Mainly frozen dewdrops

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited January 13, 2008 in Holy Macro
Nice frost the other morning - air temp about 2.5'C when i was taking the shots. All the shots are focus stacks shot between 1.5:1 and 3:1.

Brian V.

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  • ElaineElaine Registered Users Posts: 3,532 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2008
    Amazing, as always! Gorgeous colors and crisp details. Wonderful! clap.gif
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2008
    O very lovely world is beautyful
    amazing pictures
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  • garytgaryt Registered Users Posts: 335 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2008
    Nice shots Brian. You still have flowers after the frost or are they plastic?
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2008
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Nice frost the other morning - air temp about 2.5'C when i was taking the shots. All the shots are focus stacks shot between 1.5:1 and 3:1.

    Brian V.

    Okay, now I'm gonna ask just because I can......
    Do you actually know how to take a bad shot ?? rolleyes1.gif

    I just love the shape of the dew in the second shot Brian
    They all look beautiful, but that #2nd shot is something else clap.gif

    Once again some amazing and beautiful work Brian clap.gif ... Skippy :D
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2008
    Thanks for the comments everyone - worth getting cold hands for :)

    GaryT - no I still have some primroses in pots near the house that have been flowering all year plus I nearly always have an orchid in bloom in the house if I get desperate. :)

    Skippy - I quite frequently take bum shots but that tends to be moving bugs on moving plants :). I actually was not too happy with #2 because the composition isn't quite right but it was just about the only view I could get of that peculiar frost drop. Hardest thing about doing shots like this is actually finding a suitably nice looking blade of grass with a clear view/angle to it :).

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  • photocatphotocat Registered Users Posts: 1,334 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2008
    Wonderful Brian. I love the one that looks like an antenna of a bug, but probably is not that. Your shots are so crystal clear, a sharpness to die for, and uplifting colors. Your icy drops look like gems.
    I watched your little movie yesterday, and loved to see how you work and what you shot after they filmed you shooting. Very interesting!
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  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2008
    The frozen dewdrops with the mangled flower reflections make me laugh. They remind me of tomatoes that are just on the other side of ripe, when they start to deflate slightly!

    Beautiful, beautiful. I love the big fat ice drops sprouting feathery crystals on top.

    So it's cold and icy but your flowers are still blooming? eek7.gif
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2008
    photocat wrote:
    Wonderful Brian. I love the one that looks like an antenna of a bug, but probably is not that. Your shots are so crystal clear, a sharpness to die for, and uplifting colors. Your icy drops look like gems.
    I watched your little movie yesterday, and loved to see how you work and what you shot after they filmed you shooting. Very interesting!
    Thanks for sharing your expertise with us.

    Thanks for the kind comments photocat :)

    The TV thing was fun but almost hard work - had about 6.5 hrs on the main shoot and then they came back again to do the questions with me in the chair. Now I know what contestants on mastermind feel like :)

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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2008
    schmoo wrote:
    The frozen dewdrops with the mangled flower reflections make me laugh. They remind me of tomatoes that are just on the other side of ripe, when they start to deflate slightly!

    Beautiful, beautiful. I love the big fat ice drops sprouting feathery crystals on top.

    So it's cold and icy but your flowers are still blooming? eek7.gif

    Thanks Schmoo - ice dewdrops certainly don't refract that well but the flower does add some colour. Yes I have some primroses in pots from last spring that have just continuously bloomed, they are in a fairly sheltered spot so have not been frosted yet.

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  • ArvanArvan Registered Users Posts: 888 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2008
    :jawdrop Your macro skills are inzane! love your work. It´s just so beautiful each and every darn time =)
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  • sunitasunita Registered Users Posts: 210 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2008
    These are simply gorgeous, Brian! Wish I could get myself out the door early enough in the morning to at least try and get some dewdrops photographed rolleyes1.gif
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  • tamplumtamplum Registered Users Posts: 141 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2008
    WOW, seriously beautiful! I love these. :ivar
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 11, 2008
    Thanks for the comments everyone :)
    frost and dewdrops are worth getting up early for :)
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  • NanoNano Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited January 11, 2008
    100% inspiring to say the least, give thanks for your gift to the community Lord



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  • Mark EdellMark Edell Registered Users Posts: 672 Major grins
    edited January 12, 2008
    Brian, I would love to see you do a tutorial on how you do this. Great work!
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  • SylarSylar Registered Users Posts: 83 Big grins
    edited January 12, 2008
    Wow
    Fantastic Brian.... perfect work clap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 13, 2008
    Thanks for the kind comments Nano, Mark and Sylar :)

    Mark these were done in the same way I do the dwedrop refractions except the dewdrops were frozen by a frost. tutorial here
    http://www.flickr.com/groups/macroviewers/discuss/72157594313729574/

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