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Challenge: Water Drop (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
Location: home
Date: Jul 4, 2013
Date Uploaded: Jul 4, 2013

 The title comes from the song by Steve Hackett

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Thanks for all the votes and comments. Much appreciated as always.
I didn't expect this to do so well - mainly because it wasn't particularly unusual. However, I realize that producing a unique image these days is nigh on impossible. In many ways this was a revisit to my own image from April 2010:



The set-up consists of a large black plate (to produce strong eye-catching contrast in the shadows). The plate is on a window ledge to reflect the sky which is the only light source.

I feel I have learned a lot about photography while being a member of the DPC community. For example, people like strong contrast in an image. They also like soft pastel gradients. I hope that these particular ingredients have helped my image.

There is talk that people are starting to lose interest in DPC which I think is a shame. There is a great deal to be learnt from entering challenges, trying to improve your performance and drawing inspiration from your favourite photographers (both new and old).

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 64
Avg (all users): 6.9451
Avg (commenters): 8.4444
Avg (participants): 6.9737
Avg (non-participants): 6.9245
Views since voting: 2112
Views during voting: 232
Votes: 91
Comments: 19
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 07/15/2013 08:35:20 AM
Originally posted by Kroburg:
Lovely shot, quite differently from the other entries. Great light and shadow. Congrats on the Yellow!


Quite different than the other entries in this challenge, but all too similar to this great shot (below) by h2 from just a couple months ago. I can't help but compare the two, and the quality of light in his is far superior. h2 set the bar pretty high. You have a fair bit of the image that has gone into the darkness void, whereas in his shot, the shadows have detail. I don't think you can bring up the exposure here either, because you have whites that would blow out.

When I think of "morning," I don't think of an image that's quite so contrasty. I think dreamy and fuzzy. The image you produced looks more like an evening scene.



Don't get me wrong, I'd be thrilled with the image you produced if I had shot it, but there is room for improvement. I don't mean to rain on your ribbon, I would have said the same things a week ago had I gotten around to commenting during the challenge. I also know that it's not really fair to compare two images by two different photographers, but I can't help it when they're so similar.

Congratulations on your ribbon.

07/15/2013 03:33:59 AM
Lovely shot, quite differently from the other entries. Great light and shadow. Congrats on the Yellow!
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 07/15/2013 03:30:20 AM
Congratulations, David.
A well composed and executed shot.
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 07/15/2013 03:20:57 AM
Lovely, Beautiful and soft.
Cangratulations
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 07/15/2013 01:52:38 AM
Congrats on the yellow.
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 07/14/2013 10:47:21 PM
Beautiful shot. Congrats on the ribbon.

Message edited by author 2013-07-15 02:47:44.
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 07/14/2013 10:37:33 PM
Love this, it's so beautiful. Great work, David.
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 07/14/2013 09:37:52 PM
Clean and immaculate. Congrats
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 07/14/2013 08:53:50 PM
There is such tranquility to this image. Congrats on the ribbon.
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 07/14/2013 08:09:17 PM
I was wrong you weren't the winner but congrats on the ribbon anyway.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/14/2013 07:26:40 PM
Looks like the winner to me, nicely done, with wonderful lighting.

Bump to 10, but I'm sure you don't need it.
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 07/14/2013 01:09:54 PM
Nicely done the fern gives it a bit of originality
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 07/14/2013 12:57:58 PM
Very zen like. Nice.
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 07/14/2013 12:14:37 PM
nice idea and great colors
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/09/2013 07:17:11 PM
Classic and nicely done.
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 07/09/2013 05:24:08 PM
Very nice. Love the shadow and asymmetry with the leaf. My favorite in this challenge.
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 07/09/2013 01:54:36 PM
Very zen
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 07/09/2013 01:53:02 PM
wow !
Got to make to the top 3 !!!
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 07/09/2013 12:21:48 PM
Outstanding image. Very deserving of a ribbon. Good luck!
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