Some dewdrop flower refractions

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited February 13, 2008 in Holy Macro
Some recent shots using a gerbera and primrose.

brian V.

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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited February 10, 2008
    Beautiful !
    Amazing
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  • matasamatasa Registered Users Posts: 170 Major grins
    edited February 10, 2008
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  • PilznrPilznr Registered Users Posts: 262 Major grins
    edited February 10, 2008
    :jawdrop AMAZING! I love the DoF in all of them. That really makes the reflection stand out. I've seen a few like this, but you can always make out the flower in the background which bothered me.

    I started to try this once (about 4 months ago) and couldn't get any drops to stay on the grass or leaves. I gave up very fast, and never tried again.
    What's your trick? Please share.
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited February 10, 2008
    Thanks for looking and commenting everybody - much appreciated :)

    Pilznr - no secret with the drops- these are natural early morning dewdrops on my lawn grass. They have two nice properites- they are fairly small which means I have to use High magnification and therefore the flower behind is normally totally OOF, secondly as they are naturally formed they tend to stay where they are :)

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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited February 10, 2008
    I love this one. The flower looks like some fantastic fish, about to ambush a meal!

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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 10, 2008
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Some recent shots using a gerbera and primrose.

    brian V.

    The Lord Vetinari Specials :D these are really becoming a signature for you, a lot of folks know you for your Dewdrop and flower shots Brian.

    Always spectacular!

    Love that first shot it has the Dragonfly look about it thumb.gif
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  • JillGJillG Registered Users Posts: 285 Major grins
    edited February 10, 2008
    Beautiful, love the backgrounds in 1, 2, & 3. These drop pics are amazing.
    Jill
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited February 11, 2008
    Thanks for looking and commenting Icebear,Skippy and Jill - much appreciated.

    Fraid I can't stop taking these when there is a nice dew on the lawn :)
    Skippy- think you are right about the signature but I know a couple of other macro- shooters that can do these just as well :)
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  • ravicravic Registered Users Posts: 111 Major grins
    edited February 11, 2008
    Great shot, Lord V
    I always love your dewdrop refraction images!
  • steplimsteplim Registered Users Posts: 56 Big grins
    edited February 12, 2008
    Hi Brian,

    Always amaze at your superb pictures of dewdrops with well reflected/refracted images of foreground.
    Did you use two flashes; one for the subject, one for the background, as it is well lit?

    Like the 1st and 2nd pics.
    Best Regards
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2008
    Thanks for looking and commenting Ravic and Stephen.
    Stephen- No I'm just using a single flash - the flower is only around 2 to 3 cms behind the drops.

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