Spotted!

[Athena]

Spotted today in Thailand...
Unfortunately the process for spotting such an elusive creature can cause posterization. ;)

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[kallousa]

I understand nothing of what you wrote, but it's a very nice shot. You put it upside down there to get the refraction right. Great idea having a full bear in a drop ..

Regards

[Athena]

I'm sorry - I should have explained. It's an Easter decoration. Not a religious one, but an image of the Easter Bunny. I have two small children, so we have some Easter decorations out now (it's close to Easter). I have been drawn to refracting them lately. ;)

Posterization is that noisy effect in the background caused by dramatically resizing an image that has a lot of bokeh.

Very sweet of you to have complimented the image even without knowing why I was posting such a silly thing. Thank you. :)

[LordV]

Lovely refraction drop Athena :)
I found an Easter egg plant today- will post it later :)
Brian V.

[Omri Alon]

Nice shot :D I like the colors :D

[JoseC]

Very nice picture/idea
Jose

[dazzlebea]

He exists!!! I knew it! Be sure to send him my way when he's done at your house ;)

Excellent work! I love the reflection of the light. Don't worry about the "posterization", at least some of us learned a new word today ;)

[Mick Emmett]

I'm sorry - I should have explained. It's an Easter decoration. Not a religious one, but an image of the Easter Bunny.

Now let me see if I've got this right then, Jesus rising from the dead is why we celebrate "Easter" but you say this doesn't actually have anything to do with Religion? Mmmmm! now I'm really confused, I'm an atheist myself and it's all mumbo jumbo to me; especially just how the Bunny fits in to it all :confused: ;)

[cgratti]

Now let me see if I've got this right then, Jesus rising from the dead is why we celebrate "Easter" but you say this doesn't actually have anything to do with Religion? Mmmmm! now I'm really confused, I'm an atheist myself and it's all mumbo jumbo to me; especially just how the Bunny fits in to it all :confused: ;)


Let me clear this up for you.

Easter is a religious holiday for Adults, they celebrate Jesus rising from the dead after 3 days inside the tomb.

Easter for children is a holiday that a mythical "Easter Bunny" brings baskets of candy to them.

Just like adults celebrate the birth of Jesus on Christmas, and children wait for Santa Claus.

[Mick Emmett]

We really need to get an "I'm being ever so slightly sarcastic" Emoticon on here ;)

[Leorooster]

Beautiful shot. Love the colors. You love droplets lately, huh?

[Athena]

Beautiful shot. Love the colors. You love droplets lately, huh?

Thank you Leo. Yes, I've a not-so-secret love of water droplets. :)

[Athena]

it's all mumbo jumbo to me; especially just how the Bunny fits in to it all :confused: ;)

The Bunny and the eggs are a throw back to pagan spring-orthodox fertility festivals of long ago. That's why right-winged christian groups oppose them so much.

Personally, I think they make a pretty bleak holiday fun for kids. :)

[na goodman]

Not to change the subject, but the updated website looks great!

[Athena]

Thank you very, very much! :)