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Twitter Photo Challenge #TwPhCh
Challenge #63: Full splash ("full sprut")

To me, one of the best things to do in summer is to sit down with a good book and relax with a cold beer. And one of the most summery beers is Corona served with lime. There's something about the freshness and the colors. And that's what I wanted to convey here: freshness and color.

I've never done a proper splash shot before, but this challenge seemed like the perfect opportunity. It also helped that I have some great inspiration in my growing collection of favs. Just check out these images: Strawberry 2.0 by Hermanau, Ka-Splash by Brynjar and Splash 2 by Boy with Nails in his Eyes.

Technical details
Camera mounted on tripod with my Canon 100mm macro at f/16, 1/250 sec and ISO 200. Used my Canon EF 580EX II flash in manual mode at 1/4 power with a dome diffuser at camera right. I mounted two Lastolite TriFlips with silver covers on each side of the glass of beer in addition. (Check the behind the scenes shot below).

Post-processing consisted of cropping, adjusting curves and adding clarity and sharpness to the lime. Also did some selective color adjustments to get the image to "pop" a bit more. The brunt of the work was to clone out fruit pulp -- there was quite a bit floating about after dropping limes many, many, many times into the beer. :-)

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Taken on: July 19, 2010

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Camera: Canon EOS 50D, f/16.0, 1/250 sec, 100mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 50D
Lens:	EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Aperture:	f/16.0
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	100mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Fired
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Unknown (-1)
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh
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