[Hacker]

Isn't it lovely to have a day off and just play! This is something I've been wanting to try for a while.

All C&C welcome.

[P-E]

Lovely set.......thought you would have had enough of water though

[Dave]

Originally Posted by P-E

Lovely set.......thought you would have had enough of water though

You seem to have this kind of shot sussed, although in this one the background is so out of focus it makes you wonder if images in the droplets were added in PS. On that basis I reckon they work better when you can just make out the image in the background , that you maange to capture so well in the droplets

[Hacker]

I thought about that Dave but the image becomes too cluttered then, with this set I wanted to keep the OOF colours of the background flower in the image which in this case goes from the dark centre through orange to yellow.

I'm not so sure about having it sussed, there was a lot of fiddling and minute movements of the background to try and get it right, it was a real Heath Robinson affair with flowers inside a glass on top of a tin can etc. Good fun though!

What I was trying to do was to get the flower reflection in the droplet to completely fill that space, a bit like this one...

[Dave]

Seeing where you are coming from Colin. Actually viewing them again, as a set, I find them quite appealing as they are. I like the abstract feel of shot #2 & #3 with the different colour schemes. They defintely work better as a set.

[mouldy101]

Love these, really clever, and brilliantly executed.

Nice one

Matt

[Boofers]

kind of a surreal kind of fractal going on here,,,if you have ever seen them, there pretty close. nice set Hacker,,,

[fionaB]

i like them all apart from the first one, I find the big OOF part of the flower in the top RHS literally drags my eye away frm the superb drops of water.

Fi

[Markulous]

Really enjoy them! Not just the detail but the colours are tremendous. Can appreciate the amount of work gone in - well worth it, I reckon!

[chickadee]

absolutely fantasic , i think half the fun is in the setting up and arranging different shots .You must be pleased with your end results.

[Rob Barron]

Your painstaking work was well worth it Colin, excellent results

Cheers,
Rob

[karen fiona]

these shots have a real wow! factor about them, the reflections in the water drops are amazing and well colourful, looks like you had a great day, well done

karen,

ps.... any chance on some tips on how to do this please please pretty please, lol,

[JMitchell]

Nice series, will try this sometime!

[Hacker]

Originally Posted by karen fiona

ps.... any chance on some tips on how to do this please please pretty please, lol,

Seeing as you asked so nicely. I started with a bunch of flowers and removed a Gerbera and placed it in a glass in front of another flower. I then sprayed with a fine mist using one of those garden sprayer thingies I found in the garage until the drops formed. By moving the bunch of flowers at the back you can then get the reflected image in the droplet (you can move the single flower but the droplets fall off), it took a lot of trial and error but I found that the closer the rear flower was to the drop the better it filled it. I was using quite a wide aperture in order to throw everything out of focus and concentrate the eye on the droplet.

I've just done a very quick reconstruction of the set up, it's not accurate but will give you an idea (hopefully!).



Hope this helps.

[chickadee]

thanks for your method and demo photo will sefinately placing this on my list of things to try .thanks again for sharing your ideas.