A Balancing Act
by h2

Comment:
And yet another ribbon for you! Congratulations, you took some risk with the composition (which is very good), and it paid off!

ETA: I love the white frame, works greatly here.

Message edited by author 2011-04-06 08:32:32.

Hogwarts
by vikas

Comment:
Great choice of colors, it all looks very natural. Congratulations on your ribbon!
Would have also worked with a bat for a much creepier atmosphere ;-)

Colorful Liquids, Reflections & Waterdrops
by h2

Comment:

Originally posted by h2: Go, play a bit with photoshop! :-P

Hehehe, touché :-) Given the next challenges' topics, photoshop won't be much use I'm afraid, time to put my "real photographer" suit on ;-)

Colorful Liquids, Reflections & Waterdrops
by h2

Comment:
Congrats Irene! Cliché shot, but extremely well done.

Fisherman
by AllenP

Comment:
Of course I hate you for winning this one, but I must say it is a wonderful image :-)
Congratulations, you're on fire these days!

Freshhh!
by h2

Comment:
Oliver, very high quality photo as usual. Congratulations on the ribbon!

As for the DoF debate, the top of the bottle being out of focus did not bother me: in fact, I liked it, because it puts the emphasis even more on the splash's sharpness.

In order to obtain everything in focus, obviously, composing 2 exposures would work, as you explained. Just wondering: why didn't you simply raised the ISO, especially with a 5D2? This would have allowed for a narrower aperture, wouldn't it?

The last drop of water
by IreneM

Comment:
Irene, I was so missing your entries! I am so happy that you are back. I really hope you will be able to enter as much as you want in the upcoming challenges.
By the way, that's a fantastic way to come back :-) Congratulations on the blue!

Caught
by roz

Comment:
Such shot is abominably hard to take well, I am very impressed. Congratulations on this well deserved finish!

A life in recline
by Paul

Comment:
The lighting is fantastic. It conveys the softness and the fragility of the situation so well. Congratulations on your well deserved ribbon!

Flux
by william88

Comment:
I love how the motion leads to the light, and how the rocks contrast with it. Greatly composed. Congratulations on the ribbon!