First Try at Dewdrops

GOLDENORFE

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]not one insect seen in garden today, tried some dewdrops, found it very difficult to get frames with enough focus difference to stack. need lots of practise i think.
really happy with first shot.
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THANKS FOR LOOKING
PHIL
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/
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jecottrell

Wow. Very nice.

Is there a good how-to for these?

Is the flower seen in the dew-drop behind the dew-drop?

GOLDENORFE

jecottrell wrote:

Wow. Very nice.

Is there a good how-to for these?

Is the flower seen in the dew-drop behind the dew-drop?

thanks for commenting ,i always wanted to try these, Brian does them superb.
yes flower is placed behind the blade of grass.

have a look at his tutorial-

http://www.flickr.com/groups/macroviewers/discuss/72157594313729574/

phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Awais Yaqub

These are splendid ! great results

canon400d

Awais Yaqub wrote:

These are splendid ! great results

I can't see anything wrong with those at all Phil. If that is your first attempt I am sure you will succeed just as you have done with the rest of all your macro shots etc etc etc.
Regards
Bob

stevehapp

wow, phil.
Pretty good for a dewdrop noob !

cheers,
steve

Lord Vetinari

Look good to me Phil . You do need very fine movement for the focus slices- I normally rest the lens on the back of my hand which keeps it dry but also allows you to move the lens in small movements.
One point worth checking is whether the stack progam picked up the detail in the single shots- you will often find it doesn't especially on the refracted flower - you can use the repair brush to transfer this detail from a slice onto the stack.
Brian V.

Skippy

GOLDENORFE wrote:

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]not one insect seen in garden today, tried some dewdrops, found it very difficult to get frames with enough focus difference to stack. need lots of practise i think.
really happy with first shot.
hope you like them
any help appreciated.[/FONT]
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THANKS FOR LOOKING
PHIL
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/
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Wow Phil..... how many shots did you use to do your stacks on these?
They look great, man I'd be rapt to the eyeballs if they were mine I tell ya!

Boy for a first attempt your setting the bench mark pretty darn high for the rest of us ya know

I think they fantastic Phil :ivar ... Skippy
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matasa

Great shots Phil.

Maynard23

Water Droplet
Phil,

Those shots are bloody excellent!!

Cheers, Maynard

GOLDENORFE

thanks for comments everyone, its good to try something new.
will get some practise in the autumn dew season ,wont be long now.
Maxine i used 5 frames on #1, 4 frames on others which are not as sharp as #1. got focusing slightly out on outside edge and in refraction.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/