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19th January 2013
Color Explosion by gladysmg

Color Explosion

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This originally had a wooden background, but I decided that it will look much better against black so that the colors will pop!

I wanted to fix it and align everything perfectly but that would probably take me a day or so :))
Comments
Very cool--love all the colors
posted January 20th, 2013  
TK
wow! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!
posted January 20th, 2013  
great colourful shot...black background is perfect
posted January 20th, 2013  
@thedoublea @tksharpley @jayberg thank you guys! And special thanks TK for the fav! :))
posted January 20th, 2013  
wow, if you blink whilst looking at it, it moves!
posted January 20th, 2013  
Oh Gladys this is AWESOME!!! Fav, well done.
posted January 20th, 2013  
This is amazing! Love it!!!
posted January 20th, 2013  
That is just stunning a fav
posted January 20th, 2013  
Wow, this is eye popping ! fav !
posted January 20th, 2013  
This is super cool. Such a simple idea but very effective
posted January 20th, 2013  
How fun! Love all the bright colors :)
posted January 20th, 2013  
@mrsb1980 lol rebecca! How did you discover that. Although I can't seem to make it work when I blink? haha
posted January 20th, 2013  
@gladysmg blink lots lol. just looks like its moving, or maybe it's just sleep deprivation on my part.
posted January 20th, 2013  
@masosy @melody2289 @paul2782 @cazann @abhijit @kbalychev thanks for the wonderful comments and the fav's!
posted January 20th, 2013  
Awesome! Love all the colours! :-)
posted January 20th, 2013  
What a great idea. Well done.
posted January 20th, 2013  
Great shot! Will have to try something like this one day!
posted January 20th, 2013  
posted January 20th, 2013  
Great shot..really vivid colors,,
posted January 20th, 2013  
Very cool. Good choice with the black background.
posted January 20th, 2013  
Awesome!
posted January 20th, 2013  
posted January 20th, 2013  
Fabulous...fav!
posted January 20th, 2013  
Yes! Fantastic.
posted January 20th, 2013  
What a fun happy energetic shot! Fav!
posted January 20th, 2013  
@kwind @3whiteroses @edorreandresen thank you! so glad you guys liked it :))
posted January 20th, 2013  
Great composition. Definitely looks great on black. Fav.
posted January 20th, 2013  
amazing colours
posted January 20th, 2013  
Zav
Nice energetic shot!
posted January 20th, 2013  
Wonderful explosion of colour!!
posted January 20th, 2013  
wow thats an awesome colorexplotion!
posted January 20th, 2013  
Amazing shot! fav!
posted January 20th, 2013  
Bright and beautiful!
posted January 20th, 2013  
This is so cool, had to fav. love that it isn't perfectly aligned. Congrats on the PP
posted January 20th, 2013  
great idea and shot...congrats on PP
posted January 20th, 2013  
Really, really like this! Congrats, just found you on PP!
posted January 20th, 2013  
Fab shot. Fav for me.
posted January 20th, 2013  
Love the color!
posted January 20th, 2013  
Very cool! well done. A fav for me.
posted January 20th, 2013  
Great. A Fav straight away!
posted January 20th, 2013  
Love it! Fav here too
posted January 20th, 2013  
What a terrific shot. All that colour. Just going to Fav it...
posted January 20th, 2013  
Great colors! Took me a while to notice they were toothpicks ;)
posted January 20th, 2013  
Cool shot - looks like fireworks! Fav.
posted January 20th, 2013  
Wow ..... the colours are so vivid :)
posted January 20th, 2013  
What a great shot!
posted January 20th, 2013  
Love the colours in this shot. Terrific.
posted January 20th, 2013  
So neat! I love how vivid the colors are! Very cool shot!
posted January 20th, 2013  
Wow!! Thanks everyone! Didn't expect to make it on popular page. And saw this in the home page while logging in. Thanks for all the comments and favs!
@anazad511 @plumtree500 @eyeamzav @pamknowler @nicoleterheide @ragnhildmorland @jenniferruge @sailingmusic @lesip @trixiehiscock @kazzaj @heidit @dawn_butler @peadar @cds @steampowered @headfirstf0rhalos @ladyjane @willowdragon @janpenny @onewing @emrob
posted January 20th, 2013  
Great injection of colour on a drab day.
posted January 20th, 2013  
Pam
Whoa! That Is cool!! Even cooler enlarged! Fav!
posted January 20th, 2013  
Very creative and colorful!!! Fun!
posted January 20th, 2013  
Wow! So fun!
posted January 20th, 2013  
I agree, great colours and so simple but effective.
posted January 20th, 2013  
@missmercy @pammerritt @marybethosullivan @blestmom4 @andrew_marshman thank you so much. I was also surprised with how it turned out :)) Very happy!!
