cheap champagne maybe... - Barry

Canon DSLR Challenge		06-Apr-2009 19:02
Fun idea for the challenge Barry, and very well done too! CJ

Michael Kilpatrick		06-Apr-2009 08:33
This is one you wouldn't want to re-shoot too many times......... or on second thoughts, perhaps you would. Anyway, it's a very clever idea, perfectly executed to produce a striking image. Regards Michael

jnconradie		06-Apr-2009 05:41
Awesome, Barry! Your ability to execute these concepts so seemingly effortlessly continue to impress and inspire. Compliments! Regards Nico