I don’t know why I like these so much but I do. I think these water bubbles on the spiderweb look like bubble wrap.
Water Bubble Wrap
Tag: water
Water
Water, water, everywhere!
- Aperture—ƒ/8
- Camera—NIKON D5100
- Copyright—© 2017 Khürt L. Williams
- Focal length—46mm
- ISO—100
- Shutter speed—1/200s
I wasn’t into this week’s challenge. I’m tired of water. It rains almost every weekend. Last week it rained on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I brainstormed a few ideas but they all seemed to revolve the idea of the lack of water — deserts, drought. I guess internally I want to tell the universe I am done with anything to do with water … for a while. But … there are no deserts in New Jersey and we definitely do not have drought conditions.
I chose a photo from my catalogue.
Created by photographer Frank Jansen, the Tuesday Photo Challenge is a weekly theme-based challenge for photographers of all kinds to share both new and old photography.
Water – Macro Moments Challenge #37
- Aperture—ƒ/22
- Camera—NIKON D5100
- Taken—6 May, 2017
- Copyright—© 2017 Khürt L. Williams
- Focal length—55mm
- ISO—6400
- Shutter speed—1/40s
My original vision was to create a macro shot of some object reflected in a water drop. We had a lot of rainfall in May and it seemed fitting to attempt to capture water. However, I soon discovered how difficult it is to shoot water drops. Shooting handheld down at the level of leaves was challenging. I was soon exhausted from bending over leaves and holding my breath to reduce camera shake. The slightest movement and the images are blurred.
I then tried using a tripod. This improved stability but presented a new challenge. Water drops on leaves are delicate things. Positioning the lens in the right spot for optimal focus often meant accidentally disturbing the foliage. In some cases, I lost the drop of water. It would fall off the leaf. Capturing a set of useable images was an exercise in patience with much trial and error.
Macro Moments was created by avid macro photographer, Susan Gutterman, to share the beauty of macro photography and learn from others photographers. A new challenge begins on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month. The winner’s photo may be featured on her blog and used as the banner in the announcement for the next challenge.
