(Post challenge) I was surprised to watch this climb so high in the voting during the week!
Truly a last minute image. I was driving home with my husband from our Thanksgiving trip and we bandied about some ideas. After we unloaded the car I went out to the craft shop to buy fake ladybugs. I thought I would make a good "water drop" image with ladybugs magnified. After messing with honey on glass and trying to perfectly line up the drops and get the focus I gave up and threw some feathers into a pile under the light. This is, embarrassingly, the first image I made of the feathers. Meaning that everything I did intentionally afterward was worse!
I like the image enough but not hugely. I lost detail in the ribbing of the feathers in the dark areas. The main feather is too centered. As one commenter said, it's not a "wow" photo. Guess I'll have to live with it on my page for awhile so I might as well learn to like it.
Thank you for all the kind comments and votes!
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Place: 9 out of 78 Avg (all users): 6.5064 Avg (commenters): 7.3333 Avg (participants): 6.3077 Avg (non-participants): 6.5726 Views since voting: 1763 Views during voting: 322 Votes: 156 Comments: 14 Favorites: 1 (view)
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