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Crikey, what a set-up.....

Iris in a vase, drop of glycerine on the petal. Copper gerbera placed in a squash bottle in just the right position so as to reflect in the droplet. Hand held 150 watt halogen lamp to the left to light the gerbera then Sam holding another 150 watt halogen lamp to light the iris. All other lights out.

Tripod, f4 at 1.40 second to give emphasis to the droplet. Remote control

Tidy up in PS and hey presto

Hope you like, LARGE and F11 shows off the gerbera even better

Mike

Camera:Nikon D80 Check out Nikon Nation!
Lens:Tamron 90mm Check out Totally Tamron!
Recording media:RAW (digital)
Title:Entrapment
Username:mikesmith mikesmith
Uploaded:18 Jan 2008 - 6:40 PM
Tags:Flash / lighting, Flowers & plants
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roverrat
roverrat (e2 Member)
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roverrat vcard Germany5 Constructive Critique Points
18 Jan 2008 - 6:42 PM
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Superb shot, beautiful strong colours. Well worth the effort Smile
Alexandra

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rogerbryan
rogerbryan (e2 Member)
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396 forum postsrogerbryan vcard United Kingdom
18 Jan 2008 - 6:44 PM
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Love this type of shot, but I am not sure if a reflected gerbera compliments the image or not.

Still a great shot though.

Roger

Sylviwhalley
Sylviwhalley (e2 Member)
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93 forum postsSylviwhalley vcard United Kingdom2 Constructive Critique Points
18 Jan 2008 - 6:44 PM
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Wow! stunning shot fantastic vibrant colours, well worth the effort.
Sylvia

Rachy1821
18 Jan 2008 - 6:45 PM
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Wow, Stunning, very happy to give you a user award and hopefully it will get more than that too!!

Rachel

dandeakin
dandeakin (e2 Member)
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164 forum postsdandeakin vcard England3 Constructive Critique Points
18 Jan 2008 - 6:47 PM
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great shot.

Dan

Bodiewil
Bodiewil (e2 Member)
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46 forum postsBodiewil vcard Wales
18 Jan 2008 - 6:52 PM
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Stunning work again Mike

Dave

worth a click just for the effort you have gone to, stunning shot

Rgds
Dave

Superb macro work.
James

piccy
7
Wales
18 Jan 2008 - 7:22 PM
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Clever work Mike. Very effective.
Freda

Buffalo_Tom
Buffalo_Tom (e2 Member)
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2308 forum postsBuffalo_Tom vcard Wales9 Constructive Critique Points
18 Jan 2008 - 7:23 PM
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Brilliant.
Tom.

CarolG
CarolG (e2 Member)
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108 forum postsCarolG vcard Greece12 Constructive Critique Points
18 Jan 2008 - 7:34 PM
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A stunner, Mike, worth all that effort. Carol

HelenNicol
18 Jan 2008 - 7:44 PM
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Wonderful colours, lovely presentation

Paintman
Paintman (e2 Member)
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653 forum postsPaintman vcard United Kingdom155 Constructive Critique Points
18 Jan 2008 - 8:15 PM
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Simply superb. An absolute stunner.
Alan.

exposure
18 Jan 2008 - 8:25 PM
0

Beautiful lovely detail and colours tones and composition.
Pauline.

BeiK
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Scotland
18 Jan 2008 - 8:38 PM
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Makes a great abstract image with interesting colours.
Bitte

ChristineL
18 Jan 2008 - 8:52 PM
0

a really neat image, I love it,
Chris.

Possum
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148 forum posts England
18 Jan 2008 - 10:35 PM
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Excellent work, Mike - you're on a roll with these HCs; well done!
Allie

MandsH
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England
18 Jan 2008 - 10:50 PM
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Amazing shot Mike, well worth all the effort
Mandy

vparmar
18 Jan 2008 - 11:09 PM
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superb work Mike and congrts on HC

vinny

bunbeam
18 Jan 2008 - 11:16 PM
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wow thats beautiful
bunSmile

DolphinLady
18 Jan 2008 - 11:27 PM
0

What you have achieved here Mike is utterly amazing.
A well deserved HC & RC...well done.
Hilary

dven
dven (e2 Member)
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dven vcard United Kingdom
18 Jan 2008 - 11:32 PM
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This is magic. well done on your HC and RC

dven

shellby
19 Jan 2008 - 12:22 AM
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lovely

mikesmith
mikesmith (e2 Member)
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45 forum postsmikesmith vcard United Kingdom33 Constructive Critique Points
19 Jan 2008 - 7:14 AM
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Thanks for the HC Pete....two in three days, I must be getting better!!

