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Challenge: School Days: Biology (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Feb 13, 2007
Aperture: f/ 16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/10 sec.
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Feb 13, 2007

 Took two box tops that I have covered with white paper. Couple of holes near the top of the long side of the one on the right. Placed an eyedropper throught the whole and filled it with water. Form a drop a the tip of the dropper with a couple of gentle squeezes. Flower placed in a bottle behind the drop and lit with 4 clamp lamps, 2 with 100w halogen bulbs pointed to the flower and two with 120w flood lights pointed to a piece of white foam boarded over the shooting area. Camera on tripod and used the wireless remote (because some big dummy left the manual remote at work...doh!) This is from a set I did tonight. Shot last night as well....same set up.

Post: Convert from raw in PSElements 3.0. Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. NeatImage. Sharpen. Crop (this is a full crop....cropped only for 1.25:1 aspect ratio). Healed two small dust spots. Resize. Sharpen

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Hey, guess what? Won Photo of the Month, Open Category at AZColt.
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Statistics
Place: 10 out of 131
Avg (all users): 6.7845
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 6.3415
Avg (non-participants): 6.8796
Views since voting: 2162
Views during voting: 422
Votes: 232
Comments: 24
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 02/21/2007 06:18:30 PM
Thanks, Mark, Jeffery (pssst.....change your images per row in your preferences to 7 and it will show up there (it's number 6), Joe, Cap'n Jen, Jen and Charmayne! Thanks for all the fine comments during the challenge!
 02/21/2007 12:28:46 PM
Very cool Robert! Congrats on a top ten!
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 02/21/2007 11:13:29 AM
Remember Liberty and Justice photo - reminds me of that concept - water droplets and such. Very cool effect though!
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 02/21/2007 03:01:00 AM
Awesome Robert! Definitely a signature Banmorn photo. :-)
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 02/20/2007 10:49:21 PM
Great job Robert! Way to lead out team to victory this week.
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 02/20/2007 08:04:12 PM
Congrats on the top 10, Robert. Another cool water refraction shot for you. It's a tribute to your long history of great shots that this doesn't even make your high-scores row in your profile!
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 02/20/2007 07:10:49 PM
Sweet top 10 Robert!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/20/2007 07:46:17 AM
Nice capture,colors,clarity.
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 02/20/2007 06:57:38 AM
I like the way the drop of water shows the flower in full focus.
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 02/20/2007 06:55:01 AM
cool image nice reflection
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 02/20/2007 06:41:45 AM
This image is very interesting, it caught my eye and shows emphasis on the water drop. Good Job!
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 02/17/2007 11:57:36 AM
very interesting and creative.
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 02/16/2007 01:28:46 AM
I like the colours and the reflection in the drop. well done.
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 02/15/2007 08:21:03 AM
I love these kinds of shots. Neat colors.
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 02/15/2007 06:47:42 AM
interesting shot, and impressive for basic editing. the faucet moving up and out of the frame doesn't work for me compositionally, and I wish the sunflower in the water droplet was more in focus or less distorted to make it more of a contrast with the blurred background. - 6
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 02/15/2007 03:35:16 AM
I like how you've blended nature with lab work. The colours really work and the sunflower in the water drop is magical. Maybe the sunflower is a little too blurred. Great job!
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 02/14/2007 11:00:45 PM
Top 3 .
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 02/14/2007 07:32:49 PM
Great capture
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 02/14/2007 09:15:27 AM
nice 9
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 02/14/2007 04:13:16 AM
Good colors. I have never tried a hsot like this before so I dont know how hard it is. But with other similar pics on this site that are near perfect you really need to nail it here. The flower in the drop seems a bit too blurry, but the colors are very nice.
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 02/14/2007 03:57:51 AM
nice
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 02/14/2007 03:02:44 AM
photo lab? C-
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 02/13/2007 08:30:39 PM
Great study - I like the blue and yellow contrast - Well done 9
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 02/13/2007 08:26:44 PM
that is really cool.
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