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Freeze toilet bowl water in action (Those who hate to scrub toilet bowls, read this.)     posted on 3rd of february, 2009

Anyone wants to try to take water in action? I must say I took a long time to get this right. My first image was rejected for incorrect exposure. It was hard for me to take this image at night with the toilet lights on, so I waited til day to take this shot.

I had a problem. There was no place for me to put my gorillapod. I was literally holding onto my breath, trying to take a shot in one hand while flushing the toilet in the other. The results were... you know...

Then I had an idea. I brought in my dining chair which has gaps in between, into the toilet. There I hanged my gorillapod on it. Problem solved. Then there was another problem.

I used flashed to take the picture and it came out bright on the top and dark at the bottom. I used the bounce card method and the picture turned...

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I admire your patience!!! Well done :)

(Did good job cleaning the bowl as well!!! LOL - posted by Preckas on February 04, 2009
Congratulations! Hope your picture will sell well. Maybe you can take a few more pictures of toilet essentials like toilet paper, toilet brush, etc and start a collection. ;) - posted by Py2000 on February 03, 2009
Hahah, You've had a great experience :):):) I thought I'm the crazy one :) - posted by Littledesire on February 03, 2009

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I'm going to be exclusive photographer for Dreamstime soon     posted on 3rd of february, 2009

I feel excited! I'm closing account with other agencies and going exclusive in DT. Hope my days will get better! Wish me the best! :)


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Good luck. I've been exclusive since only few days ago. - posted by Marpit on February 04, 2009
Congratulations! I am considering going exclusive also - and am leaning strongly towards it. - posted by Eclecticelegance on February 03, 2009
Best of luck..
I've been exclusive since I had 50 pictures online and I've never regretted it. - posted by Tweakhp on February 03, 2009

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