I'm not holding this up as an example of great photograpghy (and I promise this wont be the first in a long list of photos of my baby ) but...I introduced her to bubbles today and managed to get this snap on my PowerShot and I thought I'd share it as it was blimin hard to blow the bubble, then take the shot! But I thought it turned out cool, and the detail in the reflection on the big bubble is interesting.

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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. ~Colette

Very cool! The bubbles lined up perfectly to overlap your baby's face yet they don't obscure or interfere with the overall appearance - just awesome! I really like shots like this because it's almost impossible to replicate which makes it so original and uniquely yours.

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Dylan Swan
http://dylanswan.id.au

cool maybe a slight tweak to the colours photoshop would sell it.

small tweak of the levels , copy the image and make it softlight with blur at 45-35% opaticaty
then another copy and screen at 34%

just for a nice rich colour without going over board.

i might start recording some actions for people to download and use?

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The Hamster made me do it...

wow, you're on fire tonight! thanks for the tips. will definately do that. Cheers

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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. ~Colette

when i knock off work i upload a action script for photoshop.

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The Hamster made me do it...

thanks guys...Mr Swan I appreciate your kind comments. I did discard 'bubbles 1 through 11' to get this cutie and had fun doing it too! There was one sinister pic where she looked like she was wearing a bubble beard. Mr Hawking. I made the changes you suggested and it did help, though I assumed you meant the photo would have three layers, with normal, then softlight then screen on top, and when I did that I found the softlight layer didnt impact the final look as it had screen on top. Or perhaps I read you wrong? It still looked richer though.

cheers
Jen

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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. ~Colette