crystalline

crystalline

This image was done using a Fuji finepix a205 which is a low end point and shoot camera. it is a 2 mega pixel with a 3x optical zoom. Keep in mind that traditionally you can not use lenses and filters with a point and shoot camera. With this I have done the opposite.

I used a sears 49mm C.S. (cross screen) filter. I did not use a tripod all this was done very carefully and with steady hand.

I just happened to have noticed that the sun was reflecting off this water droplet, my intention was to enhance it and make a rainbow sort of effect with the filter. I thought that if I could pull it off that I woud possibly have the best shot I ever took,thus far this has happened.

When I started out on this photo I did manage to waste about 70 shots to get one that I was happy with. It took a lot of steadiness to hold that filter up to the lens and carefully turn it to get the rainbow/diamond like effect. I did not editing in software this was all done manually with the camera. So i do hope you all like it

Zoya

Created by: Zoya.

Tools Used: fuji finepix & lens

Created on: August 16 2004

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Image Number: 2393

Comments:

Zoya on Nov 24, 2007 at 6:34 PM said:

Thank you :)

Melissa from Nevada on Nov 22, 2007 at 8:17 PM said:

This picture is awesome Zoya....

Zoya from Ct on May 3, 2007 at 8:42 PM said:

Thank you. This is my all time favorite photo to have the pleasure of doing

Janice Romano from FL on May 3, 2007 at 2:11 PM said:

Stunning pic, Zoya.

LIL me on Oct 24, 2006 at 11:59 PM said:

I like this. Sort of brings to mind a Diamond in the rough, Very nice photo

on Jul 25, 2006 at 7:06 PM said:

WOW this is amazing.

Lilly in PA on Jun 22, 2006 at 9:42 AM said:

Simply a wonderful piece of work. YOu have a wonderful talent. THank you for sharing it with all us :)

on Jun 20, 2006 at 4:09 PM said:

this is wonderful and very eye pleasing.

Zoya on Jun 11, 2006 at 3:58 PM said:

thank you all for the comments. been a while since I looked at this photo.. my goal this year is to top this. Let's just see if I can

crabby patty from AK on Jun 8, 2006 at 10:15 PM said:

This is a very well composed photo. A bit of a rare one at that. You have done exceptionally well considering what you had to use to accomplish this

on Jun 7, 2006 at 11:46 PM said:

gorgeous photo.

~princess~ from sc on May 9, 2006 at 5:40 PM said:

wow its amazing how something as simple as a raindrop can be so beautiful...i really like this pic it shows such un-noticed beauty!

skye from NH on Apr 3, 2006 at 2:41 PM said:

beautiful photo. Wow I like this one a lot

on Mar 29, 2006 at 2:47 PM said:

HOW DO I ORDER A COPY OF THIS PHOTO. THIS WOULD GO GREAT IN MY LIVING SPACE

Brad on Mar 28, 2006 at 3:33 PM said:

This is a very well composed brillaint photo

Dud from Louisiana on Mar 12, 2006 at 8:58 AM said:

Nice photo!! I just wish I could read the previous comment.

on Feb 26, 2006 at 12:06 PM said:

how on earth did you do this. No way has to be a computer done image. I can not see how you can do this with a camera

Ruth from Albany NY. on Feb 26, 2006 at 9:37 AM said:

one of the best.

NO THE BEST photo on here.

can't wait for the warmer weather to return

Ellie from Akron on Feb 26, 2006 at 9:05 AM said:

this is by far one of the best photos I have seen on here. Very well thought out and planned.

Gorgeous

Joe from PA on Feb 8, 2006 at 7:15 PM said:

this is simply stunning. Very creative

missy from AK on Jan 8, 2006 at 6:17 AM said:

VERY NICE AND WELL DETAILED PHOTO.

THIS IS STUNNING AND BRILLIANT.

Maria from Puerto Rico on Jan 4, 2006 at 8:05 AM said:

Great. Beautiful.Good job.

Francois from quebec on Dec 18, 2005 at 12:05 PM said:

c'est magnifique

M. on Dec 16, 2005 at 2:50 PM said:

It is a magical crystal.

anthony_lorimer from Southam, UK on Nov 17, 2005 at 1:56 PM said:

Magical shot, you can almost touch that drop !

Mary from CA on Nov 17, 2005 at 10:34 AM said:

This is truly a work of art. Gorgeous well thought out and very detailed

on Sep 20, 2005 at 4:19 PM said:

this must hav taken you a while. browsing though the comments left

this looks darn near impossible for hte equipment you have.

so terrific job at accomplishing this

Zoya from CT USA on Aug 26, 2005 at 10:12 PM said:

WOW Thank you for the great compliment.. Well if you go by text book photography well then I should not have been able to do this.

