I've seen the one with the floating spheres, but not this one. I actually like the reflections that add to the items shape. Nice

Great, haven't seen one of those before

Since the kettle is on a stove maybe you could use the interior of a kitchen? Or maybe put the kettle over a fire and use a cave for the background.

I think this needs a background. I really think it would help the piece. Good luck author.

stunning !

Hehehe, i'm gonna ask it! What's the matter????

Thanks, you have some fancy equipment.

Humid

this is awesome, how did you do this?

Beautiful colors.

Awesome shot

simple and elegant

How was this done?

fantastic

per me uno strano animale, dove vive? bella foto

beutiful

very well done

you missed a spot where the tails connect...clone tool should fix it

Melted gummy bears? :P

Well, done. Great detail and composition.

A small levels adjustment should bring it to more black, great work

Very nice, GL

Magnificent! Great detail.

nice one -- great depth and light -- I really need to learn how to use Lightroom

Congrats for making it to the next round!

i believe that does the trick. great job and good luck.

they say ya can only use the heal brush to remove dust and scratches from a scan or speckles from dust on your camera's sensor. i don't know about finger tips ! LOL !!!! maybe an sbs showing the original, and then a finished entry with just cropping used perhaps ??

OOPS, author !! Ya just left the cat out of the bag.

What do you mean you edited out the person?

I have a 50D also that I use as a back-up, been shooting it for 3 years, nice camera. Mine has close to 175,000 actuation's on it now and still works.

kool !! how did ya hold the pin and synchronize the shot with the balloon rupture ??

ohhhh, booooo! BOOOOO!

Really author? no flash? and only a 1/2500th shutter-speed?!? what was your f/stop and light source...I'm VERY curious, perhaps what cam did you use too....I've been shooting for a couple of months and I can't see how this very High-speed shot was accomplished, would LOVE to see the original or Hi-Rez...

To have your shutter-speed that high w/o a flash, your light source must have been VERY intense and to keep the BG black without spill-over is a very neat trick...

Meatman...it's not shutterspeed that 'freezes' the action, it's the flash....

great photo and high score !! how fast was shutter speed ?

was that a water balloon ? wish ya had a high res of it.

wow! great capture!

Cool. Thanks for the info. I'll have to try it sometime

Interesting... how was this taken?

Anywhere that's not a city is paradise to me

Nice detail in his wings/body - just wish that his eye was little more in focus

High res is great

beautiful, I can understand this being paradise.