wau...gaining in vote every day...so, if mr.p. decides to evaporate another country then we will have this pic winning for sure...just the perfect time to leave this site...
Rainbow colors of brainwashness are obviously bringing patriotic vote ...what about if we only and just enjoy colors and photography without transmitting any nonsense messages ?
this is a great shot and a keep trying to do this on my own but the water dose not seem to bead up the beautiful way it did for you it gust kinda spreads across the glass how did you do it.
Great photo! I love it. I'm fairly new to the DPChallenge, I was browsing through some of the old contests and your photo stood out from all the others.
YA!!this is definataly becoming my favorite phot. I would love to have more details about its birth and grouth into what you were finnally able to capture.
How did you use lighting,what was the angle in respect of the flag to the mirror, to the cammera. My i say again. GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!! joshua_2415volcano.net
Echoing the many platitudes. A seriously excellent photo, and another very well-deserved win. And not only is it one of the highest scoring photos, it's probably the greatest margin of victory yet... not that those things matter. ;?)
Hi, I'd like to explain my reasoning for giving this a low mark (I gave a 3, which I admit is a bit low). 1. Its not that original. A very similar shot of water on a leaf won a couple of weeks ago. One comment suggests that this technique was shown practical photography very recently. 2. Its not that technically difficult. You have complete control of the subject. Its a bit like painting by numbers, gives good results for a mimimum of effort. 3. It panders to patriotism, without actually saying anything about it. If the flag was in a patriotic context (parade, cemetary, etc) then thats OK, but I would really have prefered to be able to judge this without having to consider whether the use of the flag was cynical or not (BTW, I am British).
Great job John! What a wonderful shot! I missed voting this week I would have scored this image high. How could seven people score this a 1....I don't get it..... A job well done!
great job john (alka), and great high score!. So much for that hole "scores are getting lower" thread. One of my few favorites that did well. Seven 1's is just wrong. Great job man, I am seriously jealous, or is it envious? Envious.
I would like to thank everyone for the great comments on this photo. I’m not going to go into details about it here because I have prepared a “How’d They Do That” for the site. The only brief comments that I wish to make are: 1) I wish I had known about the Popular Photography photo before I did this. I would have used my other idea instead, which is shown in my “How’d They Do That” article. 2) The Popular Photography photo was NOT my inspiration for this shot. The photos that inspired this shot are listed in my article as well. My objective was to produce a BETTER image than the ones I listed. 3) I don’t believe that duplicating ideas that others have already done is wrong in any way. If this was the case, every photographer who photographs the Eiffel Tower or the White House would have to give credit to the first person who did it, right? J
I spend too much time looking at photography online. Because of this, I see quite a few photos that are duplicated ideas. I don’t hold that against the photographer. Cheers to all, and I hope everyone who celebrated Independence Day in the US had a safe and happy weekend J
Yes, we all know you're gonna win -- nicely done, John :) My only complaint is that the lighting seems uneven. That is, the white of the background flag at the bottom left seems darker than that at the top right. Could be my eyes..
Depth of field works well with this shot. Overall size of water drops provides even distribution of the flag in its multiple versions across the frame. Very colorfull and well done.
Wooooooow! Wish I'd had THIS idea. Oh wait, I did! :) (flowerdrops) This is a spectacular capture! Clear, crisp and just wonderful colors. Can't wait to swap stories about how you did it.
I love the illusion of depth you get with this technique. I'm not a huge fan of using the flag motif, but it works well here. Isaac just walked by and said "cool, American footballs!"
This is a beautiful shot, the drops are cristal sharp. the colors are striking (duh!), and you have a patriotic theme for the 'Transparency' challenge a ten in my book.
I have seen this idea many times before and it looks good to me all the time! Your execution is very nice and makes this photo one of my 10 best this week..hokie
This is, without a doubt, the best photo of this week's challenge. It's the only 10 I'm giving because no other photo comes close (and I usually give several 10s). Fabulous job!
I've seen a few versions of this and even wanted to try it myself for this challenge, but I forgot. Well, I'm glad I forgot because yours turned out totally awesome, you would have kicked my butt!! ;) Nice job! A 10 for the red white and blue! :)
OK, I must admit that while simply waving a flag in front of me does little for a vote, this shot is so freakishly well done that I find myself just staring at it. Excellent, excellent photo. Fantastic, awesome, 10!
You got recognized in the forums. Nice work. I really like how this turned out. No ifs/ands/buts about it. NO patriotic influence. This would have been great with many different subjects. Great color! Photo 9 Transparency 9 total 9 swash
creative 10 interesting 10 focus 9 framing 10 = 10 I like the way I can see all the flags in the drops. If you look at it long enough it looks like they are floating. I love it.
They look like little blimps. I happen to know whose this is, and you always have the best water drops, and I'm wondering how you do it, cause mine never come out that way :-) I wonder what it would have looked like with the flag in the plane of focus, so it would almost look like the water drops were on the flag itself...I don't know if that would really work in reality though. Nice job, as usual! - Kimberly
This one will either do well or do really bad, as the patriotic theme gets hammerred = ) With me, ya done good! Great images in the water droplets - 10
This is a very well done shot. nice color selection- clear- Congrats, My top choice for this challenge - total 10 - good work semi-transparent 10 - Over-all appeal -10 distortion 10 Artistic - 10 colors in objects 10 Be creative 9 One minor tid bit...In many countries it could be disrespectful to display an inverted flag.... How much effect is lost if the photo is turned 90 degrees??
I've been trying to do something like this for weeks. Love it - excellent picture! The diagonal works well, great focus on the water drops. A 10 + some envy.
I love this, but I think the whites have too much of a blue/cyan tint to them -- as if this was taken on an overcast day. There's an easy way to tweak this (legally, I think) in PS -- but I don't know if you have that program. If you're not sure what I mean, let me know and I can tweak a copy for you for comparison.
john, i knew you had a winner here as soon as i saw this on deviantart (before the challenge). awesome shot. i'm usually a little wary of flags (being german and all that), but this one is really well done (you can see what it is, but at the same time it appears very abstract). i like the vertical angle for the flag, and how the little water droplets make it look as if they are far away, this shot has a lot of perspective to it. how far away was the flag from the glass? you are definitely in my top 3 this week. -- gr8photos (10)
I love this shot. I wanted to do something similar, but you have far surpassed anything I was looking at. Excellent job. Great depth. At he end of the week, I am still looking at it and loving it. Way to go! karmat
On the thumbnail I like it this way, but on the big image I think I'd like the flag to be right side up in the drops. Whatever, I'm nitpicking, it's awesome!
Really great work. I like all of it - dof, contrast, composition/layout. Only one thing though, could the white have been better? I've had this problem in the past - white coming out more grey. If this was intentional, then my apologies - personally would've liked it just a little brighter. I'm new at this, and don't want to be out of line - I've found that the white balance changed my photos . But I really like this, creative, artistic - just a really great picture. Ruthann
AWSOME!!!!!!! That needs to be sent to the white house. Just one question how did you do it? :) COOL!!! I totally believe this deserves a 10 if i could i'd give more this picture really shows transparent and a proud american. GREAT JOB!!! -sweetk1685
What can I say? This is incredible...and if it doesn't win I'll be VERY surprised!! I haven't opened up the others yet but this one just popped out at me from the thumbnails....fabulous...excellent.....awesome!!!!! and all those other good adjectives. :) 10
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