Koi

This shot was taken in Kauai during spring break. I think the koi

pond was at the Hilton there.

Greaaaaat work, I love it, so creative, great light.

What a lot of carp. I have been looking at this shot for a long time and can't work out why I can't see any reference to water. This is very well captured indeed.

Thanks for the comments, Mike, Amir, and David.  David, the reason there is no reference to the water is because I used a polarizer and shot straight down to eliminate most of the reflection.  The small amount of reflection disappeared when I crushed the blacks in Lightroom 2.  Any tiny traces I burned out using the adjustment brush in Lightroom.  Cheers guys.

What a striking shot! Thank you for the explanation of how you took it.

Very cool.

Also saw your color shot. I think this is more striking - atleast I wont forget this scene for a while.

Great work. Kudos!

Thanks an.  I am sort of torn between these two versions.  I love this one, but the colour version is also striking in different ways.  Glad you liked the explanation, too!  Cheers, mate.