Your opinion? Learning

[PWalt]

From my first session of playing with water droplets in the vertical realm (vs drops on flat glass). Droplet on a rose leaf from my yard. Dollar store fake flower in the background/refraction. Lighting was from a constant source (LumeCube panel) and taken in dark-ish room. Need to lower my ISO, evidently. Also ... need to experiment with my new flash! But ... progress is progress.

I'm happy with this image, but there's obviously room for improvement. Is the next step flash? Or might I be missing something? Taken with Nikon Z50 with Nikon 105mm 2.8 macro.

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Wow ! the colour & the reflections are superb

 

[lovitazoe]

The photo is nice, the reflections are beautiful. I usually mix water and glycerin to create rounder water droplets.

 

[Chavezshutter]

Looks great! i love the colours, I see you are lighting the background flower which is correct way to light these scenes, watch out not to overpower the light on the drop, you want that flower light to be the main source. If you keep the drops spherical the image within will be sharp and detailed. Glyceryn sure helps but another way is finding hydrophobic leaves and petals, they will repel the water and prevent it from flattening out naturally, look for furry leaves and petals and try spraying them to see if water beads. Good luck and thanks for sharing

 

[Helix_2648]

Such a wonderful and tiny world within a single drop. The light and the reflections looks just gorgeous! I need to try this at home too!

 

[PWalt]

Looks great! i love the colours, I see you are lighting the background flower which is correct way to light these scenes, watch out not to overpower the light on the drop, you want that flower light to be the main source. If you keep the drops spherical the image within will be sharp and detailed. Glyceryn sure helps but another way is finding hydrophobic leaves and petals, they will repel the water and prevent it from flattening out naturally, look for furry leaves and petals and try spraying them to see if water beads. Good luck and thanks for sharing

Thanks for the suggestion about the spray bottle! That's one of those things that makes so much sense, but I wouldn't have thought of.

Oh, and having the room lights be on voice "Google" control? Also a good idea!

 

[PWalt]

Such a wonderful and tiny world within a single drop. The light and the reflections looks just gorgeous! I need to try this at home too!

Definitely a lot of moving parts to compose the shot. How far from the lens? How far from each other? What direction should the light point? Where is that stray light coming from? BUT ... it's pretty cool! Will totally be worth it as the days get shorter and colder.