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After unsuccessfully looking for water reflections this morning, I decided to attempt to photograph pure drinking water against a white background, let me tell you, not and easy task because it becomes invisible!







Feb 20, 2006 at 03:37 PM
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p.1 #2 · #193: Drinking Water…


Gorgeous shot, John!!
I'd say you found a way to make the invisible visible. Excellent! There's lots of tough competition this week.
All the best,
Endre



Feb 20, 2006 at 04:05 PM
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p.1 #3 · #193: Drinking Water…


I can only imagine how difficult, John. So how did you accomplish this feat??
You did a great job. Great capture.
Jane



Feb 20, 2006 at 04:05 PM
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p.1 #4 · #193: Drinking Water…


Strad wrote:
Gorgeous shot, John!!
I'd say you found a way to make the invisible visible. Excellent! There's lots of tough competition this week.
All the best,
Endre

Thanks Endre!
So many great entries are always pushing us to be more creative…



Feb 20, 2006 at 04:13 PM
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p.1 #5 · #193: Drinking Water…


Beautiful shot John!

This entry is a brand new twist.



Feb 20, 2006 at 04:27 PM
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p.1 #6 · #193: Drinking Water…


ironabike wrote:
I can only imagine how difficult, John. So how did you accomplish this feat??
You did a great job. Great capture.
Jane

Thanks for commenting Jane!
I wanted it to look ‘flat’ so I used a square glass to avoid the normal distortion, reflections and mainly the loss of focus away from the center. The water surface is reflecting the red table and my dark sweatshirt…



Feb 20, 2006 at 04:30 PM
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Parrot Head wrote:
Beautiful shot John!

This entry is a brand new twist.

Thank you Jane, very funny!

I tried to comment on your picture this morning but I could see it only on the thumbnails. I just tried again now and it’s still the same



Feb 20, 2006 at 04:36 PM
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p.1 #8 · #193: Drinking Water…


I think our server went down today. I'm on my way home in a few minutes and will reboot.


Feb 20, 2006 at 05:45 PM
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p.1 #9 · #193: Drinking Water…


Looks like another pro job from you, to me! Has Evian or Perrier been in touch yet...?


Feb 20, 2006 at 09:38 PM
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suse wrote:
Looks like another pro job from you, to me! Has Evian or Perrier been in touch yet...?

Suse, I’m sure there must be many ads already with a similar look, but thanks for the comments; you are becoming my number one motivational speaker…



Feb 21, 2006 at 06:54 AM
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love the reflections and the really nice composition. I imagine how difficult it must be to have the lemon fall into the right spot, not to speak of hitting the shutter at the right moment.
oliver



Feb 21, 2006 at 08:07 AM
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p.1 #12 · #193: Drinking Water…


ohames wrote:
love the reflections and the really nice composition. I imagine how difficult it must be to have the lemon fall into the right spot, not to speak of hitting the shutter at the right moment.
oliver

Thank you Oliver!
I had the camera set on a tripod and using the infrared remote control it wasn’t that difficult, with all manual settings preset I only took a half dozen shots…



Feb 21, 2006 at 08:16 AM
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p.1 #13 · #193: Drinking Water…


John,

Clean, fresh and very much applicable to the assignment. Your lighting is always near perfection. You mentioned in a prior WA that you had relied strickly on ambient lighting. Was this done solely with ambient lighting as well?

Robert



Feb 21, 2006 at 03:29 PM
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relms wrote:
John,

Clean, fresh and very much applicable to the assignment. Your lighting is always near perfection. You mentioned in a prior WA that you had relied strickly on ambient lighting. Was this done solely with ambient lighting as well?

Robert

Thanks for the comments Robert!
This shot was just the opposite, it was done under direct frontal sun light with the white background forming a semi-circle around the subject and far enough from it to prevent any shadows.
I realize that’s nuts to try not to show water in a water assignment, but this is the way I don’t see it…



Feb 21, 2006 at 06:21 PM
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p.1 #15 · #193: Drinking Water…


John................You just spilled water on my moniter.........it's a great image, EXTREMELY well defined!!
Peter



Feb 21, 2006 at 07:15 PM
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canandaigua ph wrote:
John................You just spilled water on my moniter.........it's a great image, EXTREMELY well defined!!
Peter

Thank you Peter, very funny…



Feb 21, 2006 at 07:20 PM
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p.1 #17 · #193: Drinking Water…


Nice image John -- I like this a lot!

My best photo critic (my 12 yr. old son) also picked it out of the crowd as a "cool looking picture." Good luck in the contest.

Ed



Feb 21, 2006 at 08:06 PM
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p.1 #18 · #193: Drinking Water…


I think you will make the top 10. Kind of bright and cheery.


Feb 21, 2006 at 08:48 PM
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p.1 #19 · #193: Drinking Water…


ESC in KC wrote:
Nice image John -- I like this a lot!

My best photo critic (my 12 yr. old son) also picked it out of the crowd as a "cool looking picture." Good luck in the contest.

Ed

Thanks Ed! I’m a believer of the young critics and almost every week I have my entries checked for artistic value by my 8 year old granddaughter



Feb 22, 2006 at 06:57 AM
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p.1 #20 · #193: Drinking Water…


jpeter wrote:
I think you will make the top 10. Kind of bright and cheery.

Thanks for the nice comments Jay!



Feb 22, 2006 at 07:05 AM





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