Macro with Water Drops

I saw all the AWESOME Macro work here and decided to add a one I did -
I'm doing a 365 project on my blog and last night used my 70-300 macro lens (yes the cheap Sigma one, I've had it since I shot film back in the day) to get a few water drops.

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I like it Brian, good stuff!

Very nice. I love the color and contrast.

turned out really well for a "cheap" lens.

msclman99 wrote in post #8882517
turned out really well for a "cheap" lens.

Trust me I'm just as amazed. I'll give this a try with a better lens this weekend and with more colors. If I get something cool I'll post it.

Nice shot

Nice shot. How did you set up for it? Trying to get something similar myself and having a bear of a time with DOF.

clancyman wrote in post #8885180
Nice shot. How did you set up for it? Trying to get something similar myself and having a bear of a time with DOF.

Sorry for the late response I really have to set up the notifications on these subscriptions.

Used a Paint roller pan, had the f-stop at around 8.0 - 16, use a pen to set the focus point just at where the drop was hitting, the set the shutter and ISO, and then hit the shutter.

Here is a link to the original post, there is a video tutorial in it.

Very nice shot, and old lenses rule!

DigitalSpecialist wrote in post #9074325
Very nice shot, and old lenses rule!

Thanks! Yes Old lenses rock with they work on digital cameras. I'm even tempted to get a converter ring for some of my old Pentax k-1000 lenses for my nature stuff.

Nice work Brian.

Thanks! here is the newer stuff from day 50

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What was your setting?

gpswiz wrote in post #9074811
What was your setting?

70-300 macro lenses at 270mm ish, F16, 1/180 - 1/250, ISO between 160 - 320, and flash at 1/8th power.

flash is at camera right for blue & yellow hitting the blue & yellow foam paper that site behind the paint roller tray.

Thanks!