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by ursula

Comment by dsidwell:
I joked with my wife about this shot. I said, 'Remember letters?" Really nice work, Ursula!

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Comment by ttreit:
Congrats on the ribbon!

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Comment by Patzt:
Wow! This sure is a sign of the past, isn't it? Great job, Ursula!

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Comment by Silent Sister:
Very beautiful. I thought I'd made an earlier comment, but I see I didn't. I know this is a 10 in my eyes.

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Comment by pitsaman:
Very well done Ursula,Bravo!!

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Comment by kyrielle:
The date and the choice of pen are a nice touch. Not sure if the pen really would have looked just that way or not (looks a little too crisp to me, but I don't know pens through history), but the feel of it is just right. This is great.

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by ursula

Comment by Linda Silcock:
I like the composition, colouring and clarity.

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Comment by mzanoni:
Where's the send button? I liked this idea and the lighting is beautiful. Nice handwriting, too.

I drop
by ursula

Comment by e301:
Hello (again) Ursula, from Crituque Club

By my definition, negative space is that area of a phtotgraph that isn't the main or subsidiary subject: so by that definition this qualifies admirably - and was one of the more memorable shots from the challenge. And an intersting take on a common theme too.

All the details are great - focus, sharpness, just a perfect level of non-focus on the background. I'm not sure I'd have used such a shiny object to drop the water - I'm no fan of that reflection - and i think also I'd have cropped the white area at the bottom of frame. But who am I to comment? 6.4 is a very respectable score. Pleasant also to see a shot where the negative space wasn't black, or simply plain: a more daring attempt than my own, for instance.

The refc=raction within the water drop is intersting here too - more so than such refractions are always intersting visually: appealling the way the loops of those black lines have almost completely changed to curls.

Ed

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by ursula

Comment by A Weaver:
This is a great Photo. Good composition! I still prefer hand writen than e-mail.