Thank you Thank you Thank you!!! You are all so great! 
@MLC’s water drop + iris has several excellent qualities: the visual metaphor makes perfect sense (photo + flow), no letters (works much better internationally), it looks equally good at different sizes, it’s unique, and maybe best of all, it’s simple and elegant. I think it would also pretty awesome if one day it were animated. Great work!
Yes, that one 
I totally agree with you! The only downside I’ve noticed is that at the smallest size the white lines between the blades and the inner iris are not very visible…
@MLC could you try to make the lines between the blades a bit bigger and maybe also increase a bit the size of the hexagonal iris?
@Dariusz_Duma we could maybe use a similar effect than the one you used in your attempt, to give the drop a slight 3D effect? And maybe a more evident blue → black gradient?
I really feel like we are converging to something nice and unique!
It would be less convenient, but you could have different designs for different sizes so that you can have thin lines at large sizes and thick and visible lines at small sizes.
My opinion is that there are some nice designs here, but they all are over-complicated, they all contain too much detail, which prevents them from working as icons. Splash screens are a separate issue.
The diaphragm-in-the-water-drop icon above is a great idea. To make it work you would need to fatten up those lines (I’m thinking of making them triangular instead of rectangular), and perhaps change the shape of the water droplet to something more round, more comic, to reduce the vertical height. http://i.imgur.com/WsU6Pxw.png
Something similar would be definitely great for the water drop part. Anyone skilled enough for that? I’m not… 
As it happens, I have an alternate.
I’m afraid I have to call it quits, however. Here is the link to my SVG containing both versions and some other randomness.
@damonlynch Thanks for your input and encouragement. It was fun to get back in the swing of things and brush up on my Inkscape skills. 
@MLC Thanks for the SVG file!
Here is what I’ve been able to do this evening, with the idea of adding some 3D effect to the droplet+iris:
The modified SVG file is here, hopefully somebody can improve my basic attempt…
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One further attempt, starting from a freely available drop SVG file from here:
By the way, I’m learning a lot of inkscape tricks!
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I like the new shape better but the previous colors better.
Something like this?
I liked the glassy clear, deeper blue look of the one before my previous reply, it has more contrast in the mini sizes.
One more try, compared to the older one…
The main difference is the specular highlights which are sharp on the old one and soft on the newer one, and that they go light->dark->light in the old one.
One more with sharper upper reflection:
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the water drop seems to have put on a lot of weight in the last day or so 
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Imho, as a spectator, Morgins try is still the best (just my 5cents, not wanting to insult anyone). It has a simple, yet modern and very appealing look.
This is an open discussion, so do not be afraid to give your opinion 
Are you referring to this one?
