i decided to give it a try and do my own drop/water combination, the bottom texture is my sons football uniform of our national football team (croatia)
i wish this was advance editing, i would do some magic with this jewel :-)
exif:
Model Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Date/time original 06.07.2006 23:33:44
Shutter speed value 1/350 s
Aperture value f/1.8
ISO speed ratings ISO 800
Exposure bias value 0.00 eV
Metering mode Average
Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Focal length 50 mm
White balance Auto white balance
postprocessing:
color temp to the left
exposure compensation to the right
shadow contrast to the right
highlight contrast to the right
saturation to the right
vibrance slightly to the right
custom curve white point to the left
usm
crop
noise reduction
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The focus on the droplets is very good! You could crop it down to the top of the white diamond to get rid of the greenish cast in the upper right corner, or you could fix that in editing. Now that the challenge is over, take it back and edit it the way you want!
Even though there has been a whole bunch of water-drop photos on this site, this is a fresh interpretation. I like the very selective focus. Its a bit of stretch for me as far as challenge interpretation goes, but its a wonderful photo.
I like that you used such a shallow DOF to put just those drops in sharp focus. :D The only improvement I could possibly suggest would be to use levels and possibly desaturation to make the dark tiles completely black.
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