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Kevin that pic is awesome. I believe I will have to try that myself. I like the this photo section because it keeps challenging me to do better. I think we need to discuss not only lenses and Fstops but how we set up the shot... Like in my water pic I used a mirror in the sink to get that upward angle pic. I did have to flip it around some in photoshop...
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Originally posted by OPC Patrick View PostKevin that pic is awesome. I believe I will have to try that myself. I like the this photo section because it keeps challenging me to do better. I think we need to discuss not only lenses and Fstops but how we set up the shot... Like in my water pic I used a mirror in the sink to get that upward angle pic. I did have to flip it around some in photoshop...
So Kevin, how did you set that up? I was admiring some water drop pictures earlier this week, I'd like to try one myself, but I don't know the best way to pull it off.
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Originally posted by OPC Patrick View PostKevin that pic is awesome. I believe I will have to try that myself. I like the this photo section because it keeps challenging me to do better. I think we need to discuss not only lenses and Fstops but how we set up the shot... Like in my water pic I used a mirror in the sink to get that upward angle pic. I did have to flip it around some in photoshop...
Basically I had to position the flower about 8 inches from the drop and figure out where the camera needed to be to see the flower cleanly. Setup your camera on a tripod and get to your minimum focus distance where the drop looks to be in focus. (Have to do manual and might need a macro lens. I was using my macro lens at 1:1). If you have a camera that can do live view, it helps a lot, but you basically have to try and get the flower in focus but still blur the background. I was using ~f/9-11 but next time I am going to try upwards of f/18.
Here is one more that had just a bit too much pink.
Now that I got this part of the technique down, I am going to try "in the wild" as I like my pictures to be more natural in setting.
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