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lone drop of water on a wire fence refracting the dusk sky in the background

Sky in a drop

"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest." - Confucius

Am I happy with this shot? No! However I now know what I would have done differently. The photograph is of a lone drop of water on a wire fence refracting the dusk sky in the background. I think I should have been closer to the rain drop in addition to cranking the f-stop all the way to 22 which would obviously have resulted in a longer exposure time.

Nikon D70 | 200 | 2 | f4.5

  • Lens: Nikon 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D AF
  • Flash: None
  • Tripod: Bembo 1 & Manfrotto 322RC2 head
  • Lighting: Ambient Sunlight
  • Post Pro: Levels & Color Balance
  • Weather: Clear
  • Time of Day: Dusk
  • Location: Georgetown, Ontario, Canada

Posted on August 10, 2006 10:31 PM | | Comments (9) |

Comments

Phil

I really like it, nice simple shapes and gorgeous colour. I think the DOF works very well.

Posted at August 11, 2006 6:09 AM

wordnerd

Well THIS particular reader thinks it's amazing!

Posted at August 11, 2006 11:28 AM

Anonymous

its a lovely shot !! brilliant !!!

Posted at August 12, 2006 6:49 AM

srp

You are really much to hard on yourself, I think it is lovely, fascinating and spectacular.

Posted at August 12, 2006 12:02 PM

jen

Oh my gosh Paul. You are waaaaayyy to critical of yourself, although I guess thats what makes you so great. The shot is perfect the way it is.

Posted at August 13, 2006 1:45 AM

NetChick

I think it's beautiful!

Posted at August 14, 2006 5:36 PM

Carmi

I love how you analyze each shot. I'll disagree with you on this one. The narrow depth of field works well for this image. Cranking the aperture would have lengthened the exposure to the point that you might not have had tack sharp resolution on the droplet's edge.

Choices...

I always learn so much through your viewfinder.

Posted at August 14, 2006 10:17 PM

Dick

It looks very good as it is. I guess something that would be worth the time would be to take it a couple of different ways. I noticed this was a 2-sec exposure but you list no tripod. Did you hand hold it for that long?

Posted at August 15, 2006 12:22 AM

Pearl

I like it but if you're not happy, you can give it another shot I suppose.

Posted at August 15, 2006 9:20 AM