On reflection technique Dew (Brian Valentine and Sergio Darcas)

Anyone can call himself a photographer in the era of hi-tech DSLR camera with all the advanced shot-mode and the lens. But there are still some areas that require knowledge of photography for most people apart from the camera is used. like taking pictures of water droplets to capture the scene behind the dew into it. It's one of the most difficult art to master in photography, but those of you who want to try Photographic Reflections of water,This technique is easy and fast

Focus stacking is a very useful technique to improve the sharpness of the time in the field to maintain the draw of background blur. Focus stacking creates a solid foundation for the technical aspects of stacking. Armed with this knowledge, we can explore a method for photographing flowers with dew drops in disguise



Preparation :

You will need the following items to make these photos:

-Camera
-Macro lens
-Flash (preferably off-camera)
-Mat (optional, but recommended!)
-Small daisy, flower type with a diameter of about 2-3cm
-Morning dew on your lawn

Technique :

1. Set flash E-TTL Flash Exposure Compensation and to the normal position (+1 FEC with 430EX). Amount of reflection that you will get in drops of dew with many varied, but they tend to be less with small colored flowers, probably because of the small flowers take less flash power to expose.

2. Carefully set the mat on the ground and knelt on it to find a dew point of interest (preferably smaller than 2 mm) or a group of dew.
Carefully place the flowers about 2cm behind the moisture in a vertical position and then find the dew in the viewfinder. (If you need to move the flowers, remember: the refracted image is upside-down when viewed through the dew.)

3. Hold the camera in your hands as low as you can. Take some pictures while moving forward a little until you have photographed the entire focal range that contains all the moisture itself and each image is refracted. Make sure you keep the same FOV around the fire and did not rotate the camera when taking photos.

4. Focus stacking, focus stacking can be used to improve the sharpness of the available field using CombineZM. You might want to do this where you can not get the required DOF, no matter what aperture you use, or where you use the aperture open enough to minimize diffraction softening but still want a significant DOF.

Here is the result :

Hope you like it