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After last night's upload Bitte (Beik) threw down a challenge to produce an image with a few drops reducing in size.

Huh, easier said than done with my wobbly hands, nevertheless I shall persevere.

This is a half way house, two drops for the price of one and the only thing I've altered is the "black control point" in Capture NX. It came up with this wonderful rainbow of colours as I moved the cursor across the flower.

LARGE F11 and a dark room recommended

Mike

Camera:Nikon D80 Check out Nikon Nation!
Lens:Tamron 90mm Check out Totally Tamron!
Recording media:RAW (digital)
Title:Bitte's Challenge
Username:mikesmith mikesmith
Uploaded:15 Apr 2008 - 8:02 PM
Tags:Digitally manipulated, Flowers & plants
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goso
goso (e2 Member)
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15 Apr 2008 - 8:05 PM
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Terrific image.............Bill

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RobD
RobD (e2 Member)
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25 forum postsRobD vcard United Kingdom
15 Apr 2008 - 8:05 PM
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This should get lots of attention - what a striking image
Rob

Paul_cats
Paul_cats (e2 Member)
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61 forum postsPaul_cats vcard Scotland22 Constructive Critique Points
15 Apr 2008 - 8:08 PM
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Striking is not the right word. Eyecatching in the extreme.
Paul

NeilM
NeilM (e2 Member)
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NeilM vcard England
15 Apr 2008 - 8:10 PM
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stunning image, Mike.

Neil

viscostatic
15 Apr 2008 - 8:12 PM
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Absolutely stunning.

Phil.

ZInaNMooner
15 Apr 2008 - 8:13 PM
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Great work, beautiful.

starliz
15 Apr 2008 - 8:14 PM
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beautiful colours Mike just waiting with baited breath for them to drop Smile

crookymonsta
crookymonsta (e2 Member)
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584 forum postscrookymonsta vcard England9 Constructive Critique Points
15 Apr 2008 - 8:15 PM
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Fantastic colours. Sandra

CarolG
CarolG (e2 Member)
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108 forum postsCarolG vcard Greece12 Constructive Critique Points
15 Apr 2008 - 8:31 PM
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There's no one word to describe this.........fantastic, stunning, beautiful, terrific. Carol

LizzieN
15 Apr 2008 - 8:40 PM
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This is absolutely fantastic. Brilliant image!

Lizzie

bricurtis
bricurtis (e2 Member)
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1809 forum postsbricurtis vcard England42 Constructive Critique Points
15 Apr 2008 - 8:42 PM
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It's a beautiful image Mike - exceptional lighting.
NX has some good features doesn't it.
Brian.

GalleryGirl
15 Apr 2008 - 8:49 PM
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OMG this is gorgeous!
Marilyn x

Artois
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405 forum posts United Kingdom1 Constructive Critique Points
15 Apr 2008 - 8:53 PM
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great image for a wall

Angi_Wallace
Angi_Wallace (e2 Member)
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172 forum postsAngi_Wallace vcard United Kingdom10 Constructive Critique Points
15 Apr 2008 - 9:15 PM
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Stunning, great details and lovely colours and lighting.
Angi

NevP
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853 forum posts Canada13 Constructive Critique Points
15 Apr 2008 - 9:16 PM
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A gorgeous shot.

bayleaf
15 Apr 2008 - 9:18 PM
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This is super

John

JudeC
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England3 Constructive Critique Points
15 Apr 2008 - 9:31 PM
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Hi - brilliant attempt - tried this today and failed!! - Jude.

HUMIE
HUMIE (e2 Member)
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15 Apr 2008 - 10:00 PM
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Wow !!

*Mike*

User_Removed
15 Apr 2008 - 10:04 PM
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Brilliant colours Mike

plugin
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Canada
15 Apr 2008 - 10:05 PM
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Stunning..
Jim

chase
chase (Critique Team)
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1057 forum postschase vcard England193 Constructive Critique Points
15 Apr 2008 - 10:20 PM
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This is so very pretty Mike,love the colours,reminds me of a Dragon !

una
una (e2 Member)
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15 Apr 2008 - 10:23 PM
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Stunning image, fab lighting.
Una

SueTurner
15 Apr 2008 - 10:44 PM
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I thought from the thumb it was an excotic bird, amazed to see it was a flower, a real beauty

bfgstew
15 Apr 2008 - 10:46 PM
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STUNNING! Pure and simple.
Stew

BeiK
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Scotland
15 Apr 2008 - 10:53 PM
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Mike, sorry I haven't seen it until now. Been busy. You have done this very well, indeed. I love it and it's so fun that you immediately went to work to see what you could do with my half-joking suggestion. Colours are super and just to get both drops to stay in place deserves praise. I let you off here, there doesn't have to be 3-4 of them and reducing in size! Bet they'll come anyway!
Great work .
Bitte

brianhaslam
15 Apr 2008 - 11:46 PM
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Love the clear colours.