Mike

jkennedy
jkennedy (e2 Member)
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jkennedy vcard Indonesia1 Constructive Critique Points
19 Jan 2008 - 7:16 AM
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Superb work and very effective. Well saturated colours and beautifully composed and presented. Great stuff Mike.
Cheers,
Joe

Am I the only one who sees a photo taken of a nude woman lying down? The purple/yellow part being her breast, the droplet her nipple and the red part her out of focus leg ? Be it all done with some strange but very appealing colour casts.

DaveU
DaveU (e2 Member)
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1323 forum postsDaveU vcard England117 Constructive Critique Points
19 Jan 2008 - 7:46 AM
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Yes Koen you perv.

Very well done here, perhaps a bit fussy in the old border department but that's a personal thing. Congrats on the HC.

A well thought out technique resulting in a really beautiful image.
Phil.

Jou©o
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56 forum posts Finland
19 Jan 2008 - 3:42 PM
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beautiful work, Mike........and a well deserved HC too........

Jouko

clo99
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England
19 Jan 2008 - 6:27 PM
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This is sooo clever - thanks for letting us in on your methods. Clo

shortski
shortski (e2 Member)
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shortski vcard England1 Constructive Critique Points
19 Jan 2008 - 6:42 PM
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Stunning, and as I thought when I saw it yesterday-I am going to have a go at that-so today I did!!...jojo

glazzaro
19 Jan 2008 - 9:21 PM
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Congrats on the HC and a beautifully creative shot, Spot on! Click!!!

Greg

PLCimagery
19 Jan 2008 - 9:57 PM
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Excellent!

LisaRose
20 Jan 2008 - 1:15 AM
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Well done on the HC Mike, very creative shot.

Lisa

JudeC
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England3 Constructive Critique Points
20 Jan 2008 - 2:32 PM
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Absolutely brilliant work of art - Jude.

flowerted
flowerted (e2 Member)
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104 forum postsflowerted vcard United Kingdom
21 Jan 2008 - 8:21 AM
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fantastic shot mike love it loads
ted

Glostopcat
Glostopcat (e2 Member)
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195 forum postsGlostopcat vcard England1 Constructive Critique Points
21 Jan 2008 - 6:46 PM
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A breathtakingly beautiful image, such wonderful colours and so artistic, congratulations on a fully deserved HC award

Hop-A-Long
22 Jan 2008 - 7:01 PM
0

Stunning image.
Andy

pacman
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29 forum posts Ireland
3 Feb 2008 - 9:03 PM
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beautiful

NEWMANP
NEWMANP (Critique Team)
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1549 forum postsNEWMANP vcard United Kingdom549 Constructive Critique Points
16 Mar 2008 - 11:25 PM
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stunning picture.

Been a macro fan, this I find particularily superb. Nice work Mike.

Artois
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405 forum posts United Kingdom1 Constructive Critique Points
28 Mar 2008 - 6:02 PM
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superb and different

PJImage
22 Apr 2008 - 5:10 PM
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Great Work

BERTRAM
29 Apr 2008 - 6:28 PM
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i do not know what to say this is fantastic sharp and brill colours

amazing.............

Paddy
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254 forum posts England8 Constructive Critique Points
14 Jun 2008 - 7:17 AM
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just fantastic worth all your effort ... SmileP

AnthonyF
15 Jul 2008 - 7:20 PM
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love the colour,s very nice Smile

gcarth
gcarth (e2 Member)
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2144 forum postsgcarth vcard United Kingdom1 Constructive Critique Points
30 Aug 2008 - 8:43 PM
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Lovely creative shot. A Fine abstract with very beautiful colours.

Garth

fvg
4
Argentina
4 Jan 2009 - 5:33 PM
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Wonderful Colors! excellent Comp

chunky1972
31 Jan 2009 - 9:29 AM
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What a shot Thanks for the vote.

Absolutely amazing. Ann

Just breathtaking.
Scott

Tracey_McGovern
Tracey_McGovern (e2 Member)
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Tracey_McGovern vcard United Kingdom2 Constructive Critique Points
25 Apr 2009 - 10:17 PM
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Very clever, excellent. Love the colours. Tracey

Superb, truly awesome.

barry john
29 Jul 2009 - 1:32 PM
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Brilliant shot we worth the award and a great set up Mike

Barry John

Maria5
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Spain
26 Sep 2010 - 7:49 PM
0

I love love this pic!!!

kforeman
24 Oct 2010 - 7:24 PM
0

great shot wish i had the knowledge to do stuff like that

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