To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
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Thank you all for the high votes, comments, and favorites! I am pleasantly surprised and quite pleased to have gotten an honorable mention in this challenge amid so many talented photographers and great shots. It's my highest-scoring image in years, my second-best score of my DPC career, and the third-highest-scoring image with this lens!
Many thanks to DPL2 Team Critical Mass for all their helpful criticism before the challenge began. If not for the group critique, this photo would have come out looking rather differently.
I got a few comments asking how I did this, so: this is a standard-issue crystal ball, sitting on a granite boulder in a stream. I rotated the image 180 degrees to get the image in the ball right-side up.
Here's an earlier version:
The hardest parts were finding the right spot to shoot from--moving just a little changed the image in the crystal significantly--and having the patience to wait for my rock to get shady so the reflections were at a minimum.
Thanks again!
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Place: 4 out of 347 Avg (all users): 6.7926 Avg (commenters): 8.7000 Avg (participants): 6.4205 Avg (non-participants): 7.1200 Views since voting: 6994 Views during voting: 431 Votes: 188 Comments: 25 Favorites: 23 (view)
So one wonders how this great shot could possibly garner two one votes. Just lovely work Damon, and the flip was a great idea.
Kind words--thank you. I suppose the old bell curve accounts for the inevitable low votes on any photo. As for the 180° rotation, I must give credit to the DPL team for that suggestion. League play has taught me a lot about the value of critique from one's peers.
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