My other water drop.

[RB (Andrew)]

Now that the Feb comp is over, I thought I'd post my other water drop shot.

The plant is a 'Mexican Cactus', very colourful and quite pretty to look at.

Focus was quite difficult to achieve with such a shallow DOF.

[Tamtarn]

Nothing more to say than....

[sheeny (Al)]

OK, Andrew... why did you choose the other one over this one? Toss of a coin? They're both superb shots...

Al.

[leon]

Andrew that is some awesome shot, stunning in fact.

Leon

[gary]

Originally Posted by RB

Now that the Feb comp is over, I thought I'd post my other water drop shot.

The plant is a 'Mexican Cactus', very colourful and quite pretty to look at.

Focus was quite difficult to achieve with such a shallow DOF.

Hi Andrew,

Brilliant composition and colour. No need to have a shot of tequila before
seeing the beauty in what you so skillfully managed to capture.

Best Regards

Gary

[Sharnbrook (Mike)]

Andrew,

I think I prefer this one. It may be slightly overexposed, but I think it has more zing than your comp entry. Have you ever tried focus stacking? It's something I have been meaning to try sometime, but just never got round to it.

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Tamtarn

Nothing more to say than....

Thanks guys, I appreciate your feedback

Originally Posted by sheeny

OK, Andrew... why did you choose the other one over this one? Toss of a coin? They're both superb shots...
Al.

LOL it was haste Al...... I was kind of in a hurry and submitted the other one first.......

Originally Posted by leon

Andrew that is some awesome shot, stunning in fact.

Leon

Thank you Leon, glad you liked it.

Originally Posted by gary

Hi Andrew,

Brilliant composition and colour. No need to have a shot of tequila before
seeing the beauty in what you so skillfully managed to capture.

Best Regards

Gary

Cheers Gary, although I did have a tequila after I finished.

Originally Posted by Sharnbrook

Andrew,

I think I prefer this one. It may be slightly overexposed, but I think it has more zing than your comp entry. Have you ever tried focus stacking? It's something I have been meaning to try sometime, but just never got round to it.

I agree, I like this one better too Mike.
Actually I was in such a hurry and being my first go at this sort of macro, I didn't really know what to expect or how they'd turn out.

I've been reading up on focus stacking and that will be my next attempt.
A great progie that's been recommended to me is CombineZM by Alan Hadley.

Can't wait to give it a go and see the difference in the DOF.

Cheers
Andrew

[ving (David)]

great shot RB

theres a few stacking proggys out there, i gave one a shot on some aphids once and it worked well... alas i lost the program

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by ving

great shot RB

Thanks David, I'm hoping to find some time to get back into it again.
Have a try at some bugs and try focus stacking too.
Lucky we don't need to take darks or flats.