Raindrop flower refractions

wxwax

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks again for the comments all
wxwax- think my MPE-65 shots are better than the ones in that article- the lighting is particularly nasty
Brian V.

Oh, absolutely, your work is of professional quality.

gluwater

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks again for the comments all
wxwax- think my MPE-65 shots are better than the ones in that article- the lighting is particularly nasty
Brian V.

I agree whole heartedly . Your work is some of the best I have seen anywhere. We are truely lucky to have you here. You show us all what can be achieved and you make it look so easy.

TristanP

Some of us were wondering - how is the drop in #1 so round? Why isn't it distorted by gravity? Or are we not looking at it from the side? Wouldn't surface tension make it "grab" the leaf more on the sides, therefore flattening it out?

Lord Vetinari

TristanP wrote:

Some of us were wondering - how is the drop in #1 so round? Why isn't it distorted by gravity? Or are we not looking at it from the side? Wouldn't surface tension make it "grab" the leaf more on the sides, therefore flattening it out?

The POV is from slightly above the blade and drop. The point of attachment of the drop is on the underside of the blade so you can't see it. The drop is round because it is so small (around 1.5 mm diameter) drops don't start getting drop shaped until they are about 5mm in dia where gravity can overcome the surface tension.

Not sure if it helps overcome your doubt but here are the original JPGs the pic was focus stacked from- both straight from Raw processing, note the slightly different focus on the grass blade the drop itself and the refracted image .

Brian V.

wxwax

TristanP wrote:

Some of us were wondering - how is the drop in #1 so round? Why isn't it distorted by gravity? Or are we not looking at it from the side? Wouldn't surface tension make it "grab" the leaf more on the sides, therefore flattening it out?

Where do you think you are? Lebanon?

Lord Vetinari

Just in case you still have doubts, here's 6 pics I quickly did this morning in 8 minutes flat- some clearly show the attachment points, others don't. In the last pair I just moved the flower behind the drop a bit between shots.
Brian V.

webcase

Wonderful shots .

davev

I was so impressed with your shots, I had to try it.
No ext. tubes, just a XT with a 2x TC and a Canon 50mm marco lens.



After that I remembered that the Sony 717 was pretty good at macros.
If I would have remembered to check the ISO, I think the sony
may give me OK results.

With the 717 in macro mode, you can just about touch the flower
with the lens while taking the shot. You can get that close.



This one is close to a 100% crop. At ISO 400, way to much noise.

Lord Vetinari

davev wrote:

I was so impressed with your shots, I had to try it.
No ext. tubes, just a XT with a 2x TC and a Canon 50mm marco lens.

Excellent pics- better watch it they become addictive after a while.
Brian V.