Kinderdijk by Eddy Blokhuis

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Canon 50D, Sigma 10-20 mm, B+W ND110 filter, tripod and a a canon remote-control.

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Exposure 180 seconds (3 minutes), Aperture f/20.0, Focal Length 10 mm, ISO 100.

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Photoshop CS4

Q4. What is the location?
Kinderdijk, the Netherlands.

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
This is a touristic area in The Netherlands, and lots of shots have been taken here. But I wanted to be original and different!

Anemone detail by Jonne Seijdel

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
For this shot I used a Canon EOS 7D with 100mm macro USM.

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Focal length 100mm, aperture f/2.8, exposure 1/40 sec, no flash, ISO 1600.

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Adobe Lightroom 3

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
Nature macro / close-up showing an anemone.

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
For a series of posters I was looking for subjects showing natural beauty.

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact that happened while working on this photograph.
Funny fact is that when it's getting abstract it's getting hard to identify. I like showing details not being really obvious or recognizable. For example, in this picture a Sea anemone is shown instead of a flower. It's a creature!

Smoke by Rikke Skov

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
I did the shot with a Nikon d70s and two external flashes.

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
ISO 400, f/5, 1/1250 sec - for the main picture.

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
I used Aperture 3.0 and Photoshop Elements 6 to edit my material.

Q4. Who is the model?
The model is me! All of the extra footage is from my archive, both the smoke and the skull.

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
The idea just popped up in my head when I was thinking of Smoke - Smoke was the theme at one of the Flickr groups.

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact that happened while working on this photograph.
When doing the shot I remembered why I stopped smoking. :)

Ink + Water = Art by Craig Lindop

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Canon 40D, Tamron 24-75mm f/2.8, Hahnel shutter release, Manfrotto 055XProb tripod with a 804RC2 head, 4x normal house hold desk lights, white bowl filled with water and ink.

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Focal length 75mm, F/6.3, exposure time 1/40 sec, no flash, ISO 200.

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Photoshop CS4

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
Abstract art photo

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I was bored at home, it was raining outside, and I could not go out taking photos. So I was finding stuff to take pics of in the house, and accidently came across some old ink cartridges from when I was in high school.

Interstellar by Rob Tunstall

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Pentax K10D with a macro rail, macro lens and extension tubes

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Standard - low ISO, tiny apperture in order to get as much of the bubble in focus as possible

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Lightroom and selective use of the fractalis plugin for Photoshop

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
A soap held in a metal hoop - a stepping ring

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
The inner workings of a criminally insane mind

Beetham Tower close-up by Darrell Godliman

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Nikon D300s DSLR with Nikon 70-300mm VR Zoom

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Focal length 112mm, 1/800th Sec, f/4.8, ISO 200

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Adobe Lightroom to convert RAW to TIF, Photoshop.

Taken looking up at the building I first had to correct the converging verticals in Photoshop, I then converted to monochrome to remove all the distracting colours and then finally increased the contrast to enhance the reflection and bring out the details of the apartments interiors.

Q4. What is the location?
The shot was taken from beside a canal that runs past the Beetham Tower in Manchester City centre (UK)

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
When I saw the repetitive facade of the tower I was reminded of a large print ‘Paris, Montparnasse’ (1993) I saw at Tate Modern by the German Artist Andreas Gursky. When viewed large the apparent uniformity is in fact broken by evidence of all the occupants, their furniture etc in the apartments and the grid actually serves to re-enforce their individuality.

Honey Bee by Paul Licht

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
HP PhotoSmart C945 & Raynox DCR 250

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Exposure - 1/125 sec, aperture - f/8.5, focal length - 28 mm, ISO 100

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
The Gimp

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
Bee wildlife

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
Bee photography is one of my favorit macro subject. I suppose I have several thousands of bee macros in my archieves.