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Macro Mondays On the Inside theme. In the water drop you see a small Mardi Gras mask which is a refraction image.

 

My thought for this subject was not just an image inside a water drop but also that this is part of a king cake which many celebrate the season of epiphany through Shrove Tuesday. Inside the cake is a small plastic baby. "King cakes became a part of part of the celebration to symbolize the finding of baby Jesus." If you find the baby in your serving you make or buy the cake next year.

 

M42 Macro lens. Extension tube. Vivitar 285 through umbrella right.YN460 left.

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Still playing with water : ))

 

I used green poster board to bounce the flash on this one. Hope everyone has a great day....I'll be around to catch up with everyone later tonight.

 

Camera:Olympus E-620

Exposure:0.013 sec (1/80)

Aperture:f/14.0

Focal Length:105 mm

ISO Speed:100

Exposure Bias:0 EV

Tripod mounted with remote shutter release

Flash off camera bounced from rear @ 1/64th power

I think I fell in love with these water drop shots !

 

PS. Have a nice day ... and Happy Halloween !!

Every day I take a shower and do not realize the beauty of each individual drop of water that falls upon my head. Here is that beauty realized. It is fantastic when you click on lightbox to see it larger and on black.

Taken on a rainy day when the rain slowed.

It is almost summer in the USA and the weather is very warm, but a week ago, it was lightly raining, so to cool off your week ahead, I offer a cooling view of damp visions. These are all from both of my front and rear gardens.

I was playing with my 100mm f2,8 .... again :o)

The Dancer, twirling gracefully

 

For a brief moment this water drop danced on the dimly lit stage.

The last of these water drop shots before I disappear away for a few days.

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Giant cone flower in the back round

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Taking water drop macros can be both challenging and great fun.

 

Here's a small gallery I've put together to showcase other people's water drop shots that have inspired me to have a go:

Gallery: Water drop miscellany

  

Droplets like flowers

Reflections like worlds

Gardens in miniature

Secrets unfurled

Dodging terrible weather today, quickly took a gathering of water droplets, then back inside to the warm :)

 

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OK I'll stop... maybe...

This is the original of the "droplet lomography"

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Water abstract. In space no-one can hear you scream

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No, not taken with the Hubble Telescope!

This is just some reflections in a bowl of water taken using the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens, the nearest thing I've got to Hubble! It does remind me of some far off galaxy! SOOC, slight crop.

 

Lots more like this in my Water Drops Set

Beautiful rain drops put on a show during the last storm. Please view large.Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

 

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Strobist Info: Vivitar 285 HV Camera right (appears left in barbie refraction) fired manually at 1/4th power

 

See LARGE ALL-NATURAL Barbie in full detail on black

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Another wet foxglove bud and three little upsidedown worlds.

 

BIG is BEST!

 

Another beautiful day in Shaker Heights, Ohio

A few people asked about my 'setup' for water drop shots. It's rather Heath Robinson, but this hopefully illustrates the basic method.

 

Camera on tripod.

One black roasting dish full of water.

A couple of foil birthday balloons lit with a halogen lamp to provide the colour.

100mm macro lens manually focussed on the water surface - I just dip a teaspoon into the water, focus on that and use that as an aiming point for landing the drops.

No flash used.

One teaspoon to dribble water from.

Burst mode to take a series of shots.

A wireless remote shutter release is handy, but not shown here!

Need to play about with angles to get the best reflections.

High ISO 800-1600 and manual exposure settings - most are f/2.8 at between 1/500th and 1/1000th second

Large bottle of Patience - about 1 in 10 are useable shots!

 

Have fun if you try this!!!

 

Couldn't resist - one more failed water drop macro! The patterns and colours are mesmerising. Done with a dishful of water, a light and a foil birthday balloon to provide the colour.

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water drops on a funnel spider web in my garden

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My friend Roni is an inspiration behind this image. She creates amazing and beautiful macro abstracts.

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