1st Try at LPS#8

[Awais Yaqub]

When i was shooting i was thinking of explosion it is rainy these days. Shot the picture. When i was shooting i thought i will name it "When we will fall.."
then i saw word Sedate in dictionary then i thought i should name it "Relax we will fall"
to me they are father and son :rofl:scratch:huh

http://awais.smugmug.com/photos/167864153-L.jpg

http://awais.smugmug.com/photos/167864153-O.jpg

About photo that black thing is Iron bar of main gate of my house these water drops were resting under that iron bar which was rusted. I squeezed lens hood into Iron bar which enabled me to shoot at 1/6 sec with little zoom still i was not able to completely eliminate blur as it was too high for my new 6 feet tripod :rolleyes. I turned green gate to to blue in ps
1/6 sec F 3.5 ,ISO 80 Sony H5, 15mm, 6/28/2007
If i participated in LPS regularly it will surely improve my English :wink

[richtersl]

Hi Awais! :wave

I've seen you post in some of the other areas here. Glad to see you're submitting a photo for LPS!

This is a nice submission for "explosive". :thumb The bubbles look like they're moments from causing the drops to explode. The top half of the photo looks a bit dark, though. What I would try doing is experimenting with some crops to remove some of that dark area.

:scratch Hmmmm....a macro closeup shot of those drops might be worth investigating.

[HoofClix]

Yes, your English will certainly improve!

I agree with Linda on what should come out of it. Either crop most or all of the dark area out to make this shot a landscape rather than portrait, or possibly even this is a candidate for the 10:4 crop that is being discussed here in the contests section.

As for theme adherence, I thought more of tranquility more than explolsive when I saw it, but that's only my first impression. I see everything Linda's talking about.

Nice job without a tripod!

[Awais Yaqub]

Thanks Linda and Mark i am little affraid from cropping as it will distort the image this is already cropped. Linda i shot it with macro mode and H5 goes 2cm close to subject.I will try to do something with black

[Justiceiro]

Thanks Linda and Mark i am little affraid from cropping as it will distort the image this is already cropped. Linda i shot it with macro mode and H5 goes 2cm close to subject.I will try to do something with black

I like this a lot Awais. I do agree that you should cut more of the black. The drops are a bit too centered for my taste.

That ebing said, I this captures very well what I think is the main opportunity of this theme- potential energy or action.

[Awais Yaqub]

thanks mate

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http://awais.smugmug.com/photos/168117342-L.jpg

[Justiceiro]

Nice. That looks good.

[HoofClix]

Stunning to me, almost exactly as I would have cropped it!

[richtersl]

thanks mate

What about now



:thumb Nice!

[BistiArt]

thanks mate
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I wonder if a little blending might make this image more 'explosive'...

for example, screen white opacity ~ 11% to segregate the black bar from the drops

then multiply, balck opacity ~ 6 to make the innards (inner portions...) somewhat darker

would both add to the sense of impending explosion?

[Awais Yaqub]

I wonder if a little blending might make this image more 'explosive'...

for example, screen white opacity ~ 11% to segregate the black bar from the drops

then multiply, balck opacity ~ 6 to make the innards (inner portions...) somewhat darker

would both add to the sense of impending explosion?

Great thanks for sharing this technique i liked it a lot :thumb