patriotic panorama (macro landscape 5)
For the best version of these water drop photos check here .
When I first started trying to take water drop photos I was thrilled to just get some kind of image in a single drop. It was a bonus if it was in partial focus. And with great satisfaction I would crop around that one featured drop and happily post. Later, as my water drop-taking skills evolved, I started thinking about contrasts and compositions and such, but it was still usually centered around a single drop or so. Minor changes in positioning made a huge difference to composition, and that was fun to learn. Small changes to the aperture to get the right depth of field so the background was seen but did not distract from the drop itself took some learning - and made getting more than a few drops in focus very difficult. For a couple of years now that is where my evolution in water drop photography stopped. But now I'm thinking the next thing to play with is macro panoramas. Sounds like an oxymoron, I know. But in effect, a "water drop wide-angle" - where a much more challenging MANY water drops are in focus, and share interest with a larger scene - not just a macro crop. So bear with me while I practice in public on both some old and some new stuff. Here we go - macro landscapes!
patriotic panorama (macro landscape 5)
For the best version of these water drop photos check here .
When I first started trying to take water drop photos I was thrilled to just get some kind of image in a single drop. It was a bonus if it was in partial focus. And with great satisfaction I would crop around that one featured drop and happily post. Later, as my water drop-taking skills evolved, I started thinking about contrasts and compositions and such, but it was still usually centered around a single drop or so. Minor changes in positioning made a huge difference to composition, and that was fun to learn. Small changes to the aperture to get the right depth of field so the background was seen but did not distract from the drop itself took some learning - and made getting more than a few drops in focus very difficult. For a couple of years now that is where my evolution in water drop photography stopped. But now I'm thinking the next thing to play with is macro panoramas. Sounds like an oxymoron, I know. But in effect, a "water drop wide-angle" - where a much more challenging MANY water drops are in focus, and share interest with a larger scene - not just a macro crop. So bear with me while I practice in public on both some old and some new stuff. Here we go - macro landscapes!