Dewdrops

GOLDENORFE

more dewdrop practise

still not getting them as good as i want, like last dewdrop season, need decent wheather conditions to get a good dew on the lawn .
these were tiny drops, not much more than 1mm diameter

phil

#1 herb-robert dewdrop first time shot with this tiny weed flower!



trailing geranium

Ambrola

Those are beautiful Phil. Did you do these in the yard off the grass?? Heres my last attempt and still out of focus.

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GOLDENORFE

yes, tiny dewdrops form on the tips of grass stems on the lawn.

usually range from 1mm up to about 3mm diameter, the smaller ones are best as they usually perfectly round .

they are shot at about x3 - x4 magnification, focus stacked 8 frames in each, handheld lying down on a sheet of wood
and resting lens on left hand

korandoke

well done

greetings,

korandoke

PeterD-2009

Well done Phil. All 3 are really good but #1 is my favourite. When I get tubes to increase magnification, I shall try this too.:D

Ambrola

Phil,
I think I have the basics of the stacking procedure OK. One question, do the frames need to be in pretty much the same position? I have stacked a couple, and they had a shawdow that had to took out manualy. Seems if they are horrible if not exactly the same, but different focus points??

GOLDENORFE

Ambrola wrote: »

Phil,
I think I have the basics of the stacking procedure OK. One question, do the frames need to be in pretty much the same position? I have stacked a couple, and they had a shawdow that had to took out manualy. Seems if they are horrible if not exactly the same, but different focus points??

they do have to be fairly well aligned,but zerene stacker does a really good job of adjusting , touch up tool is used to clean up any badly aligned edges

but quite often prefer to manually stack with layer masks in ps for these dewdrop shots. get much cleaner images

DeVil

Awsome!

Ambrola

I just bought Photoshop and I have to learn it. There should be a book or a manual on all the functions? It seems very complicated.

Icebear

Ambrola wrote: »

I just bought Photoshop and I have to learn it. There should be a book or a manual on all the functions? It seems very complicated.

Try this book. I've got a whole library covering several generations of PS, PSE, and LR, and this is the most useful PS book I've yet found. A bonus is that it comes with a DVD containing all the images used in the book so you can actually do what the author writes about, Video tutorials, and I don't know all what else.

Lord Vetinari

Wonderful dewdrop refractions phil.
Brian V.

IPClark

Beautiful images Phil. Very nicely done.

I've shown yours and Brians images to a colleague of mine who used to do wedding photography (film) back in the day and he was gobsmacked. Said photography has gone way beyond his training and experience but said these images are stunning.

GOLDENORFE

thanks for comments guys

just shot a load more this morning, getting back in practise now