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Honey Dew


Honey Dew
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Copyright: Prasan Kapoor (kingdome) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 122 W: 3 N: 79] (358)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-08-11
Categories: Daily Life, Artwork, Decisive Moment, Experimental, Macro, Mood, HPP [Heavily Post-Processed]
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Exposure: f/2.7, 1/501 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-08-14 13:49
Viewed: 827
Points: 66
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Just passing by our local coffee shop where all of our college friends used to meet, share secret admirations, chat about the upcoming town events, pour out against the teachers (whom we miss sometimes now), fret about the future, the job, the life and puff it all on credit and tell the shopkeeper someone else's account number to write the "amount of the day" into and finally hug and say "don't be early to college tomorrow"...all this and now sitting in the 6X6 cubicle working and feeling what all is no more to come. This drop, from the shop's outer wash-basin which served as our dressing-stop after college, makes me recall all that and more...it resembles a tear so much that nothing else could come into my mind!

Anyways for the title, I liked the viscosity in this shot taken at a shutter speed of 1/501 sec. so the name which actually means a sugar-rich sticky substance, secreted by aphids and some scale insects as they feed on plant sap. When their mouthpart penetrates the phloem, the sugary, high-pressure liquid is forced out of the gut's terminal opening.

Honeydew is collected by certain species of wasp, and also honey bees, which process it into a dark, strong honey (honeydew honey). This is highly prized in parts of Europe and Asia for its reputed medicinal value.

Ants may even collect, or 'milk' honeydew directly from aphids, which benefit from their presence due to their ability to drive away predators such as lady beetles. Honeydew can cause sooty mold on many ornamental plants, a bane of gardeners.

Cheers!
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  • Great 
  • Pedros Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 280 W: 72 N: 283] (5717)
  • [2007-08-14 13:50]

the cool effect, the good photograph - I am greeting

Hello Prasan,

Super drop!!! And good title ... honey for its viscosity :)

Thank you,

Adrian

Hello Prasan, wonderfull artistic shot, realy very nice,
cheer,
friendly,
Pat

Nice shot, very effective! Great job and good title :)
Thanks for the note!
TFS,
Izabela

Hi Prasan,
Nice timing..i like the composition..
hey even i had a S2IS..but there is a problem in bettery compartment..i hope S3IS have improved and solved this problem.

Amit

  • Great 
  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1320 W: 31 N: 1634] (9994)
  • [2007-08-18 13:40]
  • [2]

Wonderful shot of the waterdrop and the PP work is very effective for isolating the details. Great POV.

TFS

Karan

A very nice and good job. Congratulations.

Hi Prasan!
I like an idea.Perflectly taken and framed shot.
Well done.
Cheers.
Cezar

  • Great 
  • jan515 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2498 W: 56 N: 3862] (17484)
  • [2007-08-20 11:28]

Hello Prasan,
Wonderful waterdrop,very efective photo,good job and titel.Cool effect.
Well done.
Janusz

Intyeresting composition,
good work, Prasan.
TFS bye Aga

Hi Prasan!


I like an idea,
very efective photo,good job
wonderfull artistic shot.
Congratulations.

Sergio
:)

Hi Prasan
Excellent presentation with a very good perspective and composition on the water droplet. The pp work is also excellent. The image could be a little sharper but again I'm a sharpness fanatic.

Paul

Hello there

Superb droplet capture here, good clarity and colour

TFS regards Helen

  • Great 
  • tracer Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 788 W: 45 N: 1588] (7924)
  • [2007-09-05 11:39]

wonderful macro work Prasan. every little thing when looked closely opens up a new world. TFS!

  • Great 
  • cycle Gold Star Critiquer [C: 228 W: 0 N: 3] (1851)
  • [2007-09-06 22:46]

Great macro shot and composition.
Congrats

Perfect composition... very nice frame...
I liked it... Good idea...
Bravo...
Regards...

  • Great 
  • bzees Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 64 W: 0 N: 23] (366)
  • [2007-09-16 2:37]
  • [+]

I love how you have isolated all the distracting elements with your frame.

Its a good shot.

TFS.

  • Great 
  • AJ786 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 743 W: 57 N: 1045] (6681)
  • [2007-09-16 4:59]
  • [+]

Hi my friend,

A great macro shot my friend. Great details and sharpness on the water droplet. Its very breathtaking.

TFS

Cheers
AJ786
;-)

wonderful shot again,
nice reflection and great focus.
I like to see how u create the frame and colors,
tfs
Haldian

  • Great 
  • ariw Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 156 W: 30 N: 173] (2236)
  • [2007-09-16 9:15]
  • [+]

Hi Prasan, a wonderful shot and excellent notes. I like the way you frame it to make it as point of interest. Thanks for sharing, ari

-:)) Yeees you were ready and quickly enough! It gives a great impress!
Best wishes.
Evan

Hi there!
A superb artistic shot!
Very nice crisp details. Interesting composition and great framing.
Well done!
PS - thanks for the review of my pic.

Bonjour Prasan.
Très belle photo très bien réussie.
Le montage - cadrage est parfait.
Félicitations !

Hi Prasan,

Excellent idea. It's not too sharp but I like this! :)

  • Great 
  • shahx Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 88 W: 34 N: 58] (656)
  • [2007-10-06 22:28]
  • [+]

Beautiful capture. Good POV and amazing timing. I know how difficult it is to capture this event. :)
Good job.
Shahid

Hi Prasan,
this looks good - though perhaps the original image could have been posted (ie showing the subject without the 'greyed-out' area from your PP)
But that may be a personal nit-pick on my part..

Well done and best regards, Daniel.

  • Great 
  • k-2 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 632 W: 13 N: 491] (3541)
  • [2007-10-11 20:06]
  • [+]

Great capture of surface tension. TFS. K2

interesting concept incl. frame, also a good note!
tfs - best regards - Tomasz

  • Great 
  • xen Silver Star Critiquer [C: 10 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-10-25 6:48]
  • [+]

Wow - This drop of water is so perfect that it almost looks like a piece of glass. I can't believe how perfect it is. I would never have thought to photograph a drop of water.

Great composition and as always...... great notes!!

Hi Prasan,great macro,great detail,wonderful frame.Congragulations.Necla.

What a great picture! Fantastic timing and great lighting. Very different way of framing- but it is cool. Nice shot!
Well done and TFS.

Leanne

Beautiful drop shot. Excellent light and clarity. Good colours.

  • Great 
  • lavan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 695 W: 2 N: 126] (3446)
  • [2009-02-08 23:03]
  • [+]

nice waterdrop
good details
nice to see

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