Water Droplet Photography (Part 3)

Today I want to show you some of water droplet photography I did. You might be wondering, what the heck is that? Well for these photos, I just took a DVD that failed the burning process (a great way to recycle them) and some water (dripped onto the DVD using a laboratory pipette). The rest is self explanatory. For some shots, I used a flashlight and for others I used my Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT for some cool lighting effects. All of these photos were taken at home with the help of my Kenko Extension Tubes. The lens used in these photos are my Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens mounted on a Canon EOS 7D. 

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To see my best macro photography shots of 2012, use this link. To see all of my at home and backyard photography shots of 2012, use this link. 

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Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 2 seconds ISO: 100  

For this photo, I went back and forth with my LED flashlight. You can kind of see the pattern in the water droplets. I think this is one of the best I did because I achieved a rainbow which I think looks pretty cool. 

 Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 2 seconds ISO: 100  

I moved my LED flashlight a little bit in this one. Still kind of the same position as the photo above with the DVD moved slightly.  

 Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 2 seconds ISO: 100  

I lit this photo with my LED flashlight. Don't think I moved it much. The DVD is in the same position as the photo above.  

 Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 2 seconds ISO: 100  

I lit this photo with my LED flashlight in a different position. Don't think I moved it much. The DVD is in the same position as the photo above. 

 Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 5 seconds ISO: 100  

I lit this photo with my LED flashlight in at a different angle. Don't think I moved it much. The DVD is in the same position as the photo above.  

  Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 5 seconds ISO: 100  

I lit this photo with my desk lamp. The DVD is in the same position as the photo above.  

Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 30 seconds ISO: 100  

I circled the DVD with my LED flashlight in this photo. The DVD is in the same position as the photo above.   

 Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 30 seconds ISO: 100  

I circled the DVD with my LED flashlight in this photo. I cleaned off the DVD and gave it a spray with my spray bottle. 

 Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 3.2 seconds ISO: 100  

I moved my LED flashlight just a little bit in this shot and I think I also used my desk lamp to light this photo. I cleaned off the water and made a new pattern with my laboratory pipettes dripping on bigger droplets of water. 

 Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 3.2 seconds ISO: 100  

I moved my LED flashlight just a little bit in this shot and I think I also used my desk lamp to light this photo. this photo has the same water pattern as the photo above. 

 Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 20 seconds ISO: 100  

I moved my LED flashlight just a little bit in this shot and I think I also used my desk lamp to light this photo. this photo has the same water pattern as the photo above except this time, I accidentally hit my tripod about 3/4 of the way into the exposure which is why there is a double exposure in the image. I thought it looked pretty nice.  

Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 62 seconds ISO: 100
I lit this photo with my desk lamp. I made a new pattern on the DVD by wiping it off and dripping out a new pattern.


These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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Water Droplet Photography (Part 2)

Today I want to show you some of water droplet photography I did. You might be wondering, what the heck is that? Well for these photos, I just took a DVD that failed the burning process (a great way to recycle them) and some water (dripped onto the DVD using a laboratory pipette). The rest is self explanatory. For some shots, I used a flashlight and for others I used my Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT for some cool lighting effects. All of these photos were taken at home with the help of my Kenko Extension Tubes. The lens used in these photos are my Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens mounted on a Canon EOS 7D. 

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To see my best macro photography shots of 2012, use this link. To see all of my at home and backyard photography shots of 2012, use this link. 

Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 

Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 2 minutes ISO: 100  

For this photo, I just lit the DVD with a light on each side.

Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 25 seconds ISO: 100  

For this photo, I just lit the DVD with 2 light sources with the position of the lights slightly changed.

 Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 8 seconds ISO: 100  

For this photo, I just lit the DVD with 2 light sources but cleaned off the DVD and created a new pattern.

  Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 30 seconds ISO: 100  

Not too sure about what I did, but I think I replaced one of the light sources with my LED flashlight. The pattern for this image is almost the same as the one above.  

 Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 30 seconds ISO: 400  

Same water pattern as above but I changed up the lighting. 

 Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 2 minutes ISO: 100  

Cleaned the DVD and made a new pattern. Still shining two stationary light sources on the DVD. 

Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 30 seconds ISO: 100  

Moved to another area of the DVD for a new pattern. Still shining two stationary light sources on the DVD but moved slightly for new lighting effects.  

Aperture: f/22 Exposure: 6 seconds ISO: 100  

Almost same water pattern as above. This time, I circled the DVD with an LED flashlight. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. I will be posting the rest of the photos of this effect next time. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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Water Droplet Photography (Part 1)

Today I want to show you some of water droplet photography I did. You might be wondering, what the heck is that? Well for these photos, I just took a DVD that failed the burning process (a great way to recycle them) and some water (dripped onto the DVD using a laboratory pipette). The rest is self explanatory. For some shots, I used a flashlight and for others I used my Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT for some cool lighting effects. All of these photos were taken at home with the help of my Kenko Extension Tubes. The lens used in these photos are my Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II SLR Lens mounted on a Canon EOS 7D. 

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To see my best macro photography shots of 2012, use this link. To see all of my at home and backyard photography shots of 2012, use this link. 

Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 |

Aperture: f/20 Exposure: 2 minutes ISO: 100 

I think for this image, I just shined 2 stationary light sources at the DVD. The "noise" that you see in the image is not actually noise. I think the little dots you see is actually the data written to the DVD. Not too sure though, but I can assure you it isn't noise.

