MACRO Magic!

23May14

On a recent trip to photograph some old farms, some branches caught my eye. I was attracted to the way rain drops clinged to them … all in a row. So, after shooting the buildings for a while I decided to attach my 100mm macro lens and play with the branches before they dried. Facing the sun provided a result that surprised me. Like magic, each droplet displayed its own little starburst against a pleasing bokeh background. I was glad I decided to take a break shooting what I thought I had come for, and it reminded me to always look beyond my expectations.

I will be co-presenting a fun, hands-on workshop, MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY & The Natural World. The workshop will be held in Vincentown, NJ on June 21 and there will be a field workshop to photograph wildflowers on the 22nd. For details go to http://www.pinelandsphotographyschool.com

‘Back-lit Droplets’ © Denise Bush (click to see larger)

Filed under: Macro Photography, Nature, Photography | 22 Comments
Tags: close-up, drops, macro, nature, photography, starburst, water drops

22 Responses to “MACRO Magic!”

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1 heatherparady on May 23, 2014 said:

LOVEEE this!

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- 2 denisebushphoto on May 23, 2014 said:
  
  Thanks for the comment Heather! I’m glad you LOVEEE it! 🙂
  
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3 rutakintome on May 23, 2014 said:

Fantastic! Bravo!

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- 4 denisebushphoto on May 23, 2014 said:
  
  I’m glad you like it! Thanks for stopping by.
  
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5 infraredrobert on May 23, 2014 said:

very nice – like the backlighting on this and the little sparkle from each droplet.

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- 6 denisebushphoto on May 23, 2014 said:
  
  Thank you Robert. (I’m a little dismayed at the moment as to why the image doesn’t look sharp thru the wordpress reader?)
  
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  - 7 infraredrobert on May 23, 2014 said:
    
    On mine it looks pretty good – but I never worry too much about sharpness or light/dark as everyone has a different monitor setup. I focus (no pun intended) of the image framing and subject along with those other elements that separate a photograph from a snap shot.
8 eajackson on May 24, 2014 said:

Inspiration for the Macro workshop for sure. I will be hoping for a little sun and searching for water droplets.

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- 9 denisebushphoto on May 24, 2014 said:
  
  Thanks Beth. I’ll bring a spray bottle!
  
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10 Rich Proctor on May 24, 2014 said:

I love the little twinkles of light in each drop. Brilliant!

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- 11 denisebushphoto on May 24, 2014 said:
  
  Thanks Rich … the twinkles are what grabbed me when I reviewed the pics. I didn’t see them on my LCD.
  
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12 Silving on May 24, 2014 said:

An image that brightens the day! Really beautiful with all that sparkling 🙂

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- 13 denisebushphoto on May 24, 2014 said:
  
  Thanks so much for the nice comment. I hope you have a bright day!
  
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14 Rich Lewis on May 24, 2014 said:

Really really nice image, Denise. I love how the bokeh in the background mimics the drops.

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- 15 denisebushphoto on May 24, 2014 said:
  
  Thanks Rich. One of the things I love (and strive for) with macro is a good bokeh background. Sometimes the backgrounds are my favorite thing about a close-up.
  
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16 Dave Updegraff on May 24, 2014 said:

Wonderful image.

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- 17 denisebushphoto on May 24, 2014 said:
  
  Thanks Dave! Nice to hear from you. 🙂
  
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18 MikeP on May 24, 2014 said:

beautiful background and the stars add a nice touch… great teaser for the “WS” 🙂

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- 19 denisebushphoto on May 24, 2014 said:
  
  Thanks Mickey. I’m looking forward to doing the workshop again.
  
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20 TheDailyClick on May 27, 2014 said:

So very pretty!

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- 21 denisebushphoto on May 27, 2014 said:
  
  Thank you. 🙂
  
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22 davidcollinsfoto on May 29, 2014 said:

Hi Denise. Like this, of course. I can’t quite make it out but captured in each droplet is a view of the world around you when the image was captured. Raises an idea of an interesting macro shoot where the droplets become a set of frames with the attention on the work revealed inside them. Hope the workshop goes well. David

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