stunning photos of dewdrops

[clover green]

I am not sure whether to post this here, or in the flower, plants & trees section? But here goes! Have you seen the stunning photographs taken by Brian Valentine and printed in the Daily Mail newspaper yesterday, (31/7/07 -pages 20 &21). He has captured amazing pictures of flowers reflected in dewdrops and raindrops hanging from a single blades of grass. These lovely pictures were achieved by using macro photography while he was in his garden in Worthing in Sussex.
Now, I have made many unsuccessful attempts to photograph various animals and wildlife, but have always been too slow, or missed the opportunity, much to my chagrin. But after seeing these shots, I have been inspired! Now I will try my hand at photographing flowers, plants and other still-life, perhaps now I will have a bit more success.

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by clover green

I am not sure whether to post this here, or in the flower, plants & trees section? But here goes! Have you seen the stunning photographs taken by Brian Valentine and printed in the Daily Mail newspaper yesterday, (31/7/07 -pages 20 &21). He has captured amazing pictures of flowers reflected in dewdrops and raindrops hanging from a single blades of grass. These lovely pictures were achieved by using macro photography while he was in his garden in Worthing in Sussex.
Now, I have made many unsuccessful attempts to photograph various animals and wildlife, but have always been too slow, or missed the opportunity, much to my chagrin. But after seeing these shots, I have been inspired! Now I will try my hand at photographing flowers, plants and other still-life, perhaps now I will have a bit more success.

our own kev lewis has had some major success with the droplet technique - check out his Gallery if you like that kind of thing

btw a good "cheat" for droplets pics is to use gycerine rather than water as it is gloopyer so it is easier to position using an eye dropper.

[JonSadler]

Hi

Check out this link for more of his (Lord V aka Brian's) amazing work....there is also a tutorial on how to do it and lots of other great advice. It is brilliant.

Water drops, bubbles and ice - a photoset on Flickr

Cheers
Jon

[clover green]

Thanks for the tips and info, eeyore and Jon, I will give it a go soon. Cheers!

[Jay77]

Drat, bother and blast it! I've just this morning put all the papers out for the recycling collection, including 31/7 Daily Mail, which my mother reads but I don't.

[WestLothian]

Here is a link for those who missed it.
A drop of magic: Amazing pictures of flowers captured in a drop of rain | the Daily Mail

The drop is acting as a lens rather than reflecting I believe.

[Jay77]

Thanks Westlothian, so glad I didn't miss them after all. They really are gorgeous, especially the delphiniums.

[matt_xyz]

Brian's photos are superb. He's a member of WAB too

Matt

[Purplepixii]

Oh wow fantastic photographs - I'm so jealous (and inspired!)

Keep up the good work!
Purplepixii

[rlchew]

Speechless .... simply stunning photography .... but I bet it isn't simple

Richard