Some dewdrop refractions

[LordV]

Some more flower dewdrop refractions. You may recognise the flower in the first 4 shots as the same as the one I've been doing a lot of bug shots on recently. All are focus stacked.

Brian V.

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[orionmystery]

Great refraction shots as usual!

[cricketboy75]

lovely...

[troypiggo]

Guess what I'm doing this week? Buying flowers for my fiance.
Guess what I'm doing Saturday morning. Cutting some off and photographing dewdrop refractions. :) I'm baaaaad.

PS - great refractions as usual sir.

[spidermanrbryce2006]

wow brilliant series!

[Bill Pham]

what is there to say. they all are up to your standard Brian. in other words the pretty great.

Bill 1

[johnkermit1]

great series. as usual :-)
you really have these stacked refractions down.
:cool:

[MacroStu]

Beautiful!!! i might give this a go later :-)

[r.morales]

Nice shots

[Sugarman]

Wonderful, beautiful, lovely shots Brian!

[LordV]

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

[Kim22]

Oh my goodness! I've never really looked around in the macro threads. This was one of the first threads I looked at in here and I'm astounded! These are gorgeous!!! I'm particularly drawn to the 2nd daisy one and the 1st purple one. Nice work!

[LordV]

Oh my goodness! I've never really looked around in the macro threads. This was one of the first threads I looked at in here and I'm astounded! These are gorgeous!!! I'm particularly drawn to the 2nd daisy one and the 1st purple one. Nice work!

Thanks Kim :)
Brian V.

[ben_r_]

Great work as usual!

[Flo]

Stunning......you never cease to amaze with these photos.

[FLiPMaRC]

:cool: WOW! is all I can say.

[glockamole]

Brian,

I love these shots and similar other ones you have posted. I have some Kenko tubes but think I need to get a real macro lens - your work has inspired me. Are you using the MPE-65 or the Sigma 105 for these shots? Any advice on getting started in terms of lens selection would be appreciated.

Jon

[4g63photo]

BEAUTIFUL!

[inthedeck]

Can't say much more than what everyone else has said. If there's anyones refractions of dew drops I look forward to seeing...well...no need to get all mushy... :wink:

Nice, as always.

[DigitalSpecialist]

Brian, how about teaching us your tricks to making these shots so phenominal?


JIM

[LordV]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone. I'm afraid I'm addicted to doing these- I just like the shapes and colours.

Jon - I use an MPE-65 for these but you can use a macro lens with a full set of ext tubes to give around 2:1 for them.

Jim It-s just a matter of finding small natural dewdrops and then using focus stacking to get the refracted image and the dewdrop in focus. Tutorial here- http://www.wonderfulphotos.com/articles/macro/dewdrops/

Brian V.

[kelstar]

Beautiful series of shots.

[TrekPic]

Ummm..... amazing.... the only word I could grasp.

[LordV]

Thanks for the kind comments Kelstar and Terry :)
Brian V.

[Sorrell]

Those are great!!! Sooo neat!

[Busto]

Jawdroppingly pretty...