Feeling blue

Lord Vetinari

Some dewdrop shots using a blue primrose
Brian V.

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Skippy

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Some dewdrop shots using a blue primrose
Brian V.

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Beautiful Brian, just beautiful I like all of them.
The last too look like you have recorded a swaying drop,
like the blade of grass is about to toss that droplet

Your just too clever Brian ..... Skippy
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Moni

I love the gradient from blue to white on the last one...oh so soft.

Giphsub

Amazing shots Do you place the flower for those shots?

Lord Vetinari

Thanks Skippy,Moni and Mike for the kind comments
I enjoy doing these shots- get lovely colours in the BG.

Mike- yes the flower is placed about 1" behind the dewdrop - it's the same flower in all the shots.
Brian V.

Paul Iddon

Excellent again Brian.

I did wonder how you got the flower refraction/reflection.


Paul.

Lord Vetinari

Paul Iddon wrote:

Excellent again Brian.

I did wonder how you got the flower refraction/reflection.


Paul.

Thanks Paul - I got fed up looking for dewdrops with something interesting behind them to refract- it then dawned on me to put something behind them

brian V.

teamracephotos

These are Incredible
Are you pushing the shutter just before they drop? How do you get them to be so round (circular), it must be a tade secret!

imonk

Lighting Question
Hi Brian

Lovely shots, I've really enjoyed your gallery every time I've seen it. Can I ask you about yout lighting setup for these shots? Were you using 1 or 2 flashguns? and roughly where were they placed?

Cheers
Ian

Lord Vetinari

teamracephotos wrote:

Are you pushing the shutter just before they drop? How do you get them to be so round (circular), it must be a tade secret!

Thanks TRP

No the drops are fairly stable as long as you don't blow on them - I quite often use the same dewdrop formations with different flowers behind them.
I don't get them to be circular, naturally formed dewdrops are circular because they are small (around 2mm dia). The surface tension is high enough to overcome gravity. Much bigger than this- around 4mm dia they start going pear shaped because of gravity.

Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

imonk wrote:

Hi Brian

Lovely shots, I've really enjoyed your gallery every time I've seen it. Can I ask you about yout lighting setup for these shots? Were you using 1 or 2 flashguns? and roughly where were they placed?

Cheers
Ian

Thanks Ian
I'm just using a single flashgun with a diffuser mounted so the diffuser is always near the end of the lens. See pic below of my two macro rigs. Although the slightly DIY brackets are different they both enable me to revolve the flash mounting and straighten the flash out as the lens extends.

Brian V.

eggbanjo

The colour in these shots is very striking. :

Lovely set of pics , Brian

patricia kay

More lovely dewdrop shots...I never tire of seeing them...just beautiful Brian...

Patricia........:D

Elaine

Stunning as usual! LOVE these colors!

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for looking and commenting EB, Patricia and Elaine
Fraid I haven't got bored taking these yet - always looking for interesting "flower" arrangements.
Brian V.

banjon

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks Paul - I got fed up looking for dewdrops with something interesting behind them to refract- it then dawned on me to put something behind them

brian V.

Very nice gradients and choice of flower. These are beautiful shots.
Great job.




Rich