This was done with a Fuji Finepix A205 Point and shoot camera. I also have a cross screen filter that I carefully held up to the lens until I got this to come out the way I wanted it to. This took me about 50 shots Just for this one.

Thanks again

Zoya

starry-eyed from texas on Aug 26, 2005 at 8:53 PM said:

Woah. I'm only in high school, taking a photography course, and our teacher is too ignorant to show us any photos like that. Bravo!

David on Aug 22, 2005 at 6:59 AM said:

Great photo. This is an a plus in my book Well done

Colleen from Winnipeg, MB on Aug 21, 2005 at 3:33 PM said:

Beautiful! It captures the beauty and fragility of nature!

Alan on Aug 21, 2005 at 12:32 PM said:

This is great. I bet a lot of work went into this one. I can't find a thing to pick it apart for. So excelelnt job very well done!

Krystal on Aug 21, 2005 at 6:51 AM said:

gorgeous photo. WOW I like how this is done

Ruth from NJ on Aug 7, 2005 at 7:08 AM said:

Very pretty. stunningly gorgeous

Kiki Dee on Aug 1, 2005 at 11:12 AM said:

Awesome beuatiful stunning gorgeous

Great job

Kathleen on Jul 31, 2005 at 12:42 PM said:

Such a neatly done photo. Found this one while searching for something else on google.

Cool

yoo hoo lover on Jul 31, 2005 at 5:58 AM said:

This is a great photo as everyone else said WOW effect :)

meridianz from NZ on Jul 29, 2005 at 5:24 AM said:

This photo certainly has the "Wow" factor!!! Good job Zoya!

on Jul 26, 2005 at 7:30 AM said:

eXCELLENT PHOTO

HAVE TO AGREE WITH EVERYONE ELSES COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ONE

Lulu from NZ on Jul 26, 2005 at 1:55 AM said:

I really like this photo. Like everyone else seems to think, the light on the water droplet really makes this photo. Well done!

Steven on Jul 24, 2005 at 6:28 AM said:

No way did you take this with a point and shoot camera.. not possible. You must have a better camera than you are letting on. as the shot itself is excellent. I just can't see how you did with a point and shoot

on Jul 19, 2005 at 11:51 AM said:

Spectacular photo. Well done

Zoya from CT USA on Jul 12, 2005 at 11:47 AM said:

Guess it has been a while since i visited my own photo LOL

Thank you all for the compliments Commets.

Thanks Grahameg. This did take me quite a while and lots of shots to get this just right

Grahameg from Coventry, UK on Jul 12, 2005 at 1:39 AM said:

Can't add much more to the above comments except, WOW Great Shot. Not only is the effect great but the definition as well.

Kylie on Jul 10, 2005 at 7:05 AM said:

this is great.. if the whole world sparkled as nicely as this I bet it would be a friendlier place. This is so gorgeous and for some reason speaks volumes to me

I found your link in your yahoo profile so had to check it out. Excellent photos you have and a great eye as well

Brandy on Jul 5, 2005 at 1:30 PM said:

Now this is gorgeous

Jacquie from Hawii on Jun 27, 2005 at 11:20 AM said:

Very beautiful photo. It has a very enticing quality to it

Carol's pix from ND on Jun 26, 2005 at 9:29 AM said:

Nice gorgeous well done. And you did this with a point and shoot by holding up the filter to the camera. great stunt and it paid off!

Millie from NY on Jun 19, 2005 at 11:39 AM said:

What a spectacular thing to see. I love it Gorgeous

Zoya from CT USA on Jun 15, 2005 at 7:35 AM said:

Go for it Joe. All You need is a cross screen filter and your camera. Just make sure your light source is bright, And you got yourself a fine shot

Can't wait to see it

Photo Joe from Ontario, Canada on Jun 14, 2005 at 9:27 PM said:

What a beauty!!

Its shots like this that make me want to be a photographer. You've given a new amateur something to shoot for. (Excuse the pun).

Gracie from Texas on Jun 12, 2005 at 9:53 AM said:

This is stunning. Gorgeous What more can I say except I love it

Steven from FL on Jun 7, 2005 at 11:02 AM said:

This is the best shot I have seen in a while. A lot of time and patience I am sure went into this one

Zoya from CT USA on Jun 5, 2005 at 7:59 AM said:

Thank you all. Now I have to top this one heheheh

shreekant from mumbai on Jun 4, 2005 at 11:51 PM said:

Suprelative shot!

