TomHildreth

Fall came and went this past year. That's when I took this picture.

Winter, so far, has been absent.

I like it. It had immediate impact on me with its color and action. I felt there was a good touch of humor, too (until I started reading the responses).

Stop-action photography can show us things that we couldn't possibly see in real life, and this is a good example with plenty of detail.

What is the red ring at the edge of the air column? Some have complained about it, suspecting that it might be a Photoshop abberation, but no one seems to have given much thought that it might be a natural occurance.

The two circles on the water's surface at the tomato's two-o'clock position.....droplets from the photographer's hand? The air column has not yet collapsed....ahhh, the red ring is a reflection of the tomato off the surface of the water in the vertical calumn....or not.

Wonder what it would look like with a little liquid soap added? Or dropped from half or twice the height?

Isn't that horizonal line the edge of the bowl perfectly aligned with and to the right of the tomato's stem? Must be a coincidence...or Photoshop again...

I gotta come up for air......