Minimalism
Sep 3, 2022 10:21:51 #
Sep 3, 2022 12:31:14 #
I think this photo could be improved if the round object (a water droplet?) were more tightly in focus. I see, what I think anyway, to be looking at a small world upside down, so the photo might be interesting with better focus.
I do like how it makes me ponder, look, try to figure out what you were seeing....
I do like how it makes me ponder, look, try to figure out what you were seeing....
Sep 4, 2022 07:21:16 #
A photo that proves that plants, as evidenced by the green, spontaneously generated from a simple water drop. Obviously the egg before the chicken.
Sep 4, 2022 11:40:09 #
Ronsh
Loc: Floresville,Tx.
Rongnongno wrote:
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I like the idea, maybe better focus on the water drop.
Sep 4, 2022 11:48:38 #
All your comments on focusing are dead on. I was aware of it. You folks made it even more preeminent, a good thing.
Sep 5, 2022 13:16:24 #
Orphoto
Loc: Oregon
It is trickier than merely better focus. To achieve the overall effect, you are shooting wide open. The size of the water drop exceeds your depth of field sharp focus. That forces you to choose which portion of the water drop is most important for sharp focus.
Oddly enough the answer is focus stacking wide open using 4 or 5 slices to cover the drop. Because the background has nothing sharp the chances for artifacts will be low. The really hard part is managing such tiny changes in focus.
Oddly enough the answer is focus stacking wide open using 4 or 5 slices to cover the drop. Because the background has nothing sharp the chances for artifacts will be low. The really hard part is managing such tiny changes in focus.
Sep 5, 2022 20:15:28 #
Rongnongno wrote:
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Too much "ism", too little "minimal".
Not a bad start but doent seem like a final product.
Sep 5, 2022 20:19:41 #
Orphoto wrote:
It is trickier than merely better focus. To achie... (show quote)
Olde Skoole solution is very short flash and f/32. I dont think much has changed.
Sep 6, 2022 04:49:52 #
Orphoto
Loc: Oregon
User ID wrote:
Olde Skoole solution is very short flash and f/32. I dont think much has changed.
The idea is to use the water drop as a lense, not a mirror.
Oct 22, 2022 06:03:38 #
I was excited to zoom in on the water drop to see its secrets but was disappointed to discover that it was not in focus. I think the photo might also be better if the water drop were in the center of the photo- the rule of thirds be damned!
Oct 25, 2022 22:59:41 #
National Park wrote:
I was excited to zoom in on the water drop to see its secrets but was disappointed to discover that it was not in focus. I think the photo might also be better if the water drop were in the center of the photo- the rule of thirds be damned!
Same here.
Shooting wide open should allow a steady shutter speed. The view inside the droplet will have universal DoF (basically fisheye) so no need to stop way down to get that whole mini-world in focus, but wide open you really need proper focus of the drop.
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