Morning Dew

[Gus Cobos]

This is Sofia, Sofia lives in a little corner in my Pops garden by the bird fountain. Sofia get sprinkled with water every morning when the bluejays come in for their morning bath frolic and play...:D
Sofia was painted with a Nikon D200, using a Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D macro lens, and a 12mm extension tube.

Image solution: focal length 105mm / exposure mode - aperture priority / in camera matrix metering only /
1/125sec. - f/2.8 / exposure comp -1.3EV / ISO @ 200 /white balance @ cloudy / AF Mode - manual / color space @ sRGB / lighting solution - two speedlights angled at 45 degrees with yellow gelitan filters attached; unit #1 powered down to 1/3 lumin burst on manual mode, and unit #2 set to 1/2 lumin burst with deffuser attached. soft box on top with a 36" deffuser panel to disperse the light into a creamy glow. / tone comp @ +1 degree / hue adjustment @ +2 degrees / saturation factor @ +3 degrees / support platform - tripod assist /
cable trigger release /

Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

[Gus Cobos]

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[Doug Brown]

Can't see it Gus, but the thumbnail looks intriguing!

[Gus Cobos]

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[Gus Cobos]

Hi Doug,
Their is something wrong with the servers at BPN..I can see my thumbnail pic but when I try to open it in the forum I get nothing...and I haven't changed any settings on my system...

[Lance Peters]

Awesome shot Gus - Haaaaaaaaaaa you thought I could see it didn't you :)

Does look good from the Thumbnail though :)

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Buddy:
Last time I spoke to you before leaving on vacation you said you were going to be incomunicado. Now I see you posting these beautiful macro images from Pops garden. Wha's up? R U on vacation or still in town ?

[Lance Peters]

I acn see it now GUS - WEll done my friend - love that BG and the little worlds of water.

Lance

[Alfred Forns]

Sure wish it would come back up Look Sweet from the thumbnail

[Julie Kenward]

I waited three days to see this one and it was totally worth it. Gus, Gus, Gus!!!

Too bad this wasn't in the macro section...bet you would have stolen the show this week! Beautiful lighting...crisply detailed...wonderful composition. You hit it out of the park my friend!

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Totally agree!!!

[Harold Davis]

gus, can you do an edit and repost this one so i can see the bigger image? the thumbnail looks really cool.

[Gus Cobos]

This is the repost for Morning Dew as requested...:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

Well worth the wait !!!! Love it Gus !!! This my new favorite image you have posted !!! Particularly like the bg and overall feel !!! Big Time Congrats my friend !!!!