3rd Place amoeba By Amy Medina (aka. DRabbit) by Canon DSLR Challenge

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By Amy Medina (aka. DRabbit)


30-MAR-2007	Amy Medina (aka. DRabbit)

a.k.a. Glass Joint of a Witch Ball

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Guest		05-Apr-2007 14:04
This is a wonderful abstract! It got my vote! The colors are glorious! Debbi

Canon DSLR Challenge		02-Apr-2007 19:20
Holy Moly.. I will have to vote for an Amy Medina! LOL This is one heck of a picture. -kiki2

Guest		02-Apr-2007 17:03
Revealed: It's something called a Witch Ball - "A witch ball is a hollow sphere of plain or stained glass hung in cottage windows in 18th century England to ward off evil spirits, witch's spells or ill fortune." (Wikipedia) Inside the ball are strands of glass that meet the edge of the ball... the photo is of one of those joints. It was a macro, shot with the 50mm f/1.4 lens and 3 extension tubes.

Canon DSLR Challenge		01-Apr-2007 03:22
No one is yet right --- signed: the unknown photographer

Canon DSLR Challenge		31-Mar-2007 17:09
Bottom of a drink container taken from top kept over something colorful... -Cat

jbhgmvo		30-Mar-2007 19:12
A green boxing glove giving birth to a cycling helmet?? Reflected or seen through flexible laminiation foil on glass (a poor job with lots of air trapped in it..) The centerpiece is intriguing.. it looks like a small very distorted photo of a kid in a hallway..)

Canon DSLR Challenge		30-Mar-2007 18:48
I remember those balloons as a kid. They came in a tube with a straw and you put a little goo on the straw and blew it up into this grand smelly colorful temporary odd shaped balloon. I loved that stuff. But nope, that's not what it is. No correct answer yet, on either what it/they may be, or who took it --- signed: the unknown photographer

jbhgmvo		30-Mar-2007 16:00
I instantly thought of Matt when I saw this. And if it isnt him, a Sergio Rojkes. They're both good at filling the frame and those WOW pictures. The colors remind me more of Sergio, but the overall impression of motion and emotion is more like Matt. I could be completely out of it as usual, of course :P

Canon DSLR Challenge		30-Mar-2007 15:48
Great photo and nice guesses ... Hmmm... how about oil polished belly button of elderly person taken under disco lights, by any chance? The fancy way of doing the SP remainds me of JimH. The brilliant coloration makes me think of Melbob's art. -Cat

Canon DSLR Challenge		30-Mar-2007 15:11
Looks like those blowing balloons that come as a paste with a little straw, which are so cool at kids parties... but the smell is so strong that normally the parents sneak a couple of paste tubes to sniff them in the after party.. then you can really see a higher spectrum of psychedelic colors....(and take some excellent HDR shots in your brain)... Ori

Canon DSLR Challenge		30-Mar-2007 11:43
To me what this looks like is two balloons. The inside one is blown up and the end knotted. The outer one has as much air as possible sucked out of it, so that the skin of the balloon, which is evidently of the mylar balloon type, is hugging the inside one as closely as possible, over the opening of the inner balloon. A longwinded explanation, but I don't know how to explain it in fewer words. -- Victor

jbhgmvo		30-Mar-2007 06:53
WOW!

Jarek M		30-Mar-2007 06:01
Lovely colours and a bit of mystery abut what this actually is...