Droplet question???

[chauncey]

I'm still not satisfied with my droplets...any suggestions out there...maybe lighting perhaps??
They're hanging from a fine green leaf.


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[Stagecoach]

I'm still not satisfied with my droplets...any suggestions out there...maybe lighting perhaps??
They're hanging from a fine green leaf.


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Chauncey,

a) There's a major difference to the drop depending upon whether you light it from the front, side or back.
b) For reflections such as these try and get the reflection and the edge of the drop sharp.

Practice with lighting a drop first before moving on to getting the reflection in as well.

Grahame

[chauncey]

Methinks that what I should be doing is shooting tethered...it would allow me to compose/focus for stacking before squeezing the shutter.

[Shadowman]

I'd experiment with the background colors to see how they affect your droplets.

[Wavelength]

I have least knowledge on this kind; yet from observational experience, i feel the flowers in the drops could be a bit more sharp; a tripplet of drops could have been better than a two + distant one; i liked how the flower petal's color completely fill the b/g
Regards

[bnnrcn]

It is difficult to understand if it is a leaf or not,I agree with John,maybe you sholud change the BG colors,then the green leaf would stand out.

[Stagecoach]

Methinks that what I should be doing is shooting tethered...it would allow me to compose/focus for stacking before squeezing the shutter.

Chauncey,

Stacking is of course another option if you do not want to, or can not, use an aperture that is going to give you the DoF you require. Not sure that you would need to tether to do this but one thing to be aware of when shooting water drops is that they can change shape depending upon what they are on and the angle they are dropping so speed of taking the shots is sometimes a consideration.

Careful positioning to assist getting more of the scene within the same plane helps also.

As for the 'blackness' of the water from all my tests this is caused when front lighting.

Grahame