I’m following the theme again; having a topic has really saved me the last few months of my Project 365. It is hard to believe there are only 30 more days left. I’m not exactly sure what I will do in 2012, but I do know I will still be posting photos.
So, the topic is radiating lines, and I pretty much went for an obvious choice. The challenge for me was to get the photo to look like what my eyes were seeing. I had a difficult time getting the reflection (which was very clear in real life) to show up without blowing out the highlights in the actual starfish. I ended up going with an exposure somewhere in between, and increasing contrast in the top starfish in Aperture and Photoshop. Still, the shoot and processing took only about fifteen minutes.
f/7.1, 1/10, ISO 400, 35mm
melinda anderson photography 
Wow! this is great. I love the reflection. It’s a fabulous photo. Nice job.
very nicely captured ~ I agree with you, I have been so uninspirated ~ I hope you don’t mind I followed your lead and joined the ODC. It has been so helpful in getting me to use more than one lens and away from all my HDR processing. I have started to look at things anew again. ~ thanks