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07-AUG-2008 aam1234

1st- "Tear drop" by Aam1234


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aam1234 12-Aug-2008 07:23
Thanks, Tom. Appreciate your comment.
ctfchallenge12-Aug-2008 02:44
Great capture Aam! What a wonderful contrast between the captive rose in the water drop and its magnified background image. -tv
aam1234 11-Aug-2008 04:43
Thanks, Jano.
ctfchallenge11-Aug-2008 03:20
Well done Aam! Great job. jano
aam1234 09-Aug-2008 22:23
Don't pronounce me an ahrtiiiiiiiist yet, it's an imitation of a photo I've seen :) Cheers, mate.
Rod 09-Aug-2008 21:56
Bleeding L I've bin off watching the Olympics & log on to see this, wot a great picy. I assume the backdrop is the rose. Great work mate & I now pronounce you a grade one ahrtiiiiiiiist:-)
aam1234 09-Aug-2008 15:11
Thanks Sue Anne and Konstantin. Yup, that's a rose.
ctfchallenge09-Aug-2008 14:07
Simple, creative and very nice! Love it.
Konstantin
sue anne09-Aug-2008 00:31
Very nice rose(?) in the dropper.
aam1234 08-Aug-2008 20:28
Thanks, Doug. I have an eyedropper for that purpose. Thought it wasn't used here :)
Guest 08-Aug-2008 19:15
Well done Aam. I keep a little syringe in my bag to strategically place water drops. -COAmature
aam1234 08-Aug-2008 17:24
Thanks, Penny :)
ctfchallenge08-Aug-2008 17:14
nice and simple. And pretty. Keep up the suspense.
Penny Street
aam1234 08-Aug-2008 12:06
Thanks, Mary Anne. I'm afraid if I tell you it will ruin the photo :)
ctfchallenge08-Aug-2008 11:24
Well, Aam, I can see that you're going to keep us in suspense as to what the water drop is suspended from. Very nice shot nevertheless.
--Mary Anne
aam1234 08-Aug-2008 09:04
Thanks Debi, glad you like it.
ctfchallenge08-Aug-2008 08:14
This is really good- great idea and nicely taken- Debi
aam1234 08-Aug-2008 01:13
Kurt, don't tell anybody, but there was a bit of cropping there, so that might've contributed to the bokeh. I don't normally crop, it's against my photographic religion :)
ctfchallenge08-Aug-2008 01:07
Excellent work aam! Love the concept and your composition. The 1000 macro has such wonderful Bokeh, and you used it well! - angioman
aam1234 08-Aug-2008 01:02
Thanks, Lydia.
ctfchallenge08-Aug-2008 01:01
Beautiful, aam. ~lydia
aam1234 08-Aug-2008 01:01
Well, thank you very much, Jim. You make me blush :)
aam1234 08-Aug-2008 00:59
Hey Neo, nice seeing you here again.
Good point you have there. Will play with it later. Cheers.
Jim B (MSP)08-Aug-2008 00:59
Very well done aam. Great composition, very good technical execution of a fine idea.
I could see this framed as a very large print - it would not look as good in a small print.
An abstract coupled with a "macro". Well done.

Jim
Guest 08-Aug-2008 00:50
Great job Aam! This couldn't have been easy no matter what you used.
* Would it benefit from a tighter crop? Not really sure myself.
aam1234 08-Aug-2008 00:38
No comment for now ;)
ctfchallenge08-Aug-2008 00:27
Doh! It's not an eye dropper but a straw. :-)
~Brent
aam1234 08-Aug-2008 00:09
Cheers, Brent. It is imaging the red rose in the background (that's the whole idea), but this is not a glass eyedropper, that's too sophisticated, it's much simpler than that :)
ctfchallenge07-Aug-2008 23:53
Very nice Aam! I'm thinking that is just a glass eyedropper with a bead of water and it is imaging a red rose in the background. Do I have that right? Very creative- I like it a lot mate.
~Brent
aam1234 07-Aug-2008 22:59
Thanks, Lee.
ctfchallenge07-Aug-2008 22:58
really nice.
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