Uploaded: May 28, 2006 08:23:31
Taken indoors ambient light, ISO 100, aperture 22, tripod, trip wire.
This is the first of two celebrating Memorial Day.
Picture right out of the camera.
Entered into Details and Macros
Laura Clay-Ballard May 28, 2006
totally awesome! super image! #453930Tarun Bose May 28, 2006
Melissa, your this series is coming up very well. Great shots of drops. Beautifully captured shot. #2824577Amy JACKSON May 28, 2006
Wonderful image, Melissa!!! Hope you have a great Memorial day! #2824610Kerby Pfrangle May 28, 2006
WOnderful image for today and a great image for macro and detail.Very nice PS work. #2824625
Jim Huffield May 28, 2006
AWESOME!!!! #2824633Nadya Johnson May 28, 2006
OUTSTANDING!!!! In fact, this one is beyond superlatives! Absolutely marvelous, Melissa! Bet we'll see this in the winners' circle. Like Kerby, most are going to think it's done with Photoshop. Hope you'll tell us how you actually accomplished this! Phenomenal, my friend! #2824793Melissa G. Meiselman May 28, 2006
Thanks Laura, Jarun, Amy, Kerby, Jim and Nadya for your great comments. #2824845Ronald F. Fischer May 28, 2006
Melissa, you are definitely the master of this technique! Awesome work!! #2824858Goshka G. May 28, 2006
Looks like a winner to me, Melissa! #2824864Melissa G. Meiselman May 28, 2006
Thanks Ronald and Goshka for your great comments!!! #2824881William C. Raco May 28, 2006
Beautiful color, focus and techniqueBill #2824984
Bill Wyatt May 28, 2006
Wow Melissa this is fantastic! Very unique capture and dedication! #2824994Robert R. Goodman May 28, 2006
Fantastic image Melissa.And right out of the camera,amazing image!!!!!!!! #2825015Pamela Shane May 28, 2006
What skill you have with these imagesJenny Bosmans May 28, 2006
AWESOME capture, Melissa!! #2825114Melissa G. Meiselman May 28, 2006
Thanks William, Bill, Robert, Pamela and Jenny for your great comments. #2825255Joy Rector May 28, 2006
beautiful image #2825340Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas May 28, 2006
Great effects and colors Melissa!,Melissa G. Meiselman May 28, 2006
Thank you Joy and Amalia for your comments. They are very much appreciated!! #2825440Jane Summa May 28, 2006
amazing color,lighting, details, clarity.....love it Melissa! Happy Memorial Day weekend to you! #2825450Melissa G. Meiselman May 28, 2006
Thanks Jane for your comment! #2825490Tressie Davis May 28, 2006
What a great memorial day image - I love the idea and colors! #2825504Chaba Kasanitsky May 28, 2006
Happy memorial day Melissa ! Great picture. #2825537Mary Clarke May 28, 2006
This is a wonderful shot Melissa with perfect reflections in the bubbles #2825546Silvia Nunes May 28, 2006
Fantastic shot !!! #2825593Kenneth Mucke May 28, 2006
Awesome...The queen of special effects #2825612Marilyn K. Lincecum May 28, 2006
Fantastic image, Melissa and so perfect for Memorial Day !!! Love the bubbles. Have a great day. :-) #2825690Kay E. Mahoney May 28, 2006
Very nice Melissa. Love the colors and the bubbles. Happy Memorial Day. #2825789Manuel Barrera May 28, 2006
Wonderful tribute, I can not even begin to imagine how you did it, but it is wonderful. #2825845Su Sana E. P May 28, 2006
Melissa, this is what I wanted to try and see. Unfortunately I don't have the U.S. flag here. Really super job you've done on this. #2826023Melissa G. Meiselman May 28, 2006
Thanks Tresse, Chaba, Mary, silvia, Kenneth, Marilyn, Kay and Manuel for your great, great comments!!!!! #2826024Paula Showen May 28, 2006
This is FANTASTIC! Love it, Melissa! #2826090Ross Throndson May 28, 2006
You're the Master at this, Melissa! Another Great Image!!! #2826168Pat Gamwell May 28, 2006
Fabulous shot, Melissa! #2826206Nobu Nagase May 28, 2006
Excellent!!! #2826270John Matthews May 28, 2006
this is awesome Meliisa, I have seen thids done before, but this is one of the best I have seen, well done! happy memorial day!jennifer B. short May 28, 2006
What a great image for this special day. Really well done. #2826392Gail Vitikacs May 29, 2006
Lovely tribute Melissa! #2826655Melissa G. Meiselman May 29, 2006
Thanks Paula, Ross, Pat, Nobi, John, Jennifer and Gail for your great comments!! #2827447Corinne M. Thompson May 29, 2006
Awesome Work! #2827675Jim Kinnunen May 29, 2006
