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Challenge: The Four Elements II (Advanced Editing V)
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Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: London, UK
Date: May 27, 2007
Aperture: F/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 3.2 secs
Galleries: Macro, Water
Date Uploaded: May 27, 2007

 I borrowed both June's 100mm lens and her new umbrella for this one! Using the plastic tube of a dismantled biro as a pipette, I slowly dripped water onto the umbrella's surface, to get it to bead up.

Once shot, I messed with the white-balance to boost the blues, cloned out a bit of sensor dust, filtered with Virtual Photographer: Halo (faded to 33%) to soften the bokeh, resized, sharpened and saved as JPG. Fairly simple for once!

Statistics
Place: 114 out of 394
Avg (all users): 5.8662
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 5.6733
Avg (non-participants): 6.2143
Views since voting: 1160
Views during voting: 239
Votes: 157
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-20D
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 06/01/2007 02:02:32 PM
Great color and clarity to this photo. Those out of focus droplets looks like shining little gems. Very nice!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 06/01/2007 01:56:21 AM
Ah, you achieved what I couldn't (I tried water drops on a CD), but the depth of field was too deep. Nice job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 05/31/2007 08:55:50 AM
Wow - tight DOF. Looks great!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D2X
 05/30/2007 07:13:09 PM
Nice. Simple. Well composed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 24-85mm f2.8-4.0D
 05/30/2007 02:28:20 PM
nice. Composition is almost there.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D3100
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
05/30/2007 11:11:59 AM
Love macros. Beginning to like water drops.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot SD870 IS / IXUS 860 IS
 05/30/2007 10:52:46 AM
That's pretty cute..
the first one looks like the Mother-drop , then Sister-drop, Brother-drop , Baby-drop...- -"(what am i thinking..)

I really like this anyway > <.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/30/2007 12:54:45 AM
8 but i prob would have scored it a 10 if not for the oof drops in the shot, nicely captured!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 05/29/2007 04:06:05 PM
Very nice...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D500
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 05/28/2007 12:09:32 AM
too much oof for me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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