Various droplet pics

[LordV]

Some recent rain/water/dew/syrup shots .
Brian V.

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Upsidedown sucrose syrup drops

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Raindrop on filter brush with Hibiscus flower behind for colour (ISO800)

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water drops on glass over orchid flower

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Water condensation on glass over marguerite flower

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Dewdrops on grass with Marguerite flower behind

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Cross-eye stereogram of above

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Dewdrops on moss leaf ends- pretty certain this moss survives on top of a wall by collecting dewdrops- tiny springtail (about 1.2mm long) gives a sense of scale.

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[lcpete]

amazing shots again Brian,
The raindrop on filter brush is really good fantastic shot
Pete

[Omri Alon]

These are excelleny as usual :D

[rraman]

Simply mesmerizing... yet again!

Did you take these with your 105 mm macro or MPE-65?

[dpastern]

These are better than the last set! Beautiful colours and compositions, make wonderful abstracts and great wallpapers!

Dave

[LindaB]

Wonderful! :)

[megaweb]

Amazing shots. 3rd shot is like computer generated image :)

[Athena]

Defying gravity now too, are we? ;) I like the syrup - what are they hanging from?
I also like that last one - fascinating!

[LordV]

Simply mesmerizing... yet again!

Did you take these with your 105 mm macro or MPE-65?
Thanks :)
All taken with the MPE-65 but all except the last shot could be taken with a 100mm macro plus extension tubes.
Brian V.

[LordV]

Defying gravity now too, are we? ;) I like the syrup - what are they hanging from?
I also like that last one - fascinating!

Thanks Athena :)
Not sure why but that pic just looked more interesting upside-down- the syrup drops are hanging from a paper clip :)
Brian V.

[LordV]

Thanks for the comments/compliments all- very much appreciated :)
Brian V.

[bandit 1]

Hiya Brian,
Hot damn these are great & the last is amazing !! I see you managed to get the reflection of that Springtail in some of the drops ??
Cheers for now
Mark

[Ferco]

wow three, four and the last shots are outstanding! simplt awesome; did you need extension tubes for these? if so i think i have just been convinced to buy some!

[LordV]

Hiya Brian,
Hot damn these are great & the last is amazing !! I see you managed to get the reflection of that Springtail in some of the drops ??
Cheers for now
Mark
Thanks Mark- must admit I hadn't noticed the springtail reflection-I was just pleased to have got it in focus :)
Brian V.

[LordV]

wow three, four and the last shots are outstanding! simplt awesome; did you need extension tubes for these? if so i think i have just been convinced to buy some!

Thanks :)
I was using an MPE-65 so didn't need ext tubes- but you would get about the right mag with a 100mm macro lens and a full set of ext tubes (65-68mm).
Brian V.

[bandit 1]

Hiya Brian,
You really must pay more attention to detail tut tut ;) :lol:
Cheers for now
Mark

Thanks Mark- must admit I hadn't noticed the springtail reflection-I was just pleased to have got it in focus :)
Brian V.

[Leorooster]

Excellent! Very beautiful shots! You are really getting creative in getting droplet shots :)

[LordV]

Excellent! Very beautiful shots! You are really getting creative in getting droplet shots :)

Thanks Leo :)
You can get lot's of interesting effects with water- and I just like playing :)
May try some more shots with sucrose syrup though- has much higher refractive index than H2O so you get different optical properties as well as the drops tending to stay where you put them.

Brian V.

[LordV]

Hiya Brian,
You really must pay more attention to detail tut tut ;) :lol:
Cheers for now
Mark
:) :)

I was actually suprised how the springtail came out. The shot is focus stacked and the springtail was in a different position in several of the pics but OOF so the reflections may not be of where the springtail is in the picture ;)
Brian V.

[bandit 1]

Hiya Brian,
Just a spark of inspiration have you thought of using this (Na2SiO3) hope I got this right ??? could be interesting if not messy:lol:

Cheers for now
Mark:)



Thanks Leo :)
You can get lot's of interesting effects with water- and I just like playing :)
May try some more shots with sucrose syrup though- has much higher refractive index than H2O so you get different optical properties as well as the drops tending to stay where you put them.

Brian V.

[98photo]

I love 1 and 5! They are beautiful!

[LordV]

Hiya Brian,
Just a spark of inspiration have you thought of using this (Na2SiO3) hope I got this right ??? could be interesting if not messy:lol:

Cheers for now
Mark:)
Had to look that up- sodium silicate as used to make crystal gardens with other salt cystals as seeds ?- thanks for the idea- might give that an investigate :). Kids crystal garden set for Christmas ;)
Brian V.

[bandit 1]

Hiya Brian,
That's it, my Gran preserved eggs in the stuff:p
Cheers for now
Mark

Had to look that up- sodium silicate as used to make crystal gardens with other salt cystals as seeds ?- thanks for the idea- might give that an investigate :). Kids crystal garden set for Christmas ;)
Brian V.

[Stefano]

Another fantastic series

[davidmigl]

Just wanted to drop by and say that I've been viewing your droplet photos for a while now, and they never cease to amaze me. You're getting more creative with these, too. Keep up the good work!!

[halfmoonray]

Stunning!

[iCapture]

man, i really have to get a 100mm macro lens.

Great shots LordV

[hankc]

all very creative and fantastic shots.

[Shabookie]

very nice....

[PetKal]

Nice macrowork, thank you for sharing.;)
Seriously, you get the highest mark for creativity ! That's where these images rule.
Secondly, the technical execution is practivally flawless, almost looking like computer graphics. Therein one should prhaps seek weaknesses , if there are any.
In my taste, I'd go less intense with colours and perhaps a wee bit less photoshop polished...trying to preserve a little bit of the "hand-work" feel, as opposed to the "machine made" one.

Overall, again, very impressive.

[LordV]

Thanks for the kind comments again and critique everyone- much appreciated.
Petkal- will think about that- I normally do very little to the pics.
RAW conversion (with exposure correction if necessary), then in PS low de-noise and unsharp mask with levels correction if necessary). Think I did play with the colour/contast in #2&3 in this series but not the rest.
The main PP work I do is focus stacking (used in the dewdrop pics) but this does not change the colour but does change the apparent DOF and hence things can appear to be too much in focus and a little artificial. However having said that one of the things I like doing is playing and do every now and then try completely different styles (eg natural light shallow DOF pics)- part of the fun of photography :).
Brian V.

[kryppy]

Simply incredible photos. I have the stereogram burned into my retinas!

[Cobra351]

As always, spectacular! Thanks for sharing these.

[melvynyeo]

First class shots!!! :D:D:D

[BradT0517]

I love pictures 2 and 5

[LordV]

Simply incredible photos. I have the stereogram burned into my retinas!

Thanks- hope your eyes recover :)
the 3-D shots do add... well another dimension to the photographs, if you can view them ;)
Brian V.

[LordV]

Thanks for the kind comments Cobra, Melvyn and Brad- I just have the time to play about a bit :)
Brian V.

[catsith]

wow, stunned again, i soooo love your photos, they are superb!

[LordV]

wow, stunned again, i soooo love your photos, they are superb!

Thanks Tina for the kind comments :)
Brian V.