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03-FEB-2009

20090203 - Blue Planet in my Teacup

For: Four Colour February

This is the bottom of a white cup lit by a flash with a blue-gel. I thought the gels I'd bought were a bit weak and insipid after my last play around with them, but this looks blue enough! Actually it's a bit bluer than normal, I used the 'Landscape' picture style thingy which usually seems to do horrible things, but it does make blues nice and deep :)

Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
1/200s f/2.8 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
Sam X15-Feb-2009 02:34
that's really blue
Barbara Heide05-Feb-2009 18:53
love it!
Russ Rose05-Feb-2009 01:33
the gel made a nice image. very nice.
Cindi Smith04-Feb-2009 23:35
Bravo! Well done! I gotta say this is a great image!
Jola Dziubinska04-Feb-2009 18:55
Truely cosmic!
Guest 04-Feb-2009 13:11
Ahhhh! The blue planet thingy! v
Ann...04-Feb-2009 11:55
WOW!!! Awesome blue!
j>a>e>17 :):):)04-Feb-2009 09:22
grooovy alien powerzzzz & MORE :):):)
Maaike Huizer04-Feb-2009 07:49
Wonderful. Would have done a great job in January too: real minimalism.
cits_4_pets04-Feb-2009 05:22
Well done! Quite original & creative. Couldn't get any bluer.
carol j. phipps04-Feb-2009 02:31
Good title for this original composition! Whew!
monica memoli03-Feb-2009 23:53
Beautiful. v
Linda Willets03-Feb-2009 23:17
so cool
Sheila03-Feb-2009 22:56
"'Landscape' picture style thingy", you may as well be speaking double dutch :-)
This is gorgeous.
Sheena Woodhead03-Feb-2009 22:47
That's blue....aparently cornflower blue is the in colour for spring couture!
J. Scott Coile03-Feb-2009 22:35
Brilliant blue abstraction.
Máire Uí Mhaicín03-Feb-2009 22:30
A stunning abstract.
jlm03-Feb-2009 22:20
Do you know : Minimalism is finished !!
Very good blue ;-)
Nancy Good03-Feb-2009 21:42
GREAT use of all sorts of tools to make this amazing blue eclipse. Love it!
Ric Yates03-Feb-2009 21:34
Very nice - great use of the gel!
Richard Chapman03-Feb-2009 21:27
very nice
Walter Otto Koenig03-Feb-2009 21:16
Very cool, definitely blue. "the 'Landscape' picture style thingy" served you well on this shot.
Doug Cruden03-Feb-2009 21:14
lol@gail...you're not sitting on the fence, are you? That's definitely blue...and minimal...and flash...V
Gail Davison03-Feb-2009 21:00
Yep that's blue. and a nice shade of too.
Ray :)03-Feb-2009 20:58
Did you buy red, green and yellow gel too?
Mairéad03-Feb-2009 20:54
Most definitely blue and very minimal.
McGarva03-Feb-2009 20:43
Superb lighting ... minimal and effective and very blue!
Nicki Thurgar03-Feb-2009 20:38
I thought it was some kind of weird eclipse...! ;o)
Guest 03-Feb-2009 20:22
Very creative and a great macro!
Kevin Chester03-Feb-2009 20:20
You have some imagination, very very well seen.
Johnny JAG03-Feb-2009 19:53
I thought the minimalism challenge was over! Nice blue though ;-)
Laryl03-Feb-2009 19:40
I used landscape on my image today too.. it sure does go deep and rich doesn't it! Excellent blue, I think I tried too hard today lol
Faye White03-Feb-2009 19:32
I love that sliver of reflected light