Water macro

[neuroanatomist]

Very nice!
Here's mine:

Very nice photo! Fascinating those reflections

Yeah, how did you edit yourself out of the reflections?   

No need - it was at at 5x with the MP-E 65mm, the FoV is smaller than the fingernail of your pinky (the white spots are the reflections of the MT-24 EX flash heads).

Oo, interesting article, been wondering what the speeds were... you wouldnt happen to know the durations for the 430EX II would you? been trying to find articles but havent found any yet...

Sorry, no idea.  I found one post indicating the 430EX II is ~1/520 s at full power, but that post also stated 1/520 s for 1/2 power, and that can't be correct.  I would guess they'll be the same or longer than the 580 for a given flash power, since the 430 has a less powerful flash tube.

[AcinonyxJG]

Here are three more, can't post as pictures, I forgot my photobucket password...    but tell me what you think 

http://500px.com/photo/4127815
http://500px.com/photo/4127835
http://500px.com/photo/4127860

[kirispupis]

Here's another one I did today

[acoll123]

I finally got a chance to try this out  - it is a great technique to know about!

[thepancakeman]

Here's another one I did today

Is this image inverted?  It looks to my highly untrained eye like the pencil is actually underwater and the surface is at the bottom of the image.

[kirispupis]

Is this image inverted?  It looks to my highly untrained eye like the pencil is actually underwater and the surface is at the bottom of the image.

No. The image is not inverted. Below is just the reflection.

Here are two more I took recently.

http://500px.com/photo/4506025


http://500px.com/photo/4397702

[thepancakeman]

Is this image inverted?  It looks to my highly untrained eye like the pencil is actually underwater and the surface is at the bottom of the image.

No. The image is not inverted. Below is just the reflection.

Here are two more I took recently.

BTW, I love your work!  I guess the reason that my eye seems to think the one with the pencil is inverted is that coloring and lighting on the pencil has an underwater look to it.  Do you add the color in post, or is your lighting set up that way?

[Lyra Video Productions]

Great job to everyone posting pictures.  These are amazing.  I'm fairly new to the forums but am finding this a great place to learn.  I shot a lot of macro on a Minolta film camera as a kid--you've all inspired me to dive into it again (as soon as I can convince my wife to let me buy some macro equipment... )

[kirispupis]

BTW, I love your work!  I guess the reason that my eye seems to think the one with the pencil is inverted is that coloring and lighting on the pencil has an underwater look to it.  Do you add the color in post, or is your lighting set up that way?

Thanks! I do not add color in post, though I often play around with saturation and contrast. In the pencil shot the color came from a geled flash (you can see it a bit on the pencil).  Recently I have moved to a setup where I use food coloring on the water in the pan, a different food coloring in the water being dropped, and a different color gel on the background flash.

[UltraReef]

Incredible water photos, really got me wanting to try some.  Thanks for posting. 

[Orion]

Here is my latest take on water macros (and other liquids )

Art Through The Lens



This is liek my mind's eye when I dream. . . . It's like I am looking at a pixel for the eye/retina, where all the imagination is created. . . .

[kirispupis]

I took this one today. 


http://500px.com/photo/6193780

[briansquibb]

I took this one today. 


http://500px.com/photo/6193780

Fabulous!!

[Alker]

Click for fullsize.

[Marsu42]

Think it was close to 800 LOL, and I wittled that down to abt 20

I thought so :-) ... thus I'm always hesitant to do these kind of shots because I'd reach the shutter breaking point in no time - it's not just a matter of photographic ability (but your shots are great!) but of pure brute force, too. Using live view shooting at least saves the mirror flips...