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Flower Drops
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Beth Spencer |
I did a bunch of these today and here is one more with a different point of view, not sure which I like the best.
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Elaine Hessler |
Coo! Number 2 is my preference. the background flower fills up more space and the droplets are really interesting to look at-they are distorted in a cool way. Did you have a plate of glass in front of this flower? Love it!
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Beth Spencer |
Thanks, It was over the flower, but I couldn't get all the drops to be round.
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Dale Hardin |
Did you clean the glass extra well and put rain-X on it? Super clean and level with get you the round drops.
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Beth Spencer |
I didn't have any Rainx, so I tried some windshield cleaner and then some silicone spray, but I am thinking I may have to get some rain x .
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Peter W. Marks |
Oh Beth, I like these and am totally intrigued as to what the set up was to achieve these effects.
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Stephen Shoff |
Hard to choose between these. In the first post, the center drop with the well-formed flower anchors the first picture. The progression of off-center and increasingly distorted reflections as you move away from the center provides explopding motion. I think it could be cropped just a little on the left and bottom. The second is a great abstract. I think I prefer the 2nd because of its simpler pattern and brighter colors.
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Anthony L. Mancuso |
Very cool Beth...I prefer the 1st pose because it has a 3D appearance to it. To me the it looks as though the drops are on a spherical surface and I'm wondering how you achieved that..
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- Michael Kelly Contact Michael Kelly Michael Kelly's Gallery |
Very cool Beth. How did you come up with this? I like it a lot.
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Jeff E Jensen |
Fantastic, Beth! I like the second over the first, but they are both cool!
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lisa anderson |
So cool! I like the 1st one best because I love how the centre's flower drops are framed.
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Beth Spencer |
Thanks everyone, the set up is very easy. I had a piece of glass I put up over a flower . I had a small flower in a very small vase and put some complementary color around it. The glass is suppose to have been treated with rainx, but I didn't have any so I tried some windshield fluid we had and some other stuff, like spray cooking oil that didn't work. Then I sprayed the glass with water and tried to shoot straight down with my macro. Not having the rain-x made my drops different sizes and shapes. I just played around till I got some I like. I am getting some rain x so may try Monday when I am off. I shot these in a room that had plenty of light so no flash.
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Aimee C. Eisaman |
We did this kind of stuff as a group a few years ago and while the setup sounds easy getting a good focus and comp. wasn't....at least not for me. It does look like your focus isn't exactly on the water drops....maybe it was on the glass? I like the 2nd image because it has some unusual shapes in it. :~)
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Teresa H. Hunt |
My favorite is the second image. I like the funky shapes of the water drops. Also, I love that the drops look like they are floating. Hummm . . . I might have to try this sometime.
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