Corinna from UK on May 29, 2005 at 8:38 AM said:

very clear and beautiful shot. I am amazed by this one

Excellent

Ken from CA on May 17, 2005 at 11:10 AM said:

Great use of the cross screen filter. You did an outstanding job with this photo. What Fuji finepix do you use. it appears to take excellent photos. K

Tonia from NY on May 15, 2005 at 5:27 PM said:

very unique and gorgeous photo

Zoya from CT USA on May 13, 2005 at 4:30 PM said:

Thank you Silvester, Marlene. TK, Cross Roads, Kathleen and Yvonne.

Wow been a while since i noticed comments up here.

Yvonne from TX on May 13, 2005 at 10:13 AM said:

this is absolutly stunning.

Kathleen from NY on May 11, 2005 at 3:42 PM said:

I have to agree with everyone this is gorgeous. Would love this hanging in my house

cross roads on May 11, 2005 at 2:29 PM said:

Excellent photography in this shot. a lot of hard work by the sounds of it

T K on May 9, 2005 at 11:19 AM said:

This is the best shot on here. How ever you got that is amazing

Silvester from USA CT on May 8, 2005 at 8:25 PM said:

I can't stop looking at this one! I love this shot!

on May 2, 2005 at 3:59 PM said:

cool I found another one with that flare like thing on it. Exactly how do you do it

is it in the software or something you do with the camera

marlene from NY on Apr 6, 2005 at 4:15 PM said:

What a cool photo. I see a second flare type thing on the bottom right.

cool shot how did you do this one?

Zoya from CT USA on Apr 4, 2005 at 8:43 AM said:

Thank you all

Vicki I am glad you like this. I do try hard LOL

Vicki (TravlynWomyn) from Virginia today on Mar 31, 2005 at 4:16 AM said:

Hi Tam - was just reading your related post in Group - this is an excellent example of a star lens.I'm so glad you're showing us what incredible work you can do with a little ingenuity.

Shutterbug from Maine on Feb 19, 2005 at 3:39 PM said:

I like that rain drop too.

Carol

kyle on Jan 24, 2005 at 10:33 PM said:

I have to agree with Guns when he says an amateur could not have possibly taken this shot.

Excellent stuff

Gary on Jan 22, 2005 at 11:00 PM said:

This is a neat shot. Not bad for a point and shoot camera with a lens held up to it. Excellent

Mary from Ny on Jan 2, 2005 at 2:08 PM said:

stunning What a beautiful photo.

Zoya from CT USA on Dec 28, 2004 at 11:03 PM said:

Thank you

james on Dec 28, 2004 at 5:56 PM said:

this is great. What an awesome effect you got with the lens.

Zoya from ct usa on Dec 22, 2004 at 1:36 AM said:

thnak you Guns. this was a shot that used a grid lens only name on was sear c.s. So not usre what it actually stands for. That is how I git teh lens falre on that. Mind you my camera is not a SLR type just a pina nad shooot taht I have been psuhing the limits on.

I am so glad you like this one. was pure luck on my PArt

thanks Tam

Guns from India on Dec 21, 2004 at 7:31 PM said:

Zoya...

That is so GOOD!

I don't belive amateurs can take photos as good as this. Then I must definitely demote myself from the position of an amateur myself.

Please check out my gallery and I am sure you will like my photos better when you know that the bad quality is due to a bad scanner and not a bad photographer ! [;->]

http://www.thelensflare.com/u_greatguns.php

Hope this link works, else I am on the site as great_guns.

REgards

-Guns

Zoya from ct usa on Sep 16, 2004 at 6:08 PM said:

Thank you.

alandra from Canada on Sep 16, 2004 at 2:49 PM said:

lovely, Tam!! have been interested in one of those lens for awhile now, gonna get one : )

Southern Heart from Texas on Sep 16, 2004 at 8:36 AM said:

I love this. I like the sparkle of the water dropplet!

Zoya from CT USA on Aug 18, 2004 at 8:22 AM said:

It is an add on in only that I had a sepcial effects lens to help me out. it is a SEARS 49mm S>C> lens. if you iam it at something bright (like the rain drop). it will give you this rainbow type effect to it.

Glad you all liked it Z

rohit from indiana on Aug 17, 2004 at 6:18 PM said:

is the flare an add on element - the drop looks like an uncut diamond.

Jhetto from Canada on Aug 16, 2004 at 11:58 PM said:

Great shot Zoya!

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