Effervescent Water in Oil
by giantmike

Comment by Dirt_Diver:
Nice shot

Ransom
by giantmike

Comment by ArnaMarie:
Perhaps there is a Mark reference I'm not getting. I apologise if that is the case. For me the only thing that reminds me of Mark is the b&w. I don't think it is a bad shot though, quite the contrary, only not perfect for this challenge. Best of luck! :)

Effervescent Water in Oil
by giantmike

Comment by Nicht:
This is an interesting event, but to be honest, the colours don't quite do it for me. Well composed nonetheless.

Balancing Act
by giantmike

Comment by Dirt_Diver:
Very cool looking, I wish I could shoot macros

Pounding
by giantmike

Comment by Abra:
Interesting effect. I̢۪m assuming a sparkler is located behind the nail. I like the checker plate background too.

Passing By
by giantmike

Comment by wbanning:
This was among my top picks for this challenge.

I agree with FromDaRock about the feather as the defining feature. While I understand backdoorhippie's comment about the background, I found it to be an interesting part of my viewing. I first saw the background with an indistinct foregroung white object and assumed "floating bird, so what?" The dominant background then led a viewing sequence that ended with an "aha" when I was ultimately drawn to the feather.

Wow, way TMI, let's just say I like this a lot.

Originally posted by FromDaRock: Very nice, the feather helps set this apart from many similar photos. Nice touch.

Originally posted by backdoorhippie: Like it but don't love it - background keeps pulling my eye from the feather.

Passing By
by giantmike

Comment by FromDaRock:
Very nice, the feather helps set this apart from many similar photos. Nice touch.

Passing By
by giantmike

Comment by JakeKurdsjuk:
Like it but don't love it - background keeps pulling my eye from the feather.

Medicinal Mycology
by giantmike

Comment by IreneM:
Excellent image, Mike. Congrats on the HM.

Medicinal Mycology
by giantmike

Comment by PaulFrocchi:
another favorite I'm glad did well. simple and exact. congrats!