Sands of Time

Purple grains of sand as seen through a dirty (no matter what I did the little scratches and marks wouldn't come off) hour glass. Much better LARGE!

[cheryl]

beautiful. it looks like a purple volcano

[Nicole Campbell]

This is so magical.

[Simply Amanda]

Super cool, Kim. Love the bokeh and sparkles created. Fav!

[eDorre]

Magical is the word!

[Sarah]

Lovely colour - does look like a volcano! Love how its sparkling!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

I think this looks like a purple UFO with stars in the background!

[👑 AnaZad]

Beautiful capture. Sooo cool.

[Frank Hymus]

Very cool!

[Nia]

That is very cool! I love the "sparks"and because of them, I'm assuming, I can't see the scratch marks. Fav

[Linda Lorraine]

Fabulous! Especially good viewed on black! Love it

[Thomas Toth]

Very cool...great idea!

[Edie]

This is such a cool shot.

[Kerri]

Cool shot

[Tracy]

So very beautiful :D

[Danny G.]

This is very cool!

[jerry plume]

Love that color! Great lighting!

[David Tigani]

Stunning colour!

[colie (Nichole Stewart)]

Stunning shot! Love the light, comp and color. Very nice

[Lisa Stein]

Magical! Love the color and light. Such a clever idea for a shot!

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Beautiful, love the lighting & how the sand looks like sparks coming off the centre!

[Steff Guayante]

oh this is fabulous!! I love it! FAV

[Vicki Dixon]

great job with this!!! love the movement!

[Mariya]

beautiful!! fav!

[Sean O'Neill]

Great idea, beautiful shot. Fantastic Kim, big fav.

[Peter de Graaff]

Nice colour

[Denise]

Perfectly titled. Love the lighting.

[The Mysterious Mr Biscuit]

I'm just going to shut up and fav it.

[Rachel]

Brilliant shot!

[Yvonne]

What a clever idea for a shot. Beautiful. Fav for me.

[Gayanne Campbell]

Fav, Brilliant, the color is enchanting and it has such a magical appeal.

[Lena]

Wow! Excellent shot! Fav!

[Humphrey Hippo]

Love the purple arcs - they remind me of sparks. :)

[John L]

Terrific: really zingy.

[Kristen]

That is a really cool idea, love the color and lighting!

[Pat Knowles]

Small it looks like a space ship!

[Suse♡]

Love it, great title and those "spakles"

[Linda]

Super light and composition. Really like this! Did you consider processing the background (scratches) to make that area completely black? Just a thought.

[Marloes]

My favorite color in such great bokeh-ish pic. Wonderful. Fav!

[e.gad]

Fantastic! Love the entire effect of this shot. fav.

[KWind]

@happysnap I actually did a bit of cloning to tidy up the background. There was some light and reflections but the volume of bits seemed overwhelming and I was scared I'd mess up the little lines so I just left it.

[Jens]

Very cool image, like purple fireworks in a hour glass. Magical light.

[Sally Ings]

Simply stunning and a fav!

[Jennifer]

Gorgeous and I love the colour. Fav.

[Katie]

So, so great! I think the scratches add to the 'explosion' feel!

[Jackie greenfield]

Stunning large Kim :)

[Sharon]

Fav! Looks like mining on Mars! Just beautiful!

[Gena Pegg]

Such gorgeous color and great effect!!!

[joey d.Muli]

fav*lous !!

[bardejov]

Awesome shot. Love that light.

[Tina Mac]

So, so cool!

[Sharon Lee]

Fav. love it

[Abhijit]

beautifully lit. fav

[Taffy]

Totally awesome, fav!

[Teresa]

Good eye! What an amazing shot. Fave!

[Julie Ryan]

wow that does really look good enlarged! nice shot

[Laura J.]

Very cool!

[Jocasta]

Stunning photo - so original.

[Vee]

That is really cool! Fav!

[Aleksandra]

Brilliant and Fav! Love the colour and focus!

[Rach_who]

I love all the purple

[Meg]

beautiful....love the splashes!! fav!

[Lisa Pouncy]

Incredible and a fav. It looks like a little volcano xx

[Corinne]

fav and it looks fabulous enlarged, It also looks like a vulcano with eruption !

[Wendy]

Viewing this large makes all the difference -- super cool!

[Sue]

Fav!!!

[Arefin]

this is beautiful and magical! fav!

[Marie]

Spectacular image. Looks amazing large! Fav!

[Sharyn's Shots シ]

I missed this one - amazing details and colour. Fabulous image and execution.

[Kathy A]

What an awesome colour.

[Phil]

Brilliant! What a superb shot. I borrowed a sand timer from school a way back for a shot.. I wonder if I could manage something like this with my new macro camera (phil wanders off in a reverie)