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A dew drop refraction. I found this very small drop perched atop a blade of grass and placed a flower behind it so that it was refracted in the drop. I then focus stacked the image from several shots to get both the flower refraction and the drop in sharp focus.All my images are available for sale, please contact me for more info.
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you have an amazing macro gallery!! can i ask what you mean by "focus stacked"?
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I love the photo, but how did you do this? I've tried with my Macro lens, but I can't seem to achieve the same quality of the image in the dew drop. Care to share your secrets?
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Such a great shot, and perfect editing. Great, great job on this!
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awesome, is just the greatest photo of a dro i ever seen, and the flower is really pretty.... GOT FAVED°
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You were featured here [link] by a friend who thought your work was DD awesome. Please stop by and consider submitting a selection of your own.
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oh my word, this is just truely breathtaking and im simply amazed! i actually dont know what to say, im flabberghasted at the detail. It looks almost unreal. like looking into another world. Its just wow...wow
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Well, what can be said other than that it is absolutely amazingly great?
You must have a lot of patience to get angle which allows you to take a picture of the drop with the flower in the center of it.
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Wow. I have no words...it's perfect, every detail in the photo makes it one of the best I've ever seen in my life. Excellent job. Congratulations
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I love your drop shots!! The detail on this this is absolutely stunning...
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Gorgeous!
I agree with Dalantech about the positioning though, it would work so much better if the drop was off center. Just my 2 cents
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This is an absolutely great shot 
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These kinds of shots are some of my most favorite, especially coming from you. The clarity is unbelievable, and the color scheme is perfect.
You do amazing things with a camera, my friend.
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Oh, this one is really well done, I love your drops shoots
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i do, i forgot id posted it already. Was reworking it for sale on another website thismorning and posted it here as well lol
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Just realised ive already posted this one...Doh
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My goodness... fantastic composition, enough said!
Just wondering, what equipment was used?
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Thanks Billy, i used canons MPE-65, 30D, and a 430ex sppedlite witha homemade diffuser for the lighting.
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I think the light and the refraction are both beautiful! But, when you have total control over the scene, why did you center the drop? IMHO this image would be one of the best DDR shots I've ever seen if the drop was in the lower right hand corner of the frame (in the rule of thirds hot spot there), or in the upper left hand corner. It's a really beautiful shot Alistair but I think you have the talent and the skill to take this type of photography to the next level and to set your DDR images well above what everyone else is doing -and I'm nitpicking this shot because I know you can do better...
P.S. I rarely get the opportunity for this type of image, but the one time that I did shoot a DDR I nailed both the background composition and the foreground drop -and if I can do it then I know you can...
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John thank you very much for your very kind comments and critique i really appreciate it. I went through a phase of always centering shots last year, i think it was because it helped me line each shot up when stacking and i then ended up cropping the shot for a better composition, which isnt ideal.
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I'm only picking on you because I know you've got more talent in your right index finger than most people have in their entire body...
Have you tried to get the refraction and the drop in a single frame -no stacking. I came very close in my first and only DDR session [link] and I think that if I were shooting at a higher Fstop it would be possible (maybe add a 1.4TC to the MPE-65 so I can shoot at F22). Diffraction should be a non issue for this type of shooting -not enough fine detail to worry about...
IMHO focus stacking seems to be more of a crutch than a cure due to the compositional limitations of the technique. Your problem with centered stacked images isn't unique -even LordV struggles with his focus stacked compositions...
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Hi John,
I have tried shooting some at a higher fstop, albiet not with flowers behind them but the natural backgrounds and i found that it brought to much of the backgraound into focus, which are usually a bit messy as i dont have a garden and have to shoot these in what is essiently a field with knee high grass lol
I will try what you have suggested next time we have a good dew over here, sort of overdosed myself on them over the winter and am having a little break
I really appreciate the critique John, its something you rarley get on POTN.
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Anytime my friend
Sad but true about PoTN...
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Wow! Now this is an awesome macro of a dew drop! I love the stacking you've done to bring the drop and flower into sharp focus. The details are so stunning!
I'm not even sure there is much I can say about this photo. It just looks fantastic to me. The purples and greens really compliment each other nicely too, both in the background and foreground.
Excellent job on this!
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Thank you very much Nyssi, appreciate the comment
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