M/CU - 1st Place

Gallery: EPA 2016Posted September 28, 2016377 views9 comments

Black Pearls

A detail shot taken early in the morning as the sun began to really play on the spider webs. The structure of the droplets themselves on the many broken and tangled webs I found fascinating, so that the actual the web itself became of secondary importance ...

A larger view can be found HERE.

Sigma SD Quattro, Sigma 180mm Macro, F2.8, ISO 100, 1/2000 sec.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on September 28, 2016 at 4:27 PM

A lovely string of water drops, Mark. The clarity and placement of the sharp drops is great and the strong sense of depth plus the interesting color in the bokeh from the ooh drops makes for a fine image.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 28, 2016 at 6:36 PM

Very cool, Mark. The black drops are awesome and the way the others go to pink sets them off beautifully. A very beautiful abstract.

devil

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Comment posted by scott lanz on September 28, 2016 at 6:45 PM

"The black drops are awesome and the way the others go to pink sets them off beautifully. A very beautiful abstract."

My thoughts exactly. I'll just add that this image is also very artistic. devil

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 28, 2016 at 8:11 PM

Mark, I'll echo what others have said and add that I like this very much. A real tour de force! devil

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on September 29, 2016 at 5:56 AM

Mark..this is a beautiful image of the darling pearls. I like the fading away dew drops with a different color. Very well composed.

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on September 30, 2016 at 2:03 AM

Couldn't be any better.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 8, 2016 at 12:37 PM

Unusual and masterful image!
Love the perspective, colours, and subject.
Congrats on a fine WP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Thomas Haney on October 24, 2016 at 7:39 PM

Really interesting shot Mark. The out of focus droplets are just as interesting as the in focus ones, there's a lot to look at in this image. Do you do most of your macro work with the Sigma 180? I've toyed with replacing my 100mm macro with it over the years, but haven't made the leap.

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on January 15, 2017 at 11:25 PM

Mark, Congratulations on the EPA! Very beautiful and artistic.

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