Hi from a newbie here

LordV · Post by **LordV** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 8:56 am

Thanks again for the welcome Tim and Dave

much appreciated.Dave- yes I do quite a few waterdrop/dewdrop pictures- I just find the colour effects fascinating but you'd be suprised how difficult it is to find the good dewdrop formations in a lawn full of them

Brian V.

DaveW · Post by **DaveW** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:04 am

You have not tried the advertising industry cheat of using Glycerin drops then Brian? I understand these are also supposed to sparkle better than water, different refractive index or something.

DaveW

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:54 pm

Excellent photos Brian. You seem to be well known. Welcome to our group and I too am looking forward to more posts

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:49 am

A warm welcome to the forum Brian - We've "met" before on the Wild About Britain website and I have also read your helpful tutorial on manual alignment of images within CombineZM (a favourite tool of mine too

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First class images leaving me eager to see more.

Bruce

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LordV · Post by **LordV** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:52 am

Thanks again for the welcome bruce, beetleman and Dave

Beetleman- I do post on a few other other forums, but this one does have a lot of experts in my favourite PP activity - focus stacking.

Brian V.

LordV · Post by **LordV** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:25 am

DaveW wrote:You have not tried the advertising industry cheat of using Glycerin drops then Brian? I understand these are also supposed to sparkle better than water, different refractive index or something.

DaveW

Dave I have used glycerine or even sucrose solutions in other pictures, but you never get the end of blade dewdrops you get with natural dewdrops plus dewdrops are naturally pretty small (max around 2mm dia) which means the surface tension is high enough to overcome gravity and they make almost perfect spherical lenses.
brian V.

Danny · Post by **Danny** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:50 pm

Well, who have we here then M8t

. You certainly are one very talented macro shooter Brian and I know you have plenty to post. You took my eye with flies and drops awhile ago and great to see you with other subjects. Your details and eye for a shot stand out.

Excellent work sir, superb shots Brian and of course, welcome

All the best in the UK Brian, nice to see you here

Danny.

augusthouse · Post by **augusthouse** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:52 pm

Hi Brian,
Your reputation proceeds you.

That image on flickr "Christmas cactus flower taken sitting on an upturned wine glass balanced on a small halogen desklamp. The glass acts as a light guide."

You will have to go over that with us one day - please.

Craig

LordV · Post by **LordV** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:52 am

nzmacro wrote:Well, who have we here then M8t . You certainly are one very talented macro shooter Brian and I know you have plenty to post. You took my eye with flies and drops awhile ago and great to see you with other subjects. Your details and eye for a shot stand out.

Excellent work sir, superb shots Brian and of course, welcome

All the best in the UK Brian, nice to see you here

Danny.

Thanks Danny- wondered where you had disappeared to

Brian V.

LordV · Post by **LordV** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:55 am

augusthouse wrote:Hi Brian,
Your reputation proceeds you.

That image on flickr "Christmas cactus flower taken sitting on an upturned wine glass balanced on a small halogen desklamp. The glass acts as a light guide."

You will have to go over that with us one day - please.

Craig

Thanks for the welcome Craig

The wine glass trick is just as you described it - I first used it to take some pics of crystals (salt)and then with soap bubbles, but can give interesting effects with other things placed on the upturned base. I'm afraid I like playing and that's me playing. I suspect there other ways of providing under lighting.

brian V.