OK,
I had a really hard time choosing between 3 photos. My second pick probably would score better than this, but I really like somethinh about the crazy composition of this photo.
What I did was...
turned my 35-70 2.8 lens around, set my flash on a table top tripod and made a black snoot out of paper, pointed it at the flower in the background, the drop is sprayed onto a squash vine with a little mist, and fired away. It's really hard to get that damn drop in focus. So the only light visible is what is bounced off of the yellow flower. The drop and the flower are about 2 inches away from each other, it's the only practical way to fill the whole drop with the image. placed a non reflective black backdrop on a tripod to reduce any chance of excess light bouncing back into the lens. There are a few spots that I couldn't clean up for the challenge, but I've since removed for printing!
Hopefully I do well in this competition, I really love this shot. I think I might get some low scores for "Not meeting the challenge"
whatever to them! "Backlighting is the idea of shining light at an object from behind, or lighting areas behind the object you want to highlight. " I chose the second part!
Post Processing:
Crop, levels (just a tiny bit) and USM.
added a border to spite all those people who hate borders. :P
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Congratulations on the ribbon - very well deserved! You worked hard for this photo. Someday I hope to be able to produce studio shots as good as you have here.
Congratulations on your ribbon Eric! The photo is great. I really like the work you've been showing us lately, and I know we'll see more in the future.
Haha, I did not see that while voting :)
Did you have a DQ request? Nice eh? Means that people don't believe it's a photo and that you are good...
I wish I would get one...
OK on a serious note. I like this picture love the color and the background, the only thing that disturbs me is that I can not make out what it is I am looking at.
I have no idea what this is exactly, but the warm tones, sharpness of the drops, focal point of the flower, bive many points of interest to creat a wonderful shot. Did I mention creative too : )
very well done. One of my top 3
A truly magnificient accomplishment. The refracted images, right down to the tinest drops, are just stunning. An amazing image and almost surely a top winner out of 370+ in this challenge! Well done!
Very cool reflection! I like this a lot. Nice light. Maybe you could have cropped it a little tigher on the bottom, but I wouldn't change much about it. Very nice.
Wow - one of the best photos I've seen, period. You can clean up those little spots later if you like, but everything else about this shot is incredibly beautiful and imaginative. Really great job!
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