The Skin I Live In
by Mr_Pants

Comment:
Very interesting study and very expressive eyes. Hope it does well for you.

373
by hopper

Comment:
Beautifully crisp and clean, perfect for the challenge. Great title.

Burnside
by JoshuaRaineyPhotography

Comment:
Very cool, one of the best I've seen yet!

Profoundly Darwin
by Imagineer

Comment:
Very creative. The good use of light painting gives it that special touch.

Fresh New Magnolia Petals
by noraneko

Comment:
Very beautiful. So smooth and delicate. Congrats on top 20.

Smooth and silky horse...
by RitaD

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This really stands out. It's beautiful and was perfect for the challenge. Congrats on top 20.

Shes Smooth, Silky Smooth.
by TheToby

Comment:
Toby, super shot, I love the lighting. congrats on your yellow ribbon.

blueberry milk shake
by IreneM

Comment:

Originally posted by electrolost: this is a awesome image what patience it must have took to get it just right. But didn't the same exact picture win a few times already??? just curious trying to figure this site out.

Hi Robert, no way can you use the same picture here more than once. You have to do the picture within the given dates.
I did a similar one a while back using coffee and milk. Maybe you mean that one.
Thanks for commenting.

Smooth droplet
by katOsu

Comment:
This is terrible! I'm totally shocked about the DQ, especially because it's such a great image and because it was your first challenge. Did you forget to check the date on your camera?

blueberry milk shake
by IreneM

Comment:

Originally posted by skylen: Congrats on the red! Also, I disagree with the commenters who said that the DOF is too shallow. IMO, having the far side of the splash slightly out of focus is fine given that the nearer half of the splash is quite sharp. The near part keeps the viewer's eye, since it's brighter, in focus, and has a closer view of the most interesting details (the small round droplets around the outside of the ring). I like your DOF, and given that you shot at f/16, I wouldn't have gone any smaller with the aperture either. Nicely done!

I'm glad you mentioned this, Colin. High speed photography has it̢۪s own rules and you take what you get. There is no aperture I haven̢۪t tried, no light variations I haven̢۪t tried in the tens of thousands of experimental images I̢۪ve done trying to get good splash images.
Getting the focus perfect is practically impossible because the photographer has no perfect control over exactly where and if the drops will meet. Under the circumstances, not only was I completely satisfied with the focus, I was thankful to get such an unusual capture.