Motif Water: Florida Icicles

[Amy DeStefanis]

I noticed the way the light was catching the water off the fountain on our back lanai. I hung my black velvet backdrop on the screen behind the fountain, and that really brought out the light striking the water as it "jumps" out of a series of round indentations in the concrete.... Some of the shots look like ice - some of them look like lightening. This seems to have a little of both!

Nikon D80
70-200mm VR @ 175mm
1/15 sec @ f/22
Manual focus
Manual exposure
Handheld (braced on a pillow because the tripod was too high)

This was fun - I'll play with it some more when the sun's a little lower.....

:)

Amy D.

[Harold Davis]

that's cool looking amy d!! the black backdrop was a great idea! love how the light is dancing around in the water!!!

[Gus Cobos]

Excellent, Amy,
I like the effect of the water coming down. It looks like fire coming down from the sky. Very nice...I like it...:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

It is a neat effect !!! I like the combination of soft with the light streaks !!! Very creative !!!

[denise ippolito]

Amy, very creative-good thinking w/ the backdrop- If you were to crop only the water you would have another abstract- that could be completely diff. Neat!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Looks like water fireworks to me! So I'm thinking how does she get these amazing black BG's. I thought you had some exposure technique down that I didn't know about:) Beautiful!