Ceciliat
16 Apr 2008 - 12:08 AM
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Absolutely beautiful, well done on the composition...great colours as well.
Cheers,
Cesie

Cabit
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104 forum posts England
16 Apr 2008 - 12:13 AM
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Stunning image.
Dave

StevenPrice
16 Apr 2008 - 12:39 AM
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superb Mike i love the colours

Anthracite
16 Apr 2008 - 12:59 AM
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superb image, good work!

WetDog
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16 Apr 2008 - 2:19 AM
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very striking

taggart
taggart (e2 Member)
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16 Apr 2008 - 3:01 AM
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next challenge is to make the drops slide down this wonderful rainbow of color!

jennnn

Wooly
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112 forum posts England4 Constructive Critique Points
16 Apr 2008 - 6:46 AM
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Cracking rich tones and detail Mike.

Alan

annefromleo
16 Apr 2008 - 7:09 AM
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wow mike this is spectacular, great image for the wall!
Anne

AlanBW
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England
16 Apr 2008 - 7:10 AM
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Stunner, looks like an exotic bird

Rylands
16 Apr 2008 - 7:30 AM
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Superb image
Rylands

LesF
LesF (e2 Member)
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159 forum postsLesF vcard 8 Constructive Critique Points
16 Apr 2008 - 8:15 AM
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Wonderful Mike

Les F

wyatturp
16 Apr 2008 - 8:41 AM
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Hello Mike Great soft light and background super pictureSmile

Doug-------and nice and sharpSmile

KKmoments
16 Apr 2008 - 8:49 AM
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Superb image Mike.... lovely composition and great droplets... the colours on this are beautiful against the black b/g.... i actually thought from the thumbnail you'd been snapping a bird of paradise..... great work and a well taken challenge Smile
Karen

luxaeternam
16 Apr 2008 - 10:38 AM
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Superb colours Mike. Extremely effective.
Smile Lucy

Diana
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2011 forum posts Netherlands19 Constructive Critique Points
16 Apr 2008 - 11:41 AM
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wow, stunning
Dianna

pascalg
pascalg (e2 Member)
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37 forum postspascalg vcard France
16 Apr 2008 - 12:47 PM
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fantastic shot, precise and very colourful...

lonely_oryx
lonely_oryx (e2 Member)
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50 forum postslonely_oryx vcard England50 Constructive Critique Points
16 Apr 2008 - 12:50 PM
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Beautiful colours

NEWMANP
NEWMANP (Critique Team)
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1549 forum postsNEWMANP vcard United Kingdom549 Constructive Critique Points
16 Apr 2008 - 1:32 PM
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superb use of the water globules to relect the colours in the petals, great use of light.

Nettles
16 Apr 2008 - 4:02 PM
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Absolutely fabulous, love it.
Annette

Hop-A-Long
16 Apr 2008 - 7:43 PM
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WOW, Top image. Beautiful.
Andy

exposure
16 Apr 2008 - 7:59 PM
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Just wonderful beautiful light and colours and tones and detail.
Pauline.

microchip
16 Apr 2008 - 9:26 PM
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Wonderful,
Alan

Sylviwhalley
Sylviwhalley (e2 Member)
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93 forum postsSylviwhalley vcard United Kingdom2 Constructive Critique Points
16 Apr 2008 - 11:13 PM
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Stunning image.
Sylvia

Pegon
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78 forum posts England1 Constructive Critique Points
17 Apr 2008 - 10:07 PM
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A real beauty Mike, those colours are fantastic.
Pete.

MikeDT
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United States
19 Apr 2008 - 4:40 PM
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Great image. Always enjoy your work.

jmw58
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United Kingdom
20 Apr 2008 - 9:02 PM
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Striking image Mike .... speechless ... its fantastic Smile

Julie

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