Dewdrop refraction pairs

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited September 23, 2010 in Holy Macro
Some dewdrop flower refraction shots taken in pairs with different flowers (a dahlia and a blackeyed susan). Taken with 5Dmk2/MPE-65/430Ex flash between 3:1 and 5:1 mag and focus stacked by hand.

Brian V.

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  • JGS2NJGS2N Registered Users Posts: 49 Big grins
    edited September 22, 2010
    Beautiful shots. Can I ask specifics about how you move the camera to get different focus points? Do you move it side to side or forward? Obviosly the movements are small but how does the fov not change? Would it be better to go with a tripod and change focus or is this just too much of a pain on a day to day basis? Thanks?
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  • AmbrolaAmbrola Registered Users Posts: 232 Major grins
    edited September 22, 2010
    Lovely shoots LordV. They all are beautiful, My favorite is 5.
  • asp87asp87 Registered Users Posts: 62 Big grins
    edited September 22, 2010
    #4 and #5! awesome stuff
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  • korandokekorandoke Registered Users Posts: 517 Major grins
    edited September 22, 2010
    nice work.

    greetings,
    Korandoke
    Best regards,
    Korandoke
  • GOLDENORFEGOLDENORFE Super Moderators Posts: 4,747 moderator
    edited September 22, 2010
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    like #5 best Brian
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2010
    Thanks all for the comments :)

    jgs2n - I move the camera forward towards a point in the middle of the frame to get the different focal planes in focus. You do get some minor changes in FOV but nothing too significant. Stacking software actually automatically resizes the images to take this into account. Changing focus with a fixed camera obviously also gives changes in the FOV but you can take stacks like that. I don't use a tripod anyway as they are too cumbersome to setup for my hunter style of shooting. You would have trouble using one on these type of shots as the dewdrops are only 1 or 2 inches above the ground. I just rest the camera lens on my left hand on the ground.
    Brian V.
    Brian V.
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  • Edyta_PutreszaEdyta_Putresza Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
    edited September 23, 2010
    Brian

    Is there any chance you could provide the tutorial on this technique telling step by step how you achieved the above results. I'm really interested, never heard about stacking but I like your pictures !
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2010
    Edyta_Putresza wrote: »
    Brian

    Is there any chance you could provide the tutorial on this technique telling step by step how you achieved the above results. I'm really interested, never heard about stacking but I like your pictures !
    Edyta - there is a tutorial here http://www.wonderfulphotos.com/articles/macro/dewdrops/
    Brian v.
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  • Edyta_PutreszaEdyta_Putresza Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
    edited September 23, 2010
    thanks Brian !
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