PiXeLs & iMaGeS
Drops on Leaf
Posted by Charisse Farr (Brisbane, Australia) on 21 May 2007 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
Carson from Portland, United States
Lovely. The water "jewels" and the detail of the hairs on the leaf - wonderful shot!
21 May 2007 11:09am
@Carson: Thanks Carson! I never even noticed the hairs on the leaf! :)
Babul Bhatt from Bombay, India
Good shot....one of the reasons that i want to buy a Macro lens sometime soon!!!
21 May 2007 12:25pm
@Babul Bhatt: Thanks Babul! I love taking macros - as you can probably tell from my recent photos!
Alex Lee from Jeju, South Korea
Lovely macro. I've never taken a shot like this, partially because I've never seen dew on a leaf in nature, or at least I've never paid attention to its presence. Is this outdoors or did you spray down a house plant? The light is nice, too. I like how it comes through the drops.
21 May 2007 1:27pm
@Alex Lee: Hi Alex, thanks for your comment! This is an outdoors photo, taken just after we had some much needed rain. I'm posting the coloured version in the next few days - the light through the dew drops on that look really nice.
Imaginate Studios from East Lansing, United States
Thank you Charisse, I love the feel of this, I have never seen a dew drop like this in stark black and white and it's beautiful and unique.
21 May 2007 3:23pm
Steph from Hamar, Norway
The water droplets look so tasty. It's almost like I want to lick em off.
21 May 2007 8:43pm
kairospix from Singapore, Singapore
that's a great bw macro shot!
love the composition :)
just asking to learn from you - did you find the droplets as it is? rounded? any suggestions on how to take such shots? tks so much! :)
22 May 2007 1:13am
@kairospix: Thanks! The droplets are exactly as they are naturally. This shot was taken just after a bit of rain.
As for suggestions for shots like this, all I do is wander around and really get into garden beds (you may get some odd looks as people wander by!) to have a closer look at what may be there. For the most part, it's just luck that I find shots like this!
Oh yeah, another suggestion is - take ridiculous amounts of pictures (law of averages says that at least one of those photos will be great!). :)
