Natures juice and refractions

[nzmacro]

Love shooting after the rain. We find insects all wet or with water drops on their eyes and of course, over vines and leaves we find drops with refractions.

"Lemon drops" Over the Pansy garden.

http://www.macrophotos.com/nzmacro/drops/drp99045.jpg

"Purple Rain" Moving along and looking at other Pansies.

http://www.macrophotos.com/nzmacro/drops/vvcfder.jpg

"Just call me Daisy" Heading on over to a Daisy.

http://www.macrophotos.com/nzmacro/drops/P1090085.jpg

So thats 3 but I warn ya, I have a ton of them :D , I'm a sucker for drops and refractions. :):

Danny.

[USAIR]

Amazing photos :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap
Really nice
Could you share you setup?

Thanks
Fred

[BrianLowther]

I like em.:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap

Brian

[nzmacro]

Amazing photos :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap
Really nice
Could you share you setup?

Thanks
Fred
Are you sure Fred ........ are you really sure :wink . Ok, heres one I call the "Hades setup"

http://www.macrophotos.com/nzmacro/articles/cd10001.jpg

Heavy and its always hand held thanks to the built in IS of the Sony CD-1000.

And if you want the new FZ10 setup, its here

http://www.macrophotos.com/nzmacro/articles/pmacro.htm

All the best Fred and thanks folks :wink

Danny.

[pete w]

Like the results a lot, well thought out:clap :rofl

[bfjr]

beatiful, precise work :thumb
Much here for you to be proud of

Guess I need to rethink my FZ and a couple closeup lens setup :lol

[ian408]

I'm constantly amazed by your macro work. Beautiful stuff.


Ian

[Higgmeister]

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Are you sure Fred ........ are you really sure :wink . Ok, heres one I call the "Hades setup"

http://www.macrophotos.com/nzmacro/articles/cd10001.jpg

Heavy and its always hand held thanks to the built in IS of the Sony CD-1000.

And if you want the new FZ10 setup, its here

http://www.macrophotos.com/nzmacro/articles/pmacro.htm

All the best Fred and thanks folks :wink

Danny.

[TristanP]

Gorgeous shots on that link you provided. What ring flash is that and would it work on the F717 (58mm threads)?

[Steve Cavigliano]

Loved em all Danny :thumb :thumb But that middle one is definitely a POTD winner :clap Great framing, lovely colors and you can look at it for a long time :lust

BTW, you definitely have a serious set up :huh

Steve

[MuskyDude]

Just plain awesome Danny. :clap


AJ

[nzmacro]

Gorgeous shots on that link you provided. What ring flash is that and would it work on the F717 (58mm threads)?
Thanks macroholics, very much appreciated. You are all too kind.

Tristan, no reason why that wouldn't work on your 717, fine camera BTW. Its a Sunpak GX-8R. One of the few that are completely variable in its power output with the turn of a dial. I would suggest diffusing it though by adding white plastic to the front of just the ring itself. Olympus made a cross polarised filter especially for ringflash units. Getting hard to come by now days and really quite unique. That helps avoiding highlights in macro of shiny subjects. Very handy gadget Tristan. You would end up having to use a slave flash on this particular model, I use a Sunpak slave to fire it from the inbuilt flash.

Now if you can't switch off the pre-flash in a 717, then you would need a special slave that fires only on the second flash and not the pre-flash Tristan.

All the best all and thanks again.

Danny.

[Lord Vetinari]

Great shots Danny- you've obviously got this water drop stuff off to a tee.

One technical question- do you know if the images in the drops are reflections on the surface or refractions (ie acting as lens) or a mix of both?
Brian V.

[nzmacro]

Great shots Danny- you've obviously got this water drop stuff off to a tee.

One technical question- do you know if the images in the drops are reflections on the surface or refractions (ie acting as lens) or a mix of both?
Brian V.
Definitely refractions Brian. If its behind the drop its refractions for sure, but it is reflecting back to the lens :wink , a little play in words I guess :): I'm looking forward to your next post :thumb

All the best Brian and thanks.

Danny.

[Dee]

After seeing your set up, I'm even more amazed! I like macros, always have, but my water drops never seemed to reflect, refract or re- anything in them.

Maybe I never got close enough? That's a lot of gear to hand hold too! But the results are fantastic!

There was once a guy on the web who used a high powered magnifying glass for his macros -- he was into bugs -- think he was in Europe somewhere. His stuff was incredible.

Now with the reverse lens, macro lens attachments, etc. it appears easier, but after seeing your set up I'm beginning to have doubts.

Excellent work... :clap