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After reading numerous bits of advice about water drop photography, I decided to try my hand at it. Over one hundred photos later, I found that I had captured this floral water drop as it headed for a splash landing. Although I've tried to replicate this exact experience, it will have to remain in my heart and mind. I suppose that is what is beautiful about life. Every event is rather special in its own way. It's interesting how photography can turn one into a philosopher.
Macro Monday redux 2020 water .
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Close-up of a tiny water drop hanging from a bud in my garden. I was expecting rain today but to my surprise there was blue sky and sunshine after the rain, and I spotted some tiny water drops sparkling in the sunshine. I used some extension tubes on my 56 mm portrait lens to get close-up and a tripod to steady the camera and maintain focus at such high magnification. It was quite difficult to set up the camera at the perfect distance, even with a macro rail to fine tune the focus, but I was very pleased with the result, catching the sunburst and garden reflections as well as some fine detail in the water soaked bud.
By the time I took this shot near Tomahawk Point the wind was really starting to increase in speed. As you'll see here, the trawler has dropped anchor to keep from drifting towards the shoreline and dangerous rocks. The sky from this angle was bereft of clouds and is already taking on an interesting complexion - a combination of the salt air and the sand being whipped up in the foreground. But as far as the composition was concerned, that sky provides some interesting negative space to balance the trawler. Too much water here would have been, well, too much.
P.S. Those dark smudges in the air behind the boat are not spots on my sensor, but sea birds.
Two shots both taken at the headland looking towards Mumbles Lighthouse with Bracelet Bay to the right. It is a very steep rocky outcrop and for someone like me who hates heights the fence is a very welcome place to hang onto whilst taking photos! The other shot is a bit further round - no fence but still very steep and a long drop!
For the Macro Mondays them of "Citrus" and not having a definite idea of what I would do until the Monday morning I decided to cut a Lemon in half which I would hollow out and fill with water. I had thought about dropping a Lemon or Lime segment into a small shot glass but shortly before setting up I had the idea of using the Lemon this way.
Next I chopped a Lime into segments which I would drop into the Lemon so I could photograph these and the resulting splash.
I had decided to focus the short side of my frame to the three inch rule with the camera in portrait orientation to try and make sure I caught splashes that went directly upwards, This would then mean I had to present my composition as a square. Ironically here a splash is just going off to the right which just gets missed right at the end.