Those mini reflections of the flag are just awesome, Melissa!!! #2827994Inge S. Lasmana May 29, 2006
Fantastic work, Melissa! love the colors and effect. #2828144Ermanno Radice May 29, 2006
Wonderful composition, great image, excellent work, Melissa!! #2828259Melissa G. Meiselman May 29, 2006
Thanks Corinne, Jim, Inge, Ermanno for your most encouraging comments!! #2828605Sylvia Rossler May 29, 2006
You are upgrading to a high level drop capture master Melissa :o)Nancy L. Green May 29, 2006
Wonderful Melissa!! The composition and the lighting are excellent. #2828697Iris Greenwell May 29, 2006
Very creative,Melissa! Great macro! #2828787Shelly A. Van Camp May 29, 2006
Beautiful! #2828806Melissa G. Meiselman May 29, 2006
Thanks Gricelda and Shelly for your great comments!! #2829406Linda Proctor May 29, 2006
Amazing Melissa! Fantastic new additions to your gallery! #2829863Tammy Scott May 30, 2006
Another AWESOME water drop image! I love the colors! VERY nicely done! #2832282Melissa G. Meiselman May 30, 2006
Thanks Linda and Tammy for your great comments!! #2832324Susie Peek-Swint May 30, 2006
Awesome capture Melissa ~ definitely a winner!! #2833253Mike Rubin May 30, 2006
Wow! This is great Melissa,Very creative. I agree with everyone else, This is a winner! #2833559Melissa G. Meiselman May 30, 2006
Thanks Susie and Mike for your great comments. #2833586Anne D. Eigen May 30, 2006
Outstanding, Melissa!!! Phenomenal quality of work with this stunning image!!! #2833594Melissa G. Meiselman May 30, 2006
Many thanks Anne for your terrific comment!!! #2833745Evy Johansen May 30, 2006
Awesome image, Melissa! #2833943Cora Miller May 30, 2006
Outstanding patriotic image!!! #2834418Donna Roberts May 31, 2006
Oh Melissa - this is truly wonderful.Emile Abbott May 31, 2006
Magnificant, Melissa. #2835738Melissa G. Meiselman May 31, 2006
Thanks Evy, Cora, Donna and Emile for your terrific comments!!! #2835925Dorann Weber May 31, 2006
I am loving this Melissa!! #2837553Melissa G. Meiselman May 31, 2006
Thank you Dorann for your great comment!! #2838014Cathy Stancil May 31, 2006
Very cool image Melissa !! I had tried this once, but not as successfully !!! Great work ! #2838709Dawn Leslie June 01, 2006
Absolutley awesome job on this, love the droplets! Hope we see this again. #2841290Melissa G. Meiselman June 01, 2006
Thanks Cathy and Dawn for your great comments!!!! #2841782Donna La Mattino Pagakis June 01, 2006
Stunning, truly!! A great tribute!! #2841838Melissa G. Meiselman June 01, 2006
Thank you Donna for your great comment!! #2841952Mary N C. Taitt June 02, 2006
Super cool shot for the holiday! Mary :-) #2843907john dunne June 04, 2006
Stunning. I hope it wins for you #2851615Melissa G. Meiselman June 05, 2006
Thanks Mary and John for your wonderful remarks! #2854520Karen Slagle June 06, 2006
I love how you composed this shot plus how the drops of water reflect the image below. This is really super, Melissa. #2861312Melissa G. Meiselman June 06, 2006
Thanks Karen for your terrific comment!! #2861331Laurence Saliba June 07, 2006
PERFECT!!!! #2865537Melissa G. Meiselman June 07, 2006
Thanks Laurence for your terrific comment!!! #2866286Melissa G. Meiselman June 12, 2006
Thanks Rikki for your great comment!!! #2885372Lavone Vannoy June 12, 2006
what another great work. I really like the one drop of water that has a single star in its magnification. Superb! #2887394Melissa G. Meiselman June 12, 2006
Thanks Lavone for your comment!!! #2887547Orsi June 14, 2006
Awesome job,Melissa!!WooW!!I like Your Gallery!! #2896709Carolyn Foster Spano June 14, 2006
Melissa, You are a genius at this. You should print a book! #2896713Melissa G. Meiselman June 14, 2006
Thanks Orsi and Carolyn for you terrific comments!!! #2896721James Whitbread June 20, 2006
WOW Melissa your Gallery is outstanding, I realy love this image. Keep up the good work:)Kind Regards James Whitbread.. #2922136Robyn Gwilt July 11, 2006
Melissa your whole gallery is a delight - but these 'bubble series' really stand out! I don't know how you do this, if its not PS, but I'd love it if you shared the 'recipe'. I'm sure we'll see this again! #3014834Melissa G. Meiselman July 11, 2006
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