posted January 20th, 2013  
Good idea, well executed. Not really my sort of thing, but boy, would I have been pleased to have taken it! Fav.
posted January 20th, 2013  
Is this "pick up sticks" ? I haven't played that for YEARS. Beautiful image, i really love how it pops!
posted January 20th, 2013  
What a cool shot great contrast and colour.
posted January 20th, 2013  
@automaticslim I think this is very different from your style. I always adore the b&w photos you come up with :))
@ejlockett Those are toothpicks. Although I love those pick up sticks toy. And yes, those are ancient toys :))
@clyveb thank you so much clyve!
posted January 20th, 2013  
@gladysmg - Yes, it's very good, that's why I FAVed it and I am following you.
posted January 20th, 2013  
Awesome and amazing!!! Creative shot Gladys! FAV!
posted January 20th, 2013  
So fun and colorful Gladys..
posted January 21st, 2013  
Love this Gladys! Very effective on black; fave for me!
posted January 21st, 2013  
This is seriously cool! Love the stunning colours that just pop off the black background. Love how you composed this. FAV!
posted January 21st, 2013  
@cjphoto @denisedaly @grizzlysghost @rachelmackenzie thank again! Appreciate the kind words :)
posted January 21st, 2013  
This is called excellent! Great idea!
posted January 21st, 2013  
I love this!!!
posted January 21st, 2013  
Beautifully composed shot Gladys! I admire you for the time it must have taken to place these toothpicks in such an orderly fashion!
posted January 21st, 2013  
@godsloverphotography @artteacher11 @skipt07 thank you!
That arrangement probably just took 2 minutes. I wanted to align them all perfectly, but didn't have the patience to do so :)
posted January 21st, 2013  
The colors are fantastic! Great job!
posted January 21st, 2013  
wow! That is so cool!
posted January 21st, 2013  
Definitely worth the time sticking them all in!
posted January 21st, 2013  
I think it looks better as a random splattering, rather than if you had organised them. So pretty...I love bright colours!
posted January 21st, 2013  
Fantastic colors! Very cool composition as well
posted January 21st, 2013  
posted January 21st, 2013  
amazing splash of colors! great shot!
posted January 22nd, 2013  
YEsssssss--!!
posted January 22nd, 2013  
Congrats on making the PP darling! :)
posted January 22nd, 2013  
Such a great shot, well done and it's a FAV!
posted January 22nd, 2013  
@juliakan @jodimuli @sanfil thanks everyone!
@kbalychev Thank you kimberly! Making it to PP was very unexpected :))
posted January 22nd, 2013  
So cool Gladys and you are right the black back ground does make it pop! It popped all the way to the P.P.!,, fav!
posted January 22nd, 2013  
Great colors!
posted January 22nd, 2013  
Stunning shot!! Favvvv
posted January 22nd, 2013  
@ellimae @stlmel66 @emmy555 thank you so much!!
posted January 22nd, 2013  
Great colourful shot!!!!!!
posted January 22nd, 2013  
Oh Gosh this is just wonderful! Love the vibrancy of it, it's like a multi coloured sun. Fav.
posted January 22nd, 2013  
OMG cool definitely a fav and a follow
posted January 22nd, 2013  
posted January 22nd, 2013  
How do you do the black? Do you edit it that way?
posted January 23rd, 2013  
@emmy555 originally, it's a very dark stained wooden table color. I'm using Lightroom for editing, I adjusted the contrast which made the background darker and the colors a bit brighter. Then I adjusted the "Darks" slider (in the tone curve section) and made them even darker.
posted January 23rd, 2013  
oh gosh! I really need to learn how to properly use my camera!
posted January 23rd, 2013  
@emmy555 oh this didn't look as vibrant straight out of the camera.. I needed some help from adobe lightroom editing :))
posted January 23rd, 2013  
Thats one great image, well done
posted January 25th, 2013  
Hehe you made top 20. So pleased for you gladys.
posted January 25th, 2013  
Congrats on top 20 for the week - magnificent capture.
posted January 25th, 2013  
Congratulations on the top 20 :)
posted January 25th, 2013  
Congratulations on top 20 :)
posted January 26th, 2013  
@serpantmedia @brav @soboy5 @willowdragon @abhijit wow! Thanks for telling me I made it to top 20. Haha, never expected that. Thanks everyone for the comments and favs!
posted January 26th, 2013  
What a super shot! Congrats on top 20!
posted January 26th, 2013  
At first view in the thumbnail it sucked me in. I thought ... fireworks. The black background works great. Now in my favourites to try something similar with the background!
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