Wet theme macros

Lord Vetinari

Or flies don't refract.

Brian V.

Maestro

Simply amazing! Stunning actually.

Awais Yaqub

Jawdropping cool !

Serrator

Perfect work! Your love for macro does shine through with your brillant efforts!

wxwax

Holy cow. Stunning.

Scotty_R

Just absolutely fabulous. Beautiful work.

JillG

Beautiful work, each one is stunning

Jill

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the very kind comments everyone- very much appreciated
As you may have noticed I do have a fascination for dewdrops
Brian v.

Van Isle

Just. Totally. Wicked. Awesome.

VI

Skippy

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Or flies don't refract.

Brian V.

Good heavens!! :wow these are brilliant :ivar
Love that fly in image #4 .... I like alllllllllllll of them .... Skippy
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greenplasticdave

Great shots, all of them.

I have a little garden spray bottle that I use to spray on leaves or flowers if natural rain just isn't working for me. Did you find the large dew drops in image 1 naturally?

Regards

-Dave-

www.mirkwoodcottage.typepad.com/davidjamesphotography

Lord Vetinari

Thanks VI, Skippy and Dave for looking and commenting
The fly didn't refract very well though

Dave - I have been known to use a spray bottle but these are natural dewdrop shots. The drop size in all the shots are actually small probably all less than 2mm diameter. Large drops go pear shaped.
Brian V.

MrParts

I was doing this yesterday and now I would be VERY embarrassed to show off my work since these are so incredible!

Love that fly! Damn these are good shots!

Dalantech

That second image is simply stunning Brian -well done!!

Have you thought about making a smaller diffuser for your flash? For those shots you don't need a lot of coverage, and it might help to cut down the reflection from the diffuser.

Lord Vetinari

MrParts wrote:

I was doing this yesterday and now I would be VERY embarrassed to show off my work since these are so incredible!

Love that fly! Damn these are good shots!

Thanks Mr Parts - remember I'm retired so have a lot more time to practice and take shots so please do post yours.
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

Dalantech wrote:

That second image is simply stunning Brian -well done!!

Have you thought about making a smaller diffuser for your flash? For those shots you don't need a lot of coverage, and it might help to cut down the reflection from the diffuser.

Thanks John
I have played with flash positioning in the past rather than the diffuser size. I can get drops with no highlights by changing the position but I actually prefer them with some reflection. The problem comes with how much which is not that reproducible.
Brian V.

Dalantech

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks John
I have played with flash positioning in the past rather than the diffuser size. I can get drops with no highlights by changing the position but I actually prefer them with some reflection. The problem comes with how much which is not that reproducible.
Brian V.

I feel your pain -ran into similar issues trying to freeze water drops as they fell in front of a flower.