Dewdrops

Lord Vetinari · January 25, 2009

Some nice dewdrops yesterday morning. Took these in the back garden - much to my suprise there was a frost in the front garden.

Brian V.

Jack'll do · January 25, 2009

I haven't looked in on this forum in quite a long time Brian. Your work still astounds me. I cant imagine how you set up some of these shots. The last four are particularly outstanding with the next to last being my favorite due to it's sheer simplicity.

bow

Lord Vetinari · January 26, 2009

Jack'll do wrote:

I haven't looked in on this forum in quite a long time Brian. Your work still astounds me. I cant imagine how you set up some of these shots. The last four are particularly outstanding with the next to last being my favorite due to it's sheer simplicity. bow

Thanks Jack.
Not much of a setup - find some nice dewdrops- place a flower behind them - get down on all fours and shoot.

Brian v.

GOLDENORFE · January 26, 2009

last 2 my favs Brian. like the plain grass backround,makes a change! shows off the drops very nicely

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

Lord Vetinari · January 27, 2009

GOLDENORFE wrote:

last 2 my favs Brian. like the plain grass backround,makes a change! shows off the drops very nicely

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

THanks Phil

Brian V.

blacksmith · January 27, 2009

Another super set of dewdrop you had. Very very nice shots and composition. Love your whole set.

Cheers

erisian pope · January 27, 2009

Spectacular!

Lord Vetinari · January 28, 2009

Thanks for the kind comments

Brian V.

Skippy · January 29, 2009

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Some nice dewdrops yesterday morning. Took these in the back garden - much to my suprise there was a frost in the front garden.

Brian V.

Gawwwwwwwwwd ...........sigh....... you set the bench mark so high,
I don't think we can reach it, but my goodness Brian we love it when you post these Awesome images of yours

:ivar

Ummmmmmm I'm sure those droplets would quickly evaporate in the heat we're having at the moment, it was 95Deg at 9.30am this morning.

Excellent post Brian, your work always has me in awe

... Skippy

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Doug Solis · January 30, 2009

Wow! This is the reason I've decided to get into Maco Photography. I saw a similar photo with a branch that had 5 dew drops and each one reflected a daisy.

Nice job, I can only hope someday I can get remotely close.

Brian, everyone probably knows your setup but could you list the particular photo equipment used and the metadata on these pics?

Thanks for the post.

Lord Vetinari · January 30, 2009

Thanks for the comments Skippy and FM

Skippy- think you have to have a reasonable humidity and temperature drop during the night for these to form and no wind.

FM - 40D,MPE-65 at 2:1 to 4:1 mag,430Ex flash gun, around F7.1 (depending on mag). Camera in M mode 1/200th, flash in ettl, the pics are focus stacks using from 3 to around 7 shots depending on the formation and the magnification.

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

Camera setup in pic below RHS

Doug Solis · January 30, 2009

Thank you Brian, that is a great tutorial for dew drops. Nice to be among members so willing to share their knowledge.

canon400d · January 30, 2009

Frag Master wrote:

Thank you Brian, that is a great tutorial for dew drops. Nice to be among members so willing to share their knowledge.

Those Dewdrops are really fantastic Brian good enough to frame.
Regards
Bob

Lord Vetinari · January 31, 2009

canon400d wrote:

Those Dewdrops are really fantastic Brian good enough to frame.
Regards
Bob

Thanks Bob

I've done rather a lot of these shots now but still find the colours and shapes fascinating
Brian V.

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