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Published: 2010-01-06 17:13:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 1723; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 586
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Water drop on a DVD. Was experimenting with different light settings. I found it astonishingly hard to find the right focus. Therefore the photo is not edited (besides being framed and texted upon that is)Related content
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Hahaha,
And here we are again, doing the same thing and you beating me to it. In this case, your result is somewhat better than mine, sharpness and focus being my main issues as well (that's for example what I meant on my last flower shot in reply to your comment).
And if you haven't figured it out yourself by now, ~karhit is right when he says it can be sharper (or crisper, or better focused)! Check out the Master's shot here: [link] - he is the water man, at least in my view.
Anyway, your shooting technique will improve, I am most certain,
Ingo
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SCARY!!!! Waterdrop pics look simpler than they are, don't they?
Let me see yours... Lately I'm in love with these photos
Wow yes, the colored drops are amazing. Too bad it does not tell the camera settings
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I don't dare to put mine up here, hahaha.
But go to Rich Allen's Gallery, dann in seine Tutorials, dann das zweite - er beschreibt sehr genau wie man das macht.
Ingo
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easy to recreate, all you need is a dvd, a drop of water and some boredom 
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This is absolutely amazing! Looks so proffesional! Wow! 
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Oh yes, finding the right focus with drops is hard, because they're lenses themselves; you can focus on some point on the edge (usually what you want), or you can focus on the middle somewhere (sometimes what you want, depending what it's on), or you can focus on something on the other side, using it as a lens (and you'll see that thing sort of in focus, but upside down). I also found out how hard it is to get the right angle with DVDs, to get colors. It's so hard with snowflakes, because they have to be the right angle as well! Anyway, nicely done!
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thank you for your kind words. I used manual focus and I kept on wondering why it looked good when I adjusted it, but turned out blurry when I actually took the picture. Probably shifted the camera an itsy bitsy tiny bit when pressing the button and lost focus.
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Hmm, did you use a tripod? That really helps - and then of course use the 2 second (or 3, whatever your camera has) delay, to really get no vibration from your hand. Also, did you preview the aperture? Anyway, this one looks good!
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thanks again, yes I did use a tripod, but not with delay. I should put a new battery in my remote. That might solve the problem. I did not think of that, bevause I was very carefull, not to shake the camera, but a macro is not very forgiving, even if you only touch it slightly I came to learn
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Oh, a remote would work too - I don't have one myself. And yeah, macro and telephoto are both very sensitive to movement; macro telephoto even more so!
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thanks, and thanks for collecting. It was an interessting experiment with the right light for the photo.
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yeah, it was very nice and clear too
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after a gazillon tries ...
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Thank you and thanks for the fav
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Hmm, this reminds me of the pink floyd cover.
It looks like a small robotic bug. I like how the water drop is very sharp, but you don't see any of the tracks burned into a Dvd. Good placement of depth of field.
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It was a brand new DVD. Actually I wanted to make one of those glitter on waterdrop photos. No matter what I tried, it did not work out. They all looked awful.
Thanks! Believe me, I shot roughly 80 photos before I had the drop I wanted it. I do not understand why it was so hard to find the right focus
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another amazing idea well done Tanja this is great, i suppose it beats being on ya knees in the snow lol.
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Thanks Gary, and thanks for the fav. But it was a strain on my back
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haha! dont u worry about getting younger, you still got it, trust me
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very nice, I see you had a very long shutter speed, you can get some great images that way
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Thank you and thanks for the fav
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der bennhardt hatte die gleiche Idee...lol...aber auch sein Fokus ist nicht optimal...mir gefΓ€lltΒ΄s trotzdem...nette Idee...ABER...Du musst noch mal ran...die SchΓ€rfe MUSS besser werden
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hat das mit der Pipette funktioniert?
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Versuch das mal selber. Das war Versuch 5 Millionen elfdunddreisigtausend. Und wo bitte stimmt mein Fokus nun nicht?
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Das ist ein Tropfen Karsten, der ist nicht schΓ€rfer!!!!
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dann weiss ich nicht was du meinst. Zeig mir doch mal ein Bild wo es scharf ist, damit ich den Unterschied sehe.
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vielleicht liegtΒ΄s ja nur an den Farben..also...perfekte SchΓ€rfe bei Euch beiden
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ggg, Schafsnase. Ich wollte doch nur wissen was Du meinst.
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Ha cool. Bei dir spiegelt sich auch ein Fenster
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ja, ggg. Das war irgendwie nicht zu umgehen. Entweder Spiegelung oder kein Licht
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Ich find das toll: Ein Bild im Bild eben
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Mich erinnert das ja etwas an einen namhaften Softwarehersteller
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