friiskiwi: Photographing a drop of water without it being an extreme close-up or macro, seems rather pointless. ( 5 years and 2191 days ago )

Wayne Cheah: Must that drop of water of colorless? ( 5 years and 2191 days ago )

Wayne Cheah: I meant "be" colorless. ( 5 years and 2191 days ago )

marcelcorzo: I'm agree with Friiskiwi. macro or close-up within what range is not accepted? ( 5 years and 2191 days ago )

meran: how will we know it is water and not some other type of liquid ( 5 years and 2191 days ago )

meran: large drop / small puddle where is the divide ( 5 years and 2191 days ago )

meatman: A quandary of questions indeed. It seems to me that in order for the water droplet to enhance the shot, a close up is pretty much necessary. ( 5 years and 2191 days ago )

meatman: 120 drops of water typically average around 5 milliliters. Therefore, there are 90,840 drops of water in a gallon. ( 5 years and 2191 days ago )

meatman: At that rate, (given that each contest is just one drop), one gallon of water would equal 249 years of contests. ( 5 years and 2191 days ago )

Clinge: He he ;-D
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meatman: Wayne, will you kindly recheck my calculations. ;-0 ( 5 years and 2191 days ago )

Wayne Cheah: @ meatman, you are spot on, (I am aware of "Answers.com" too ), assuming of course the measurements are done at sea level, meaning at a white sandy beach holding a pina colada in one hand and whatever else you need to hold to measure all those 90,840 drops. ( 5 years and 2190 days ago )

kyricom: It would be up to the mod of the contest, but when I suggested it, i didn't say no close-ups. I said no "extreme" close-ups or macros. I think y'all might be over thinking it. Basically, no macros. You would obviously shoot close enough that a water droplet would be noticed and a significant part of the shot (otherwise, how would it enhance it?). Or, you could go the "subtle" route, and have it so the drop was not very noticeable unless people looked. Certainly whether or not a close-up is "extreme" would be open for debate, but if entered in good faith, it can hopefully be worked out. ( 5 years and 2190 days ago )