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A drop of magic: Amazing pictures of flowers captured in a drop of rain
The Daily Mail ^ | 31st July 2007 | na

Posted on 07/31/2007 9:56:14 PM PDT by fishhound

It's incredible what you can find in an ordinary garden if you look closely enough.

Amateur photographer Brian Valentine specialises in making the everyday look exotic with the wonders of macro photography, using special lens to magnify his subjects

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Unclassified; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: flowers; photography; pictures
Nice pictures.
1 posted on 07/31/2007 9:56:21 PM PDT by fishhound
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To: fishhound

Yup. Neat.


2 posted on 07/31/2007 10:04:07 PM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: fishhound

Small flowers!


3 posted on 07/31/2007 10:08:53 PM PDT by Rennes Templar ("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
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To: fishhound

I often observe this effect, usually through raindrops on my windshield while sitting at a traffic light.

Note the article mischaracterises the images as “reflections”. They are refracted images. Note also that the “fuchsia flowers” are multiple images of a single flower, as are the “reflected delphiniums”.


4 posted on 07/31/2007 10:15:15 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: fishhound

Thanks for posting. These are amazing!


5 posted on 07/31/2007 10:39:38 PM PDT by tanuki (u)
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To: rawcatslyentist
self ping for later pics.

Really nice photo work here!

6 posted on 07/31/2007 11:56:45 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist
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To: dr_lew

I’m betting he uses glycerin..


7 posted on 08/01/2007 12:46:04 AM PDT by D-fendr
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To: fishhound

Photoshop........


8 posted on 08/01/2007 12:58:39 AM PDT by primatreat (Alzheimer's glory is knocking at my door: I want Fred in the house before I open the door to Alzh.)
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To: primatreat
Photoshop........

No, pretty straightforward macro photography. For shots like that you don't even need a macro lens, just a simple 50mm prime and some extention tubes.

Heck of a lot easier than photoshop.

9 posted on 08/01/2007 8:44:41 AM PDT by TomB ("The terrorist wraps himself in the world's grievances to cloak his true motives." - S. Rushdie)
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To: tanuki

Your welcome.
I bet a lot of people will be peering into their garden in the morning for visions in the dewdrops.


10 posted on 08/01/2007 1:20:59 PM PDT by fishhound
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To: TomB
Here's about as good as I could do:

It took me three tries to "transfer" the focus in macro mode using the focus lock. ( Nikon COOLPIX )


11 posted on 08/01/2007 7:43:13 PM PDT by dr_lew
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