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Water Dragon

Done with an exploding water baloon.
No 'creative' post-production (I've just eliminated a piece of the baloon that was in the middle of the water).
Basically, all the postproduction has been on saturations and contrasts.
Any feedback is very welcome.

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thomas r. grabuschnigg 2 weeks ago

impressive and excellent!

Sophia Nel 1 month ago

Absolutely stunning! Wow!

Alessandro Cristallo 4 months ago

questa è... sublime!!!

Lars B 4 months ago

really great work

mustafa ermi? 4 months ago

fantastic...

Yusuf DINCKAL 4 months ago

what an awesome idea!!!! great job...

Victoria Morphy 4 months ago

Brillaint

Monki Ho 4 months ago

outstanding!

hamid aghdesi 4 months ago

Hi, this photo is very beautiful

János Pribelszky 4 months ago

Great work!

willy khosuma 4 months ago

wow very nice shoot... great idea....

Konrad Jablonski 4 months ago

Like the idea. Water baloon was my first thought. Nicely done :)

m salim bhayangkara 4 months ago

wow...great job.....nice concept....

Patrizia Burra 4 months ago

Bella ...bravo Giovanni:-)

Wayne Pearson 4 months ago

Yes, brilliant, patience pays off, congratulations.

mohammad soheilinia 4 months ago

A fictional character,
Has the power off Water in his hands!
Quality of photo is acceptable Giovanni!bravo!

Nando Romy 4 months ago

Impressive

Mohammed Gamal 4 months ago

Great work!

I think I saw this one in the critique section weeks ago, you said it wasn't accepted at the time, what did you change?

Giovanni Casini I've increased the overall contrast a bit and I've increased also the saturation and the luminosity of the blue in the water.

Mohammed Gamal so these changes are what got it to be accepted?

Giovanni Casini Yes. In fact such changes were what most of the comments in the critique section pointed out as needed.

Mohammed Gamal Great! I thought that photos that got rejected were no good. I might try posting in the critique section then. Thanks!

tchebytchev 4 months ago

i love this non-photoshop creativity !! well done Giovanni, keep on !

Shirin Hadizadeh 4 months ago

such creativity !!!!!!
well done :)

John Colbensen 4 months ago

This is indeed impressive

Linda Wride 4 months ago

great processing!

antonella pellegrino 4 months ago

Grande Gianni!!!è magnifica!!!!

Richard Spurdens 4 months ago

Good work with this

art_of_raven 4 months ago

so great

Omar Biagi 4 months ago

Gran bel lavoro, complimenti!

Murat TUNCER 4 months ago

great idea..congrats.

ayman gamal 4 months ago

Excellent

Henry Trust 4 months ago

great work.. excellent..

Domo 4 months ago

Wow that is awesome!! Looks like Sub-Zero from MK...

KPK 4 months ago

Very impressive!

Hassan Almulla 4 months ago

Great work Giovanni !!

alireza ghamari 4 months ago

Excellent...

Tommi 4 months ago

very impressive

Tomer Jacobson 4 months ago

This takes all the sound/motion triggers genre to a new level. The idea is great and the execution is flawless. good job!

final toto 4 months ago

powerful!

El Robbo 4 months ago

This experiment has resulted in a sensational image, Giovanni!
By the looks of his arms I'd say you must have tried it a few times befor getting it right!
Fabulous idea and execution!

Karlotta Bonomo 4 months ago

Excellent!

Claudiu Guraliuc 4 months ago

Excellent is an understatement!

snehula 4 months ago

r u serious? i'm confused about how u got this effect without post-production. what do u mean baloon in the middle of the water? :-)) it's very impressive

Giovanni Casini It is an exploding water baloon, caught just in the moment of the explosion, just in the instant when the plastic of the baloon is gone away while the shape of the water is still the shape of the baloon. You can find some photos of this kind all around the web and also here on 1x. By 'a piece of the baloon in the middle of the water' I mean that in the photo there was still a piece of plastic of the baloon in the middle of the ball, and I have eliminated it. That's the only 'creative' post-production I have done. Thanks :)

Shahram Azarvar 4 months ago

GREAT

Carlos Coelho 4 months ago

:) great

Amadeusz Starzak 4 months ago

Nice :) I had similar idea. : P

Guillaume Legraverend 4 months ago

Impressive !

Ali Drisi 4 months ago

great freezing ... well done

Cal Redback 4 months ago

what an amazing job!!! Just fabulous!

Jack Burger 4 months ago

very original. Something different. Bravo

ebrahim bakhtari bonab 4 months ago

number 1 catch

yousef sayadi 4 months ago

Amazing and great...BRAVO

Jovelino 4 months ago

simply... FABULOUS !!

Ian Munro 4 months ago

You want feedback? Well how does congratulations on a sublime image that I am very envious of. Fantastic! :)

Manuel Díaz 4 months ago

E molto ben fatta
Bel lavoro
Saludos

roblfc1892 4 months ago

great work

Pegah Mohammadi 4 months ago

The lights are perfectly good, specially that blue light on his waist.
Smart idea :)

DDiArte 4 months ago

very well done!!!! Great work!!!!

Marco Barchesi 4 months ago

Stupendo lavoro
Complimenti

Antonio Grambone 4 months ago

Complimenti sinceri Giovanni, eccellente realizzazione.
Un saluto, Antonio G.

Shigehiro Ono 4 months ago

Cool water "Kamehame-ha"! ;)

Edward Durbin 4 months ago

Absolutely awesome shot! Makes my balloon shots look like child's play...

Ben Goossens 4 months ago

Outstanding it is:-)

Javier de la Torre 4 months ago

Wow, amazing... A very good work. I like it so much. Congrats!!! :-)

renato massariol 4 months ago

wow ! Fantastico lavoro Giovanni !!!

Hamidreza Sheikhmorteza 4 months ago

Excellent!

Björn Billing 4 months ago

I was impressed already in critique and I think you have managed to tweak it to a new level. Congratulations!

Monique 4 months ago

absolutely impressive shot
what shutter speed do you need to obtain such great result ?

Giovanni Casini Thanks!
You shoot in the dark, in BULB time. The flashes determine the time of exposure. So, yes, it is very fast...

FrankBa 4 months ago

YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Really happy you get it published
great work indeed !!!!!!

Giovanni Casini Thanks Frank! Your advices have been extremely useful!

Corrado Chiozzi 4 months ago

Congrats Giovanni. How did you make the balloon explosion? I hope not with an harrow :))

Giovanni Casini Thanks! Not an arrow :) , just a pin attached to my friend's thumb... and no sensors connected to the flashes, just the old '3-2-1-Go!'. We needed more than twenty attempts to obtain a couple of good shots.