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Challenge: Macro Without Bugs or Flowers (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: My Attic
Date: Nov 9, 2004
Aperture: f20
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/3 sec
Galleries: Macro, Water
Date Uploaded: Nov 9, 2004

 This is macro subject #2. The first was a close up of a party bulb with the description, "Not a bug. Not a flower. Is tipped. Is electronic...." I kinda wish I knew how it would do (because I like it), but this second macro subject is closer to my heart.

I've always wanted to do a water droplet since I saw some awesome photos done using raindrops on leaves and petals that took in the whole scene. But with only close up lenses that's not so easy.

I don't have reverse-mount rings or extension tubes--but I have a ton of patience, a tripod, and the lens from my (non-digital) Rebel. So I set up as best I could and hand held the second lens (reversed) in front of my Digital's kit lens.

What I learned:
1. It's hard to hold a lens steady in front of another and focus.
2. One should not mistake the white balance symbol of the sun for a light bulb--but if you do, PS can help fix that, sort of.
3. Water droplets are lenses. They are hard to control. Not all brushes will hold them. They don't have a focus ring--you have to move them or the subject in and out for optimal effect.
4. I'd rather do this than watch 4 hours of TV--even Stargate SG1.

When I entered my party light photo yesterday there were not so many entries. With a record number of entries in this challenge, my odds of winning are not so good. I hope people haven't had too much to look at lately and that I will get an above average number of comments (and not because everyone thinks there's obvious room for improvement). I doubt I will. It'd be nice to get an above average (for me) score. I hope I do...but doubt I will.

Last note: This was not easy! My best friend in all the world (the guy who married me) suggested I take it again with the woman looking back toward the brush. That required an entirely new set up. No problem (I thought)...couldn't even create an image with the proper focus in the droplet. I must have either had my head on right the first 3-4 rounds, or there was a great deal more luck involved than I thought.

Last (really) note: This may be my first, but it won't be my last. This was FUN!

Statistics
Place: 9 out of 528
Avg (all users): 6.4756
Avg (commenters): 7.1000
Avg (participants): 6.3349
Avg (non-participants): 6.6934
Views since voting: 4419
Views during voting: 536
Votes: 349
Comments: 33
Favorites: 13 (view)

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 04/03/2006 08:12:34 AM
Very cool....super well done. I need to try one of these.
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 12/13/2005 09:30:19 AM
I luv this...original thinking kido!
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 08/20/2005 12:59:06 PM
WOW - what an unusually creative image. You go!! I love it.
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 08/20/2005 12:06:47 PM
Wow... Incredible shot. Really top-notch.
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 05/05/2005 11:24:54 AM
enough can't be said about what you captured here. hope to see more of the same from you. this really is an incredible image.
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 04/29/2005 06:46:07 AM
please forgive me, I underrated this wonderful work....
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 04/29/2005 06:11:20 AM
This is an incredible shot, worth all the hard work.
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 04/29/2005 06:06:35 AM
very unique
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 11/24/2004 07:20:20 AM
this is really amazing! i have been looking at it now for some time and can't seem to stop! i love it. i don't know how you get the water droplet to stay on the end of the brush and then do everything else that you have to in order to take the photo!! very well done and even though i didn't vote i am pleased to see that it scored so well as i can see that it must have been an extremely difficult set up. very well done! you should be very proud of your work as it's a real "WOW" entry!
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 11/17/2004 12:32:38 AM
Fantastic. If I not have filled my quota of favorites I have choose it as a favorite.
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 11/16/2004 07:09:52 PM
congrats on 9th out of 529 this shot is awsome.

i like it more every time i look at it
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/16/2004 05:58:43 PM
Exceptional composition & detail!
Well Done!
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 11/16/2004 05:33:24 PM
Very nice one... should have been in the impressionist challenge. It you'd have scored very high. Great job... I think I have seen the actual painting, but i just can't place it. 2nd 10 of 5 (my all time highest 10 round, one challenge I didn't give one ten) from me this round.
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 11/16/2004 09:46:51 AM
Ooh, I really like this one. The drop of water is a very nice touch.
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 11/16/2004 01:34:12 AM
most interesting shot. if this wasn't basic editing, i'd say tone down the hot spots on the brush.
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 11/15/2004 01:54:26 AM
Fabulous shot - must do well! Must have been difficult to set up but well worth the effort
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 11/13/2004 10:59:12 AM
The idea is excellent. But the brush is not different enough from the background. I don't know whether you used one of your own paintings for the background, but I think it would have been better to use a painting with bright colors or white areas (Miró).
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 11/13/2004 02:38:26 AM
Very nice refraction of image through drop. I really like this composition. Nice soft background too.
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 11/12/2004 04:43:12 PM
Very clever indeed.
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 11/12/2004 01:11:48 PM
I think this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen in a photograph. I'd love to know how you managed the reflection.
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 11/12/2004 01:11:32 PM
i would have liked to see softer lighting on the brush so that the white spots of overex. would not be as drastic and harch.

but the over all image is amazing-!)

i don't like telling people what score they get from me but look for what #s coorlate with ! and ) on your keyboard-GL
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 11/12/2004 12:02:41 PM
THAT is cool! ! ! ! !
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 11/12/2004 11:50:17 AM
It's hard to believe the portrait was not added in Photoshop.
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 11/12/2004 06:12:36 AM
That looks like an incredibly hard shot. Good job. If more of the brush could have been in focus I think it would have been better, but I can't even get a good reflection off an eye. Envy.
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 11/12/2004 05:53:01 AM
Great shot!
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 11/11/2004 12:00:28 PM
wish you could have brought more of the brush into focus, this might do very well
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 11/11/2004 06:09:25 AM
Very well done "image-in-the-drop" shot
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 11/11/2004 03:23:35 AM
Quite an amazing shot. Loss of focus on the handle of the brush, but perhaps that is unavoidable...One of the best of the bunch. Great shot!
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 11/10/2004 10:06:17 AM
Very Interesting photo.
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 11/10/2004 09:17:54 AM
I love the way the painting is reflected in the drip. It's a shame the brush is a bit soft though. I like the way the shot is almost duotone but still in colour.
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 11/10/2004 03:39:01 AM
Nice macro and great capture of reflection, but the subject kind of looks like they're picking their nose.
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 11/10/2004 12:41:30 AM
Really cool idea for this challenge and the shot came out very nice. Good job.
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 11/09/2004 08:31:23 PM
Nice refraction! Very cool.
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