 Aperture: f/20 Exposure: 2 minutes ISO: 100 

I think I shot this photo with the same set up as above. For this image, I just shined 2 stationary light sources at the DVD.

 Aperture: f/20 Exposure: 30 seconds ISO: 100 

For this photo, I circled my LED flashlight around the DVD. I think I also accidentally hit my tripod while doing this so the image appeared doubled. I thought it made a nice effect so I kept it. Mistakes in photography sometimes can lead to surprising results. 

 Aperture: f/13 Exposure: 30 seconds ISO: 100  

For this photo I circled the DVD with my Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT on strobe mode. 

 Aperture: f/20 Exposure: 2 minutes ISO: 100 

I think I shot this photo with the same set up as the first image. For this image, I just shined 2 stationary light sources at the DVD. 

  Aperture: f/20 Exposure: 2 minutes ISO: 100 

I think I shot this photo with the same set up as the first image. For this image, I just shined 2 stationary light sources at the DVD. 

 Aperture: f/20 Exposure: 30 seconds ISO: 100

For this photo, I circled my LED flashlight around the DVD.

These are all the photos for today, I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. On the next post, I will be posting more of these water droplet shots, except I use a different lens next time. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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Bored at Home Macro

Maybe it is raining outside and you don't have anything to do. Maybe it isn't raining, but you go no where else to go. What do you do? Feel like taking photos? If you do macro photography, there are a lot of things you can take photos of! Just look around your house, I assure you will find something. :) Today, I want to show you some macro photos I took of objects around the house. All of these photos were taken with the help of my Kenko Extension Tubes and a few shots were lit using my Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT. Most of the photos here were taken with my new Canon EOS 5D Mark III except for one photo which I shot with my Canon EOS 7D. 

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To see my best 2012 macro shots, use this link. To see all of my 2012 at home and backyard photography photos, use this link.

Photo of an orange's skin. This was the only shot taken using my Canon EOS 7D. I shot this photo using one of the fruits on my orange tree in my front yard. 

I sometimes solder up electronic circuits so I have quite some electronic components laying around. Here is a photo of a resistor I had lying around my parts bin. 

A photo of a spring I had lying in my parts bin. 

For this photo, I laid a US Dime (10¢) on a DVD that failed the burning process. The DVD creates the colorful background. If you want to see more of coin shots like this, I have some photos from a previous blog post on a US Quarter (25¢). 

Drops of water can always help spice up an image. I covered the back of the US Dime (10¢) with water and quickly gave the rest of the DVD a spray using my spray bottle. A spray bottle is always handy for macro photography, especially on flowers and leaves! 

Yum. Jelly Belly. That is right, I took a jelly bean out of my Jelly Belly jar to get a photo of it. Good thing I got through the shot with out eating it first. LOL

Here is another photo of the jelly bean. Just looking at this makes me want some now, which is exactly what I will be doing after I finish typing this sentence. 

I also found some LEDs in my parts bin. Here are a few photos. The above is of my green LED. 

Another photo of my green LED. 

After trial and error placing these 3 LEDs under my camera set up, I finally got it. Here is a photo of my red, green, and yellow LEDs. It takes a lot of time to set it up. Remember, the camera's angle of view is only around 3.5 cm across. You need patience and steady hands to set it up. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Flowers in Shadow Cliffs Regional Park (Pleasanton, CA)

Spring is a great time to get some wonderful flower photos. Today, I have 6 flower photos I took at Shadow Cliff Regional Park in Pleasanton, CA. I hope you enjoy viewing the photos. I also did a few GPS logs to test out my new Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver. If for some reason you want those logs, just email me using the email provided on my About the Photographer page. I have the logs in Google Earth KMZ, Canon LOG, and GPX formats.

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To view my best Shadow Cliff Regional Park photos, use this link. To view my best flower photos of 2013, use this link. To view my best macro photos of 2013, use this link. To view all of my Shadow Cliff Regional Park photos of 2013, use this link.

Message from the Photographer: Really sorry for not posting recently. I've caught the flu recently and it has just been horrible, and also I have a lot of school work piled up so I've been rushing to get those done. :/ Not done with those yet, and I'm still recovering from the flu, so I might not post as often.

This photo and the next photo are of what I believe are cherry blossoms. Not too sure though. Also this photo and the next photo are from one of my trips. The rest of the photos on here is from a different trip to Shadow Cliff Regional Park. 

Another photo of the flowers. 

 This begins the photos from my other trip to Shadow Cliff Regional Park. All of these photos are taken under macro conditions and each photo is around a 4 cm view. The photos were taken with the help of Kenko Extension Tubes and my Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT.

I don't know what each of these flowers are called. If you can help me out, please comment below.  

Flower that hasn't fully bloomed yet. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Earthworm Macro

This blog post is dedicated to macro shots of earthworms! All of these photos were taken with the help of a pair of Kenko Extension Tubes and my handy Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT. If you are looking for a way to do macro for cheap, definitely get a pair! They work really well for macro. It also doesn't get in the way if you do decide to go for a real macro lens later, as they can be used with your macro lenses later to get even closer!

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To see my best 2012 macro shots, use this link. To see all of my 2012 macro shots, use this link.

Equipment used for these photos.

These are all the photos for today! I hope you have enjoyed viewing them, and that they didn't make you too sick. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.