More Dewdrops

Lord Vetinari

Some recent shots

Brian V.

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Awais Yaqub

Wow great macros ! loved them a lot

Skippy

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Some recent shots

Brian V.

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Ahhhhhhhhahaha I see the gold fish you are indeed the master of Macro Reflections Brian :ivar all these shots a terrific.

Thanks for the smiles Brian ......... Skippy (Australia)

JenGrace

Love 'em! The reflections are great. I miss having a macro lens. :cry

Derno

those are amazing! so amazing it looks unreal, like photoshoped, but just the fact it is real makes it more amazing. great shots!

Seefutlung

^5 ... great stuff. Hey can you get an elephant to fit in a dewdrop? I haven't done any reflective macros ... but one would think the fish would be upside down...???

Gary

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments all
Gary- you are quite correct- I puposely carefully placed a pic of the fish behind the dewdrops upside-down so it would come out the right way up
I suspect you could do an elephant provided it was in good light and a fair distance away from the drop
Brian V.

wxwax

What a great idea. And such excellent execution, too! Very creative.

schmoo

Holy moly great shots! It's fabulous to see macros done in such a creative way

Nikolai

Brian,
Awesome idea, terrific execution!

Seefutlung

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks for the comments all
Gary- you are quite correct- I puposely carefully placed a pic of the fish behind the dewdrops upside-down so it would come out the right way up
I suspect you could do an elephant provided it was in good light and a fair distance away from the drop
Brian V.

Ahhh ... there's the rub ... a pix ... and this whole time I was thinking you brought the tank/bowl to the dew drop. Again, well done ... too much thinking for my little cream-cheese, pea-brain.

Gary

controld

Apologies in advance from a newcomer to this game....

So the orange-ish blur in the back ground of the last two pics is a picture of the fish being reflected in the drops? That is pretty cool. I was thinking PhotoShop right off the bat and now I feel guilty!

- Mike

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments Sid, Schmoo and Nikolai- the fish were just for fun.
controld -you are correct- the object to be refracted is placed carefully behind the drops only about 2-3cms away. At this magnification (about 3:1) the subject comes out totally OOF in the background. Hence also the nice fuchsia colour in the background of the 2nd flower shot and the orange/white in the background of the fish shots.
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

Seefutlung wrote:

Ahhh ... there's the rub ... a pix ... and this whole time I was thinking you brought the tank/bowl to the dew drop. Again, well done ... too much thinking for my little cream-cheese, pea-brain.

Gary

Ever tried to get a fish to swim upside-down ?
Actually there are some cave dwelling catfish that do
Brian V.

Seefutlung

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Ever tried to get a fish to swim upside-down ?
Actually there are some cave dwelling catfish that do
Brian V.

Yes I have ... hence your photographic skill was shadowed by your animal training skill ... until you let the cat out of the bag ... showing that common sense in the form of a pix in the background is better utilization of time and energy than training goldfish (which have a 30 minute or so memory).

Gary

PS- When I attempted to emulate your photo at home, whenever I tried to help the fish swim upside down, they tended to swim out of the picture when the water rushed out of the bowl. *sigh* Beaten by the Law of Gravity again.
G

SloYerRoll

Great Macro shots as usual Brian.
I'm about to get my first macro lens and will try to attempt some of these incredible shots..... Emphasis on TRY.
Seems like I'm always on the relentless pursuit of doing things I can't do yet.

ChrisJ

I'm always astounded by your work... today I like the ones with the purple backdrop best for some reason. But the fish is so creative!

Dee

Ah the ideas!
I can just see putting a picture of a bride and groom in the water drop!
Or a young child...
Can you see this on the front of a baby announcement card?

How do you get the drops to stay put?????????

Lord Vetinari

SloYerRoll wrote:

Great Macro shots as usual Brian.
I'm about to get my first macro lens and will try to attempt some of these incredible shots..... Emphasis on TRY.
Seems like I'm always on the relentless pursuit of doing things I can't do yet.

Thanks
Well hope you find the macro world as fascinating as I do .
Part of being human is trying new things. Good luck with the new lens.
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

ChrisJ wrote:

I'm always astounded by your work... today I like the ones with the purple backdrop best for some reason. But the fish is so creative!

Thanks Chris
I like the fuchsia flower refractions best as well but just had to do the fish one.
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

Dee wrote:

I can just see putting a picture of a bride and groom in the water drop!
Or a young child...
Can you see this on the front of a baby announcement card?

How do you get the drops to stay put?????????

Thanks Dee
These are very small natural dewdrops on the grass outside- they are actually very stable as long as you don't knock them. Yes you could do a refraction with just about anything but it would be a bit weather dependent.
Brian V.