I guess its a little off theme....its a house to water i guess...

Why is this home? and you don't need to keep saying "The only photo manipulation done was .." it tends to identify you. General details really aren't needed.

Things cooking on the stove could certainly signify "home," but water? It does tend to identify you if you say the same comment on each description... but not as much as your signature in the lower right. That need to be removed as per the rules. Entries must be anonymous.

Gotcha. I was adding that because when you enter it you're supposed to list all the manipulations you did, aren't you? That's that it said. Anyway, to me there's nothing that represents home to me more than cooking.

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Cooking is homely, but boiling water?

i understand what you guys are saying, i guess i just boil a lot of stuff at my home... tea, vegetables, fruit, etc., maybe not everyone else does.

Maybe if you showed the tea bags, a tea cup, or something else that told us why boiling water is home, the image would be more effective... but, you are indeed right, the idea is subjective!

author, it is your interpretation, stick with it............good effort.

Ade... and that is the beauty of "subjectiveness"!

Love the effect!

The violet water is wow! incredible!!!

Wonderful effect....

cool...

A very long exposure....Nice one...

How do you shoot this kind if photos author.Could you share with us the technique you use.I saw this kind of photos many times but i can't understand how this is done.I guess you used flash, & a solid background but what about the shadows...?You use an external flash & fire it up from the left...?What was the settings on your camera...?Any help would be useful!Great "freeze" of the liquid.

Hmmm, this is a great image, but my questions are the same as karaflazz - amazing image please explain how we could create the same.

NICE! Do you use a sound trigger?

lol......I also have a question.............who cleans up the mess after your shoots.........

Hahahaha....ade you are funny you know that...?

Thanks for the great comments. Like Karaflazz i saw photos like this about a year ago and also puzzled at how it was done, I scaned the net with no luck and spent ages experimenting with milk splashing and flashguns. It was only when i stopped thinking along the normal way a fast photo is taken it all fell into place, The satisfaction i get from each shot is much bigger because i worked the technique out for myself and gained lots more knoledge along the way. The set up is as Karaflazz describes,except the picture is actually upside down,Mug glued to glass and the liquid is falling!

No sound trigger used, The chocolate didnt make any noise untill it landed! And i shot this outside and cleaned up with the help of a neighbours dog!

thank you so much for the explanation!!well done!

haha great technique

Thank you for your explanations ! It's really amazing ! Great shot !

my fav in this contest thus far. Really cool. I love the colors.

Wow, awesome!

That must have taken you serveral attempts to get the right one. Well done.

bravo

Wow, nice shot. Too much work for me.

And congrats for the second place too!