Taken at my house in Champaign, Illinois. The only neutral background I had handy at the moment were my window blinds.
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Thank you so much to all those who voted and commented on this image and this challenge!!! I'm extremely happy with the results :-) It has completely made my entire week--maybe the whole month! Special thanks to my husband who puts up with my craziness and helped me by holding the spoon (don't let it shake! hold it more still!)!! And thank you to all those on DPC who've given comments and feedback, instruction and support.
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Place: 4 out of 163 Avg (all users): 6.8981 Avg (commenters): 8.0000 Avg (participants): 6.3261 Avg (non-participants): 7.3596 Views since voting: 5893 Views during voting: 353 Votes: 206 Comments: 34 Favorites: 12 (view)
Now THAT is clever! I really like how the the background is mostly soft periwinkle colors, but the spoon reflects the more colorful, warmer colors back. Very beautiful!
Lovely and creative image, excellent DOF and color subject contrast vs. white. Hope that your enjoyment of photography and music grows, I certainly appreciate your sharing of this image.
This is one of those images, that one can never forget after viewing, as it is just awesome.
I just love that reflection of the flowers in the spoon, in this one.....
Congrats on such a high placement! WOW - this is amazing. I love how the image reflected is a diff. color than the actual flowers themselves. I gave this a high score in the challenge. Well deserved!!!
This one is really nice. I am a sucker for reflections because I find it so hard to get them perfectly the way I want. The colours are nice, the DOF is just perfect.
What a brilliant idea !! Great imaginative shot and well executed. Perhaps a touch sharper and a more solid blurred background. Certainly deserves a high finish Good luck !!
Beautiful. There is another entry similar to yours, but I like yours better. Probably because of the flowers. Composition is good. Idea is great. One of my favorites in this challenge. Good Luck.
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