Rain drop on lilac
Jun, 2019Views
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Location
This photo was taken in my neighbor’s yard. I was new to water droplet photos. This was my first one and I’m very happy with how it turned out.Time
I took this photo shortly after dropping my Dauther’s off at school. So, it must have been between 9:15 an 10:30amLighting
I wanted the light to be diffused and even to prevent hot spots and retain detail in the water drops.Equipment
This was shot with a Canon 6D with the sigma macro 105mm f/2.8. The camera was mounted on a tripod and focusing rails.Inspiration
It has rains in the early morning and the lilacs looked beautiful. I was excited to use my macro lens after a long winter indoors.Editing
I don’t usually do too much in post. That’s not a badge of over whelming skill behind the camera:) But, having been trains as a wet process photographer I naturally tend to shoot as One wood with film. Minor lighting adjustments, noise reduction/sharpening and a little bit of an aesthetic crop was about it for this image.In my camera bag
Canon 6D, Tameron 28-70mm f/2.8, Canon 17-35 f2.8L, sigma 105mm f/2.8 macro, and a sigma 150-600mm contemporary. I also keep a set of square ND filters and mounting bracket as well as some circular polarizers, a remote. Plenty of this cloths you get from the eye doctor and a tripod, but technically the tripod is not in my bag. I keep a flash just in case.Feedback
You’ll definitely need a tripod. Focusing rails are key to keeping your lens in the 1:1(closest focusing distance) magnification ratio. If your shooting out doors your going to need a lot of patients. The slightest breeze at that magnification and the whole world seems to move. Shooting with ISO is great for noise reduction. However, you may neet to shoot with a Higher ISO because of the environment and lack of fast shutter speed. The wind is really the biggest obstacle.
