blueberry milk shake
by IreneM

Comment by pointandshoot:
Each of your drops seem to have personalities of their own and I admire the patience and technical knowledge it takes to capture them so artfully. Congratulations on a great finish.

blueberry milk shake
by IreneM

Comment by elizadeb:
The master of the "drop" wins again!!
Mucho Congrats on a stellar capture!

blueberry milk shake
by IreneM

Comment by jerseyjim:
Congrats!!! I knew this was yours!

blueberry milk shake
by IreneM

Comment by greenteaphoto:
I am in disbelief as well... I registered on this site just to put a comment on this incredibly perfect shot. Mother nature is so perfect that makes me think of American Beauty when they say that sometimes there is so much beauty that it hurts...

Santé !
by IreneM

Comment by aerogurl:
i love the subtle use of color here and the understated border, works well. nice lighting and techinically sound. 9

blueberry milk shake
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Comment by MichaelC:
You gotta get a life girl....well done:)

blueberry milk shake
by IreneM

Comment by ChikaZAWa:
extraordinarily cliche

blueberry milk shake
by IreneM

Comment by charmayne:
Congratulations on the Blue with this fantastic capture!!

blueberry milk shake
by IreneM

Comment by aliqui:

Originally posted by IreneM: 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.

While I was a little off with my comment during the challenge, I still stand by my feeling that something wasn't right. It's over-sharpened, and when I see over-sharpened I think out of focus and motion blur. The center pillar looks all kinds of funky.

Don't get me wrong.. if I had taken the shot I would be thrilled with myself, but I wouldn't expect it to score well. Now that I know it was you, I know you've done better. The colors are blah, and I still don't like the lighting. This just isn't your best even though it managed to score so high.

Santé !
by IreneM

Comment by Sunshine86:
Irene? Very well done. my only minor complaint is the background line is slightly crooked.