Some dewdrop refractions

Lord Vetinari

Some recent dewdrop flower refraction shots.
Brian V.

schmoo

Beautiful as always!!

The last two make me feel like I've shrunk to bug-size and fallen into a glass of soda water.

Awais Yaqub

Beautiful

Jody Melanson

Cool!

kombizz

Unfortunately I am not able to see your images

thebigsky

More superb images Brian, you've really found a niche and mastered it, congratulations.

Charlie

Phil_L

Those are awesome!

Skippy

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Some recent dewdrop flower refraction shots.
Brian V.

Beautiful Brian, your dewdrop refraction shots are always stunning.
You continue to inspire us all

Thank you for sharing Brian ......... Skippy
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Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the kind comments everyone much appreciated. The last two shots are tiny dewdrops on the wind sail seed of a sedum I found in the grass.
Brian V.

tlee

Oooooo! Aaaaaaawe! My favorite are the last two!!

davidryan

Stunning photos-- how on earth did you create them?

S. Horton

clap WOW! Thx for sharing!

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for looking and commenting T, Ryan and Sam

Ryan They are simply natural dew drops with a flower placed behind them (hence the BG colour) Tutorial here
http://www.wonderfulphotos.com/articles/macro/dewdrops/

brian V.

davidryan

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks for looking and commenting T, Ryan and Sam

Ryan They are simply natural dew drops with a flower placed behind them (hence the BG colour) Tutorial here
http://www.wonderfulphotos.com/articles/macro/dewdrops/

brian V.

Thanks Brian-- I'll have to give this a shot. In my garden now, we have these giant flowers blooming called amaryllis-- I think they'd do well in a dew drop What is your equipment/setting for some of these. Your website is wonderful, btw. Thanks.

DonnaMc

Wow!
Wow these photos are beautiful. These are the kind of pics I hope to take someday. What type of lens is required to take these photos? I'm still somewhat new to the photography world, just looking for some advice on my next purchase.

Skippy

DonnaMc wrote:

Wow these photos are beautiful. These are the kind of pics I hope to take someday. What type of lens is required to take these photos? I'm still somewhat new to the photography world, just looking for some advice on my next purchase.

Hi Donna, and welcome to the Dgrin Forum.
Ahhhhh I see you have found some of Brian's awesome MACRO's

If you have a look at this link

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=50752

Brian has a very very detailed tutorials as to how he does these types of images.

It's a stacking Technique, and you will also find details on the free program that is used to stack the images together.

Have fun ..... Skippy
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DonnaMc

Thanks for your reply! I will check out his tutorial!

Donna

DonnaMc

Thanks for the link to the tutorial, it is very interesting to see the technique and all the work that goes into this type of macro photography.

I currently have a Nikon D50 with a Nikkor 50mm f1.8 lens and a Tamron 18-200mm f3.5-f6.3 Di and SB600 external flash. I quickly realized that these lenses alone cannot achieve the 1:1 ratio that is desired. A new dedicated macro lens is not yet in my budget. My question to the group is what is the best option (if any) for me to take sharp macros. I have read that a lens reversing ring, extension tubes or close-up filters may help, but will the results be any good? Am I better off saving for a macro lens? Any suggestions?

Perhaps I should start a new thread for this, I'm new to the forum

Van Isle

Some are great, but the last few look really digitized/synthesized/processed...maybe it's me?

Superb images, though. Truly sharp, colourful, outstanding captures.

Thanks for sharing.

VI

Lord Vetinari

Van Isle wrote:

Some are great, but the last few look really digitized/synthesized/processed...maybe it's me?

Superb images, though. Truly sharp, colourful, outstanding captures.

Thanks for sharing.

VI

Thanks for the comments VI. The only oddity on the last few images is that one has been inverted (ie it's a colour negative)
Brian v.