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British Waters

BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest Finalist

British Waters

British Waters
400/1 @ F22. ISO 400.

Placed a print of the Union Jack under a bowl of water and then filled the bowl to about an inch deep with water.

Had to use strong lighting to get a high enough shutter speed at F22.

Cropped in photoshop. Also had to clone out the odd bit of dust that was floating in the dish.

Darren Smith

Paul Fisher

Nicely executed. I like the reflection inside the drop.

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September 30, 2005

Mary Clarke

What a great image Darren.

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September 30, 2005

Goshka G.

Beautifully done, Darren!!

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September 30, 2005

Jessica L. Richard

wonderful image! great composition and colors!

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September 30, 2005

Judy S. Fung

Wonderful, Darren!

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September 30, 2005

Elisabeth A. Gay

Rule Britannia! Very nice Darren
Ann

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September 30, 2005

Darren Smith

Thanks for all your kind words folks, much appreciated

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October 01, 2005

Donna W. Neal

Congratulations on a well deserved finalist and good luck in the next
round Darren

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October 21, 2005

Antony Burch

darren, this I grest! love it wish id thought of it myself, well done for the finslist id like to see it go further!

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October 21, 2005

Willem van Altena

Lovely shot and nice to see another flag than the star-spangled banner for a change! LOL

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October 21, 2005

Pu Chen

Love that reflection in the drop too. Very nice done, Darren! Congratulations!

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October 21, 2005

Judy S. Fung

Congrats, Darren!

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October 21, 2005

Rhonda Smith

Congrats Darren.. this is a wonderful image and very deserving of the finalist. I like how the flag image looks like it's wavy and how the drop caught the image of the flag on the way back up.. wonderful job. I have been meaning to try this and I think you may have inspired me to give it a go .. Good luck in the next round :~)

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October 21, 2005

Cathy M. Gromball

Congratulations, Darren!

Cathy :)

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October 22, 2005

Jeffrey D. Ziebell

Great Image and it's so nice to see something other than the flag from the USA, CONGRATS AND MAY OTHER FLAGS RULE,:)

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October 22, 2005

Scott Borger

What lens did you use, and what mode on your camera. How far was your lens zoomed in? Also, what kind of light did you use. This picture is amazing.

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November 07, 2005

Darren Smith

Thanks for all the generous feedback folks.

Scott, I used the kit lens for this one (18-55mm) zoomed all the way in.

The light was strong daylight from a patio door along with a reflector. Also the flag was printed on white glossy paper and this helped reflect even more light.

I had to use Aperture Priority for the shot as I wanted as much depth of field as possible, I went with F22 as this still game me a reasonable shutter speed.

Glad you liked it, thanks

D

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November 07, 2005

Erik Bjers

This is cool, I love the affect

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November 15, 2005

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