After Some Rain

RogersDA

I got this. Enjoy. Comments always welcome.

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Bob&Glennie

Cool!
I have no idea what it is but it sure is cool. I can't decide if I like the shallow DOF but it does serve to isolate attention on the bottom. I love the reflection in the water drop. You've done a good job with the lighting ... very dramatic.

Bob

Lord Vetinari

Brilliant capture

Brian V.

RogersDA

Bob&Glennie wrote:

I have no idea what it is but it sure is cool. I can't decide if I like the shallow DOF but it does serve to isolate attention on the bottom. I love the reflection in the water drop. You've done a good job with the lighting ... very dramatic.

Bob

Bob, this is an old curling tendril from a vine. It is essentially covered in H2O and then there is a drop of H2O at the bottom. The drop is refracting the curly part of the tendril. It was shot with the the MP-65E macro lens @ 1x to 1.5x. with the MR-14EX ringlight. (Note to self: I really should start writing down the magnification settings on the lens).

Hope that helps and thanks for the comments.

RogersDA

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Brilliant capture

Brian V.

Brian, thanks for the comment. I am really going to have rig up something akin to your lighting as the ringlight produces too many bright spots. So many of the same drop had half-rings in the bubble that just looked terrible.

RogersDA

A few more @ a different angle. The first showing the notorius flash ring :bluduh The second had the flash ring removed

All images were at f/10.

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gmonkeh

Actually if theres any way you can pp out the flash reflection this would be perfect. The flash ring gives the water more character as opposed to the non flash.

ShepsMom

WOW David, great capture!!

Lord Vetinari

RogersDA wrote:

Brian, thanks for the comment. I am really going to have rig up something akin to your lighting as the ringlight produces too many bright spots. So many of the same drop had half-rings in the bubble that just looked terrible.

One of the reasons I'm not keen on ringlights, that and the near impossibility of diffusing the light.
Brian V.

Skippy

RogersDA wrote:

I got this. Enjoy. Comments always welcome.

Wow I like this one how cool is that, almost looks like a clear egg shaped water blob partially wrapped with some kind of vine .

Well Done! ... Skippy
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Maestro

Very good capture!

RogersDA

Skippy wrote:

...almost looks like a clear egg shaped water blob partially wrapped with some kind of vine

Wow, Skippy - you made a pretty good guess.
I figured you like these if nothing else but becasue of :skippy .

RogersDA

Maestro wrote:

Very good capture!

Thanks, I am still trying to get better at the DOF and getting what I want to be in focus.