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20-MAY-2005	CindyD (Sis-Q)

4th Place - The Journey Begins*

If a drip drops in the mountains, will you recognize
it when it comes out of your tap?

(Gosh, had to downsize this to 700-700 pixels and a quality
level of 4 to get it to fit . . . hope it still looks OK)

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/5000s f/6.3 at 135.0mm iso800 full exif

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Canon DSLR Challenge		29-May-2005 07:16
Gosh, I'd thought I had already commented on this. Cindy, this shot is sooo well done. I love the clarity, the concentric ring patterns, and the textures. The water drop brings it all home. For what it's worth, I liked your "worm." ;-) --Nancy/odigi

CameraShy09		25-May-2005 02:06
Beautifully done. Your timing is spot on. Wonderful pattern in the rings.

Canon DSLR Challenge		24-May-2005 16:22
OK, the "worm" got eaten by a trout - I agree it is better without it in there. Thanks people! Cindy

Guest		24-May-2005 06:34
I would like to say the orange fir thing to be a good part of the image but after staring at it for a while, everyone else is right. it is quite distracting from the main subject. Wonderful capture. It's beautiful! - Michael Soo

Canon DSLR Challenge		23-May-2005 21:39
Another beauty Cindy. I don't mind the out of focus ice but do find the "worm" distracting also. Love the color of the lake bottom and the suspended drop and the pattern is wonderful. Ann C.

Canon DSLR Challenge		22-May-2005 04:29
I considered cloning out the fir needle (not a worm. lol). I probably should. Thanks, Cindy

Canon DSLR Challenge		21-May-2005 23:40
Beautiful Cindy, I love water rings! --Melanie (mlynn)

Canon DSLR Challenge		21-May-2005 20:12
A wonderfully constructed shot. It has lost some quality in compression unfortunately. I wont hold that aginast you. The orange worm is slightly distracting. Andy

cindyd		21-May-2005 18:30
Thanks guys - My problem Kelly was trying to freeze action on the droplet in mid air and get nice sharp rings. I have shots at narrower apertures and slower shutter speeds but things weren't as frozen as I wanted - there was blur from subject motion - plus, even stopped down to f11 or f13, with that lens my DOF was almost non-existent at that subject distance (about 5 feet) - so I still wasn't getting the snow in good sharp focus. I had to up my ISO and open up my aperture to get that shutter speed really fast. Since the idea was to show the pattern anyway, not the snow, I gave up on getting everything in the DOF - Probably could have shot this better with a fixed lens cam. - Or maybe I should have tried a wide angle and bent down closer to the water surface. Cindy

Kelly Bellis		21-May-2005 17:55
Nice composition - Could it have been more interesting if the ice was more in focus?

Mikel Featherston		21-May-2005 00:47
Wonderful shot!

Canon DSLR Challenge		20-May-2005 23:44
Cool capture Cindy. I thought it was a stump from the thumb. theFly