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.


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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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Mosquito Hawk

Now let's get started with the blog post for today! The photos for today are of a mosquito hawk I saw on my window. These photos were taken one day before my Lake Tahoe/Reno trip last year (photos here). I am still trying to catch up a bit on my photos since my Death Valley National Park photos (photos here) took quite a while to post. Anyways, lucky for me, the mosquito hawk was on the other side of the window and was staying there without moving much. Really lucky because I had time to set up my camera for macro to take some photos. All of the photos for today were taken with my Canon EOS 7D with a Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens and Kenko Extension Tubes. Artificial lighting was provided by my handy Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT with a cheap soft box. If you want to view the photos bigger, just click on them.

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 more insect photos, use this link. To see all of my at home and backyard photography shots of 2012, use this link.

Focusing in on the details of the head. 

 Focusing in on the details of the wing.

A few more head shots. Notice the details on the eyes? Cool right?

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.