Flowers In The Rain
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Comment by whitetiger:
The rain caught while falling adds a nice touch. Nice use of color.

Flowers In The Rain
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Comment by jmsetzler:
beautiful photo... i hope to see this one score very high... the color here is very strong and the motion of the rain is great :) = 10 - setzler

The crumbliest, flakiest milk chocolate in the world...
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Comment by wewillexplore:
Possibly the top shot of the week! Excellent composition, beautiful subject, and good lighting.

Flowers In The Rain
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Comment by Aesculapius:
great shot. good vivrant colors. the motion of the raindrops is well captured. one of my favorites... ;-)

The crumbliest, flakiest milk chocolate in the world...
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Comment by Swashbuckler:
Very cool, interesting, delicate candy! I like the lighting on the right, maybe using two lights from opposite sides? Very good detail!! 8 Rob the Swash

Flowers In The Rain
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Comment by Amiee:
Nice image. I really like the way you photographed the flowers with the rain. Looks very nice.

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Comment by DCThiessen:
VERY well done! Great capture for this week's assignment. Beautiful colors, great composition, and just the right shutter speed and DOF.

Gin and Tonic
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Comment by pinback:
Thanks to all for your helpful and kind comments. This was my first challenge, so to come 6th was very pleasing indeed - I'm sure I won't repeat that in a hurry :-)

This shot was pretty straightforward - a glass of G&T set up in my darkened kitchen with a single halogen light to the left/behind the glass and the camera on a tripod. The lemon is the essential ingredient, as it generates bubbles as well as adding colour.

The print is a crop of this to fit the aspect ratio - a vertical piece off each of the sides went which removed some of the annoying reflections you get from using a round glass - got to get some square ones :-)

The crumbliest, flakiest milk chocolate in the world...
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Comment by KingLok:
Slightly over-exposed in some areas.....looks delicious.

Flowers In The Rain
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Comment by duzbin:
how did you take this photo in the rain? the streaks of rain and the contrast of the flowers make this absolutely stunning.