5/30/2004 10:42:52 AM

Nice job capturing the sparkling dew!

5/30/2004 11:33:57 AM

This is SO beautiful!!!

5/30/2004 1:16:58 PM

Gorgeous light! GReat shot!
Cheers from Portugal, Su

5/30/2004 1:26:48 PM

What a fantastic shot, Michael !!!

5/30/2004 1:51:38 PM

Great shot, love the brownish colour!

5/30/2004 2:42:12 PM

gorgeous!!

5/30/2004 3:07:01 PM

Wonderful, I like the vertical lines and circles repeating in your image!

5/30/2004 6:26:30 PM

Congrats!!

6/15/2004 12:41:43 PM

Congratulations Michael!

6/15/2004 1:10:24 PM

Congratulations!

6/15/2004 1:26:51 PM

Congrats!...beautiful

6/15/2004 2:24:01 PM

Thanks everyone; it is encouraging because as a newcomer, I just caught the tail-end of the May contest with this image.
cheers to all!
Michael

6/15/2004 2:53:16 PM

Congratulations Michael!!!

6/15/2004 3:23:43 PM

Congrats and good luck! Beautiful shot!

6/15/2004 5:03:18 PM

Congratulations, Michael! This is a beautiful image!

6/15/2004 6:46:34 PM

Thank you Beverley, Diane, and Debra...I am glad that you appreciate this image.
michael

6/15/2004 7:01:01 PM

Wonderful image! Many congratulations, Michael!

6/15/2004 9:49:17 PM

Thanx Evy; you're very kind.

6/15/2004 10:01:04 PM

Congrats - great shot!

6/16/2004 5:58:41 AM

Beautiful shot. Congrats.

6/16/2004 11:28:42 AM

nice shot!

6/16/2004 12:05:32 PM

I remember this one! Well deserved congratulations!!!

6/16/2004 12:06:16 PM

Beautiful, Michael. Congrats on your win. :)

6/16/2004 6:20:30 PM

very beautiful! Congratulations!
Cheers from Portugal, Su

6/16/2004 11:16:37 PM

Congrats! Love the mood in this!

6/17/2004 1:02:18 AM

Beautiful work Mike, Looking forward to seeing more of these winners. Congratulations!

6/17/2004 4:18:21 AM

Gorgeous lighting! Congratulations on your win! -K

6/17/2004 5:39:29 AM

Thanx EVERYONE for your encouragement...it really means a lot to me.

6/17/2004 5:46:11 AM

This is so beautiful, congratulations on your win!

6/17/2004 6:07:43 AM

Michael, congratulations on your award. Your photograph is incredible. Everything works from the way you composed it, your choice of field depth, lighting, color - everything worked so well together giving this common object a very beautiful and uncommon presence. Well deserved win.

6/17/2004 8:57:14 AM

Great capture...and great photography, I love everything about it...Congratulations.

6/17/2004 9:06:27 AM

Congratulations, Michael, this is beautiful! Love the golden tones. How do you make a picture like this? Are the oof water droplets in front of the clear ones or behind? I would just love to learn to make a picture like this. Take care,

Ursula

6/17/2004 11:37:20 AM

I second what Ursula said. I was wondering if you used a special filter or just how this effect was achieved. Thanks!

6/17/2004 1:35:08 PM

Outstanding and very beautiful Michael! Congratulations on your well deserved win!!

6/17/2004 2:29:50 PM

Love the tones and details here. Congratulations!!

Nancy

6/17/2004 3:42:14 PM

Many congatulations on you second plaze win! Well deserved!

6/17/2004 9:05:35 PM

Ursula, Jo Ann...nothing fancy here; just going through some dewy grass one morning just after sunrise with natural golden; with some good attention to DOF and geometry, I took this shot.
Note, the larger circles distant dew drops effected by a fully open aperture.
cheers,
Michael

6/18/2004 8:50:44 AM

Thank you, Michael, you make it sound so easy.

I guess I've been wondering about this for some time, and haven't figured it out, so here it goes: about the out of focus dew drops that show up as circles (at full aperture), yours are a nice and even circle. When I try the same thing with my camera (an Olympus c5050z), those same out of focus circles look like small doilies, not nice and even at all. Sometimes the out of focus points look five sided and not circular. Does anybody know what I'm talking about?

The question: how can I get nice and even out of focus circles? Can I with my camera?

Anybody?

6/18/2004 9:26:31 AM

Hi again Ursula,
I am really not familiar with lenses other that what I have been using...a 105mmNikkor macro which I used carefully at the shallowest depth of field as I crawled through the wet grass. The effect of the dew drops at different distances from the in focus blades of grass simply always shows enlarged clear 'circles', never blurry. What I like about this effect is that it also enhances perspective and depth of atmosphere.

6/18/2004 9:55:03 AM

Congrats on your win Michael. Beautiful photo.

6/18/2004 2:41:24 PM

Thanks again for answering, Michael. The picture really is beautiful.

Ursula

6/18/2004 3:06:23 PM

Interesting and unique. Love it!!

6/19/2004 10:56:34 PM