Abundance of pearls 2
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Location
This picture was taken at "Bisamberg" in Lower Austria, Austria. Bisamberg is a bigger hill near Vienna, Austria.Time
This was taken on a cold morning in late autumn after a pretty cold night. All the meadows where covered in dew from the night. The picture was taken around 10 o clock in the morning on the October 10th 2014.Lighting
At that time I was experimenting with extreme macro using a reversed 28mm lens. Since it can be really tricky to get enough light on the subject when using mainly natural light while using a reversed lens I was a little disapointed with the possible subjects. Then I just stumbled upon this dandelion with it's seeds completely covered in the morning dew. The sun was just the right angle to light it beautifully, so I had enough light to focus and I tried to light the scene with my flash from the same direction where the sun came from.Equipment
This was shot with my Nikon D800 and an old reversed manual 28mm lens and a SB900 Speedlight. There was no other equipment involved, this is a handheld stacked focus shot.Inspiration
I was looking for some already sunlit subjects where I could try some extreme macros with focus stacking. This dew covered dandelion was just the right subject at the right time. This is possibly one of my favourite pictures.Editing
There is a lot of post-processing involved. This is a stacked focus shot made of about 10 individual handheld shots. There was also some color correction and a bit of dodge and burn to enhance the light reflected by the water.In my camera bag
I always carry my Nikon D800 and most of the time my 105mm which is a great lens for macro as well as portrait. I also always have my reversed 28mm lens with me, just in case there is some opportunity to use it. Sometimes I reverse my 50mm, which I carry most of the time, instead. Then I usually have my 20-70mm and my 70-200mm with me.Feedback
A reversed manual lens, as long as it is some fairly good lens, is a really cheap option to capture some amazing macros. But keep in mind that you need a lot of patience to do so and you will produce a lot of garbage till you get some good stacks. When using a reversed lens you have to do everything in manual which is a try and error process so you need to take quite some shots to get one stack, but don't